I'm new to the whole stretching world and need some help choosing what size tires to run. I've spent hours researching and trying to figure it out but every brand stretches different and I cant find much on Achilles ATR Sports. I chose those tires because they have some good reviews and are really inexpensive, and they are just a daily cruising tire. I still have my Nitto wrapped Volks for the track.

I'm getting 20x9 fronts and 20x10.5 rears and I want some stretch, but not a lot. I dont want the wheels poking out all crazy Honda and VW like. After doing some looking I think a 225/35 and a 255/35 would be about where I want it, but I'm not sure.

I've included some photos of what I'm looking for, or at least close to what I'm looking for. Please dont just reply a like to tyrestretch.com, theres no info on the tire brand and each one stretches different so its no help.

This looks perfect from this angle.


This one looks good too.. I think... hard to tell from the angle.


This is more poke but I still like it.

 

225/245 will be fine and those tires stretch very well. Do you have a coupe or sedan? Are you ordering custom offsets or something off-the-shelf?

Recommended wheel size for that tire size and stretch (coupe) It will bring the lip of the wheel right a couple MM's past the fenders. Roll them flat.

9J -16 10.5J -5

 

Coupe. Wheels are 20x9 +20 and 20x10.5 +30. Not crazy offsets, but I can make up distance with spacers. Fenders are already rolled flat front and rear.

 

nm.

 

U don't need to stretch your tires with those offsets..

 

I didnt ask what stretch I need to clear fenders, I asked what tire sizes I need to get the stretch I'm looking for. I realize my offsets the way they sit wont need a stretch.

 

People can't give you the right tire size if they don't know what spacers you're going to be trying to run/what your final offsets are and what your planning on as far as how low you want to drop/how much camber. You can mimic how the tires hang on the rims like the pics but without your full setup the recommendations may just look plain stupid on your car.

 

thanks for the clarification.

I can run any spacer I need to get flush. Like I said I really like how the BMW looks in the pics.

Right now I'm sitting at 25.75 inches from ground to center of fender. Not sure what that comes out to in actual drop amount. I dont want to go too much lower. Part of the reason I'm going from 19's to 20's so I can fill more well without having to sit an inch off the ground, and I'm trying to keep it fairly close to what it is now so when trackday comes I put the 19's on I wont have to raise the car.

Camber I'm running -1deg front and -2.5 deg rear, but I'm thinking of setting it -2 all around, or maybe -1.5 front and -2 rear.

but again, I dont want crazy amounts of stretch.

 

I'm doing my best to be nice here, so I'm gonna start off slow....

Why don't you just get wheels that fit the car instead of going through all this *** pain of stretching tires and adding spacers to wheels that would be hella sunk on a Sedan?

Not only are they not "crazy offsets" they're incredibly weak offsets, and relying on spacers to fix it is asinine.

You said you "are getting" the above mentioned the wheels, I would say DO NOT DO IT, FIND SOME **** THAT FITS. It'll make your life a lot easier.

Also, it's a helluva lot easier to get an inch off the ground with 19s than it is with 20s. If you're trying to get low, moving UP in outer diameter is retarded and quite frankly, backwards. If you don't want to let the suspension drop you, you should be moving down in wheel size. I've done both and I'm far lower on my 19s than I would have been with the same setup on my 20s. I could have tucked wheel on 20s, but would have needed weak offsets and a hella sunk look, which is not what you're going for.

In closing, buy the right wheels, the ones you are looking at, are not them.

 

Every time I hear someone wants to stretch tires it reminds me of this pic.....

 

That's called hitting a curb. Stretched tires did not cause that accident.

 

But it was on the internets, it must be true Pepper!

Being drunk and not paying attention while driving helps, but yeah, the rim is ****ing bent from hitting a curb at speed, use your skulls people. "Something ran out in front of me" he says...