Stretching tires, NEVER AGAIN!
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Stretching tires, NEVER AGAIN!
This whole stretching tires thing looks cool and great but it stops there.. I just had to see what this craze was all about.. Not my thing. Maybe if your G is nothing but show car then its acceptable but if you actually drive it how its meant to be driven the performance on the tires suck!
I am stretching 245/40/19 all around on 19x10 wheels. This whole hella flush stretched tires thing looks amazing but I can't do this anymore.
I am lowered on coilovers and running hotchkiss sways front and rear on the stiffest setting.
Tires: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A. They do not feel as stable, kind of wobbly in the rear.. They lose traction very fast. High speed cornering you'll feel a wobble and the rears start to feel like they're going to give out.
-NOW-
On the EXACT same suspension set up with the EXACT same tire brand and model on stock 18's sizes 245/45/18 but not stretching tires, the car would handle pretty damn well and felt very stable in the same cornering speeds.
Now just yesterday on the highway it was raining and on the stretched 245/40/19's the car would hydroplane on the smallest puddles on the freeway. Very annoying.
So I guess its time to roast these up and run 275's+ all around..
I am stretching 245/40/19 all around on 19x10 wheels. This whole hella flush stretched tires thing looks amazing but I can't do this anymore.
I am lowered on coilovers and running hotchkiss sways front and rear on the stiffest setting.
Tires: Bridgestone Potenza RE050A. They do not feel as stable, kind of wobbly in the rear.. They lose traction very fast. High speed cornering you'll feel a wobble and the rears start to feel like they're going to give out.
-NOW-
On the EXACT same suspension set up with the EXACT same tire brand and model on stock 18's sizes 245/45/18 but not stretching tires, the car would handle pretty damn well and felt very stable in the same cornering speeds.
Now just yesterday on the highway it was raining and on the stretched 245/40/19's the car would hydroplane on the smallest puddles on the freeway. Very annoying.
So I guess its time to roast these up and run 275's+ all around..
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A 275 will stretch on a 10..
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so its not nearly the same thing, gotta take into account wheel width
yeah what he said