Pete 0 Posted April 26, 2011 Had my car serviced and a new tyre fitted earlier as I'm taking her on a 5 day trip around france, switzerland and germany. Chatting to a tidy chap in the tyre place getting some 165s fitted to 7J rims. The results were insane the pics don't do it justice. Even the boys in the tyre shop were laughing and saying he's mad! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted April 26, 2011 Bloody dangerous... surprised the place allowed it as 195 is the minimum for a 7J rim. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
domwells27 0 Posted April 26, 2011 I still can't understand this craze at all. Even if it looks better (not imo) you've got skinnier tyres, worse handling, more chance of kerbing wheels and it's pretty sketchy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MK1Campaign 0 Posted April 26, 2011 I cant help but think your insurance claim would be out the window if you ever had an accident. They will do anything not to pay out nowadays. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swiftkid 1 Posted April 26, 2011 i cannot understand why people put that much stretch on a wheel that has no purpose for it. It always reminds me of the pink corrado that had stupid stretch for no purpose except to have stretch. I can understand putting stretch on wide wheels to fit the tyre under the arch but sometimes people should just say "it won't fit, lets just get a thinner wheel" or better offset lol! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamG40 0 Posted April 26, 2011 If nothing else that just looks awful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted April 26, 2011 Wheels look awful never mind anything else...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted April 26, 2011 Terrible wheels and horrendously unsafe. It's a winning combination. The guy asking for that must have a brain the size of an acorn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimjed 0 Posted April 26, 2011 :lol: poor lad. stretch has never done anything for me either, but each to there own. post up on e38 and there will be a queue formed to lick your ring clean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted April 26, 2011 post up on e38 and there will be a queue formed to lick your ring clean. Is it free to join? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimjed 0 Posted April 26, 2011 Is it free to join? i bloody hope so :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boost monkey 0 Posted April 26, 2011 All those in favour of banishment due to tri-spokes alone say 'I' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted April 26, 2011 Sh*t wheels, sh*t stance. Stretch to an extent is awesome. Some of the best rado's out there run stretch and tbh ive never heard of anything dangerous happening. I used to drive my valver like it was a white van and had stretchy tyres with no probs. Only thing i can possible think of is stone chips to the lips. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimjed 0 Posted April 26, 2011 :lol: crap picture, but i spotted one when we had to see the midwife a few weeks ago!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete 0 Posted April 26, 2011 I think he'd actually painted the wheels by hand (maybe with a brush). To be honest he wsa a really nice kid, but the chaps in the tyre shop shouldn't have done it. One of them said forget pot holes, if you take a corner too fast you could well rip the tyre off the rim! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted April 27, 2011 That tyre would never come off that rim and if it did he'd be driving WAY too fast round said corner with low tyre pressures. If you do it you've gotta take some precaution, as long as you do its fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
