stretched tires suck

[gnvarnadore]

stretched tires suck and this is why, its hard to tell by looking if the tire is low on air. i was leaving for work this morning and went around a corner and was sliding like crazy and i knew i didnt hit ice so i stopped and thought to myself wtf? i got out and looked at my tires and i'll be damned the tire had to have been low on air and the bead popped going around the corner cause the rim was damn near sitting on the ground. my rims are 17x9 +15 offset and the tires on the rear are 235/40/r17 so now im thinking its time to get overfenders and cut the rear fenders out and run a bigger tire so it doesnt have to be stretched and run the risk of this ever happening again. now im going to be late to work cause i have to wait for the tire shop to open so i can get some tires on a set of teardrops i have because im not running these 17's anymore until i can put a nice beefy tire on them and have clearance. gotta love mondays.

[numbnuts240]

stretched tires suck

[MinisterofDOOM]

Sidewall is good for you.

[93coupe]

They look dumb anyway.

[gnvarnadore]

yeah sidewall is good, rubber band tires are an epic fail. i guess i cant complain too much as the tires are the same ones that were on the car when i bought it about a year and a half ago.

[HashiriyaS14]

Stretched tires do indeed suck if actual function is a consideration at all.

Of course, for boso/yanky/shakotan cars, it's de rigueur.

[Salem240]

Dude.... 235/40? You srsly need more sidewall and width for 9"s.. Hows about 255/40/17 and roll and pull? I think you could pull it enough without buying overfenders, if anything dial in some neg camber.

[car nut]

Overfenders look good on coupes.

[rc1honda]

235/40 on a 9in isnt that streched. Hell im running a 225/40 on a 9 1/2j. Gotta clear the coils. But more tire is good. I just don;t wanna have to pull the fenders to much or get overs. To much work. Keep up on tire presuure and it shouldn;t be much of a problem.

[duffman1278]

wah wah wah my tires are stretched!

looks like you just have a case of the mondays

[dasoupdude]

[DrifterXRPS13]

i'm sorry dude, but that looks like donkey poop...how can you drive around on the street wtih the "rim" of the wheel exposed....no offense to anybody but that is worse than a beaners car.

[car nut]

i'm sorry dude, but that looks like donkey poop...how can you drive around on the street wtih the "rim" of the wheel exposed....no offense to anybody but that is worse than a beaners car.

Mmmmm curbrash.

[bobotech]

Stretched tires do look awful as pointed out by the above picture. Yuck.

[MellowZ32]

.no offense to anybody but that is worse than a beaners car.

what's wrong with my car?!

[HashiriyaS14]

Red Z33 could be lower

[flohtingPoint]

I couldn't care less about looks. The lack of effectiveness and pointlessness of stretched tires gets me. Why would someone throw a smaller tire on a wheel that can fit a much bigger one? I'd never sacrifice contact patch to be m4d tyt3.

[E7-S14]

run a 255 Gregg.itl look bad a**.just roll and pull the fenders

and get someone who KNOWS what there doing to do it. dont wanna f up your qp.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

As hash said...they only belong on show cars and only on those japanese rat roads (Boso...whatever)Oh and they only work when you cant even fit a plastigauge in between the fender and tire.

[Veriest1]

I'd never sacrifice contact patch to be m4d tyt3.

[HashiriyaS14]

I'd never sacrifice contact patch to be m4d tyt3.

Again, it's all about application (and honesty)

Stretched tires are fine when someone is building an outrageous boso car with lots of oni camber that scrapes frame. Those cars drive to meets and back at 30mph and are designed to do nothing but look crazy and be as loud as possible.

On anything that anyone is going to take to a track, or even daily drive with any frequency, crazy stretch is retarded.

I've had a hankering to build an uber-low stupid car lately, but I'll never present any illusions that I plan to either track it or drive it to work. It's fine for silly cars to be silly cars, but it's idiotic when people claim their silly cars are zomgseriousjdmracecars.

EDIT: And to pre-empt the comment, it's ridiculous to argue that all cars need to either be functional daily drivers or track machines.

If this was the case, we'd have no T-buckets, no rat rods, no chopped '51 Mercs, no Blastolene Tank Car, no super-low VW buses, etc.

It's not always about functionality, sometimes it's just about the car as something cool to look at and cruise around in. It's only lame when people take form and label it as function. This is why people who do "form" stuff with imports get a bad name, because unlike T-bucket owners, a lot of them say that they own track cars when they wouldn't know a track car if they were struck by one.

[dasoupdude]

It's fine for silly cars to be silly cars, but it's idiotic when people claim their silly cars are zomgseriousjdmracecars.

I agreeez.





woops.

[HashiriyaS14]

I agreeez.

Purpose-built drift vehicles are sort of an odd sub-category. They're innately silly anyway, because competitive drifting as a motorsport is infinitely sillier than any boso car will ever be. It's a blast and I definitely watch it, but it ain't exactly WRC. It's the automotive equivalent of "Dancing with the Stars"

That said, being incredibly low and running oni camber/stretch seems to work just fine for them in many cases and you see it even on "pro" cars.

[Papi Chulo]

stretched tires suck

my rims are 17x9

tires on the rear are 235/40/r17

You don't have stretched tires. Not really a "proper" size, but not a stretch..... at all.

[dasoupdude]

I (kind of )used to like the look of stretched tires. But then found out it wasn't exactly safe to have excessive lateral force on a tire that's not even seated properly.

Sure the tire is functional, just not as functional.

I'm glad they don't use that ideology when they create things such as condoms or seatbelts.

That said, being incredibly low and running oni camber/stretch seems to work just fine for them in many cases and you see it even on "pro" cars.

This 'could' be one.

I have yet to see a manufacturer sanctioned road race team use stretched tires.

[RCA]

Drifting...

It's the automotive equivalent of "Dancing with the Stars"

Bumper sticker naow!

[gnvarnadore]

just want to let everyone know that its the same set up that was on my car when i bought it, tien ha coilovers, rolled and pull fenders, and 215/45 up front and 235/40 in the rear. i like the look but function over form right? i like good contact with the road. grip>slip

[HashiriyaS14]

^^That Evo doesn't have much stretch and while it's low, it still has some clearance in the wheel well.

The Sun Evo is also a very serious time attack car. There isn't anything on that car that isn't functional.

And it has my favorite modern wheels in the whoooooooole world. Yay.

[adrianfromthecastle]

you guys are complaining a 235/40 is too much of a stretch on a 17x9?

you're killing me Larry!

[PyR0NiAk]

DSD... Those don't look stretched at all...