Stretched tyres on Jap wheels - QUESTION?
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I am looking at some rims from Driftworks with a 5 inch lip. Their website says [bold]"A wheel and tyre package is available. We suggest a stretched 195/45/16".[/bold]
Being a bit thick here
.... what does the "stretched" part mean? Is it going to look like those jap custom jobbies where the breadth of the thread part of the tyre is less than the breadth of the alloys?
What implications (safety or otherwise) are there for "stretched" tyres?
Many thanks
cy88
Being a bit thick here
.... what does the "stretched" part mean? Is it going to look like those jap custom jobbies where the breadth of the thread part of the tyre is less than the breadth of the alloys? What implications (safety or otherwise) are there for "stretched" tyres?
Many thanks
cy88
OK, here's the picture from the Driftworks site, showing an MX5 with the said wheels - they fit straight on apparently.
Now I liked the look of that, but wasn't sure what they meant by "stretched tyres", so I had a look to see of I could find any other pictures of the same wheels - and I found the red one that I've already posted above.
The tyres on the black one look more normal than the tyres on the red one, no? I prefer that look (black car).
cptsideways, you seem to know what's what. Would you recommend putting this type of wheel on an MX5, where the car is just to be used for a bit of fun?
Now I liked the look of that, but wasn't sure what they meant by "stretched tyres", so I had a look to see of I could find any other pictures of the same wheels - and I found the red one that I've already posted above.
The tyres on the black one look more normal than the tyres on the red one, no? I prefer that look (black car).
cptsideways, you seem to know what's what. Would you recommend putting this type of wheel on an MX5, where the car is just to be used for a bit of fun?
Edited by cy88 on Friday 20th October 14:20
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