stretching tyres is very unsafe. it reduces contact patch to ground, hence why drift cars use them as they car drift at lower speeds due to having less grip. wouldnt reccommend them for day to day road driving especially when weather turns.
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Doubt it, you dont get wide wheels as standard on it do you?
No your right you dont, but they get alot more abuse on track than any road car. Personal preference if people choose to run them at the end of the day. Pointless trying to talk down to me on the subject because i have already said i dont run it.
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How does it? You are stretching the side wall out onto the rim. The footprint of the tyre is the same as if it was on a narrower wheel.
Is not trying to talk them down, is just telling the down side and the safety issues ...
Yeah drift car do get more abuse, but they don't drift on normal roads. If anything do happen they won't hit anyone.
To be honest, with 15" and 7j on a cento, the last thing you need to worry is tyres.
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Yeah drift car do get more abuse, but they don't drift on normal roads. If anything do happen they won't hit anyone.
To be honest, with 15" and 7j on a cento, the last thing you need to worry is tyres.
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The stretch on that wheel is minute though. Its when you get 195/40 tyres on a 9j wheel that is too much. At least on a 7j rim the tyre is still beading on the rim properly.
Also most of the people that run stretch will crawl about everywhere due to being so low so any blowout will be low speed.
Also most of the people that run stretch will crawl about everywhere due to being so low so any blowout will be low speed.
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ok now im really 
drifters do it to get wider wheels in the same gap without scrub (to me this defeats the point of running wider rims) the only possible advantage i can see for drifters is to lessen the amount of side wall deformation. this obviously in turn will result in better predictability of the tyres grip resulting in better feedback to the drifter.
is priim3 drifting his car?
drifters do it to get wider wheels in the same gap without scrub (to me this defeats the point of running wider rims) the only possible advantage i can see for drifters is to lessen the amount of side wall deformation. this obviously in turn will result in better predictability of the tyres grip resulting in better feedback to the drifter.
is priim3 drifting his car?
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Im not talking about why drifters do it. Im talking about why people stretch tyres on road cars.
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Hehe, talking about drifting on a sei/cinq forum, yay!
I do it in the snow, handbrake fun!
Seriously though, some do it for the looks, i doubt anyone does it for the performance (okay, reduced sidewall flex does sound sort of possible, but i'd just get proper lower profile tyres and be done with it). The aren't a big hazard if stretching just a little bit, but i'd never recommend it. It makes sense to me that the contact patch would change for worse (would look like a W instead of like a flat-bottomed U) and the looks don't appeal to me.
I do it in the snow, handbrake fun!
Seriously though, some do it for the looks, i doubt anyone does it for the performance (okay, reduced sidewall flex does sound sort of possible, but i'd just get proper lower profile tyres and be done with it). The aren't a big hazard if stretching just a little bit, but i'd never recommend it. It makes sense to me that the contact patch would change for worse (would look like a W instead of like a flat-bottomed U) and the looks don't appeal to me.
matt... im not trying to talk down to you or make you feel unwelcome sorry if im coming across a little nasty im honestly not trying to be.
im just trying to understand the benefits of stretching if its only used in drifting and "euro look" arenas.
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Well, the benefits from the drifting arena aren't applicable here, so he's obviously going for an "euro look", in which case it's beneficial for him to stretch the tyres
Oh, and with stretched tyres, kerbing is a nightmare.
Oh, and with stretched tyres, kerbing is a nightmare.
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yeah im going for the euro look i have a bodykit on at the moment which isnt euro lol but im thinking of going all standard around or a little less of a over the top kit
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There are no real benefits. Its done because its a scene thing and people think it makes cars/wheels look better.
Contact patch of the tyre doesnt change. Its exactly the same as if it was on a narrower wheel.
Contact patch of the tyre doesnt change. Its exactly the same as if it was on a narrower wheel.
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as for the kerbing isnt there a ring that you can put round the outer edge of the rim im sure ive seen them
aesthetics then.
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yes aesthetics but also with the narrower sidewall the wheels will fit better in the arches
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fat arches would look better than fat wheels . stretching is defo a aquired taste, it does leave your sidewall of your tyre more vulnerable to cuts and slices, but that is all really. also some makes of tyre arnt suitable as there sidewalls dont work/arnt designed to be used at anything but 90 degrese.
. stretching is defo a aquired taste, it does leave your sidewall of your tyre more vulnerable to cuts and slices, but that is all really. also some makes of tyre arnt suitable as there sidewalls dont work/arnt designed to be used at anything but 90 degrese.
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no its a plastic ring the same size as the alloys they do them in 15" 16" and upwards i think
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Wont work on stretched tyres and looks gash anyway. Just learn to drive/park properly.
