stretching tires

so i work at goodyear, and today there was a drift session across the street from my work. a truck pulls up and unloads some rims, the guys was drifting and the bead popped off the rim... at first i only saw the front side of the rim and it looked normal, then i see the back side and see that the bead of the tire is about 4" from the edge of the rim... i looked at the tire size and it was 235/40/18. i talked to the owner and he said they were 18x11 or 18x12. so i air it up and holly crap was it stretched... they were some veilside rims... i snapped some pics, ill try to get them uploaded asap. 

i thought stretching tires would be super hard. i never side a super stretch like that, just some mild stretches, 20's/22's/24's with low pros. i guess when my rims come in, ill have 2 sets of tires...

235s on an 11 inch rim?? damn what kinda tires were they?? when ur rims comin in btw??

[QUOTE=kazuo459;37657]235's on an 11 inch rim? Damn what kind of tires were they? When are your rims coming in by the way?[/QUOTE]



'Whoa sweet dog, you saw some mad stretch in person! GO YOU!'

235's on by 11's is kinda nuts.

Here is my 235's on 18x10.5

[IMG]http://www.pbase.com/suomyairsoft/image/48093346.jpg[/IMG]

full pics please, make this thread worth something.

holy smokes i didnt know u were on here Will
its me chris :)


horray for BC lovein january ill be putting some 215/40/18 on my 18x10s and ill post pics of that to contribute

[QUOTE=Style Boutique 1;37660]235's on by 11's is kinda nuts.

Here is my 235's on 18x10.5

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235/??/18

obviously 40 aspect ratio

[b]gmckey:[/b] Hehe... it's and R32... u can see it here if you like [url]http://www.pbase.com/suomyairsoft/finalkonnexionr32[/url]

[b]battleaxe:[/b] Hey waddup buddy@!! What u gonna do for new years??  I have a mansion parrrty if you wanna roll by.  Call kev for my number

[b]ESPROJIM:[/b]  235/40/18, kumho spt's

hahaha damn it i missed the train
mansion party sounds the tits :)
new year for suuuuure - gunna be a heck of a year, if its not heading that way ill make it a adventure

i stayed home and ate sushi and watched movies
kev is up in whistler, when he gets back ill get ur numbahs

sick r32.


Anyone know where i can get some dunlop LM702's?

[QUOTE=Style Boutique 1;37744][b]gmckey:[/b] Hehe... it's and R32... u can see it here if you like [url]http://www.pbase.com/suomyairsoft/finalkonnexionr32[/url]

[b]battleaxe:[/b] Hey waddup buddy@!! What u gonna do for new years??  I have a mansion parrrty if you wanna roll by.  Call kev for my number

[b]ESPROJIM:[/b]  235/40/18, kumho spt's[/QUOTE]

Damn you got some big tires on that line in the sky but sick none the less. Engine management?

question.....i have 17x9 with a 215/45/17......can i go from that to a 205/40/17..or will that be too much..

theres no reason to go lower on a 9 dood
215 is as small as id go period
but if u wanted to u could

try a 215/40 and maybe a different tire for a different stretch

[QUOTE=battleaxe;38187]theres no reason to go lower on a 9 dood
215 is as small as id go period
but if u wanted to u could

try a 215/40 and maybe a different tire for a different stretch[/QUOTE]

I had 205/40 on 17x9 -15 on stock fenders on S14 240sx... the stretch was so extreme I actually bent a rim daily driving the thing haha I think what did it was the small lip on the highway off ramp by my house... always gives the car a nice jolt when I went over it, but one time hit it a little bit faster than normal and began loosing air in one of the front tires slowly haha

long story short: 215/40 is the lowest I'd go on a 9" wheel

LoL, i had 215/35s on my 18x9s in the front of my Cedric... Did over 2000kms (1200miles) in them before swapping for 225/40s. Only reason i swapped was to get additional chassis clearance.... The 215/35 was stretched, but didnt seem that extreme. That was with a fatty tyre though - 225/40 was enough for the 10J rears...

My experience seems to suggest that going down a profile size has the same effect as going down a width size, when it comes to stretch...

Anyway, I'm guessing he is considering the downsize due to clearance issues...

2003 honda accord.. thinking about going with 17 by 8 or 9.. not sure offset ? guess around 35 so i can go wide.. what tire size would u guys recommend?  want it stretched

only reason I rolled 205/40 was because I went to a Mexican tire shop down here in Texas and asked for a 'cheap pair of 17's' so I could drive the car w/ them on it back to my hometown for some family thing... the guy was like, ok and 15 minutes later rolled them out w/ string bean crazy stretch... I was like... haha ok

yea thats the other size i was thinking about doin to..a 215/40/17