tire stretch on 17x7

[Houa-kage]

right now i have 215/40/17 on 17x7 offset 43 with 20mm spacer in front...can i run 185 or 180/35/17 stretched tires? is it safe? haha

[Rally]

What car?

When you get to those sizes your main safety concern becomes the load ratings on the tires. They're not meant to hold up the heavier cars.

[Houa-kage]

^ 09 civic si

[OOMPH!]

I don't know.....it might just be me but I don't think a 17x7 would like right with stretch. Anything below 8.5" width will be silly imo... get wider wheels

[benz88]

What car?

When you get to those sizes your main safety concern becomes the load ratings on the tires. They're not meant to hold up the heavier cars.

i run 175's stretched on a 5000lb car. tires at 60psi

[firelizard]

Pretty much "no" to everything.

Especially the tire size that doesn't exist and the tire size that doesn't exist in North America.

Also, even if you did find 185/35-17s, that's way, way, way, way too short for your car.

Furthermore, 17x7 +23 still isn't really flush on that car, so why in the world would you need to stretch?

[Mike S]

I ran low offset staggerd 17x7/8 wheels this year and it just doesn't look right in my opinion. A 195 is the smallest width I've found in the 17" size and it was the S Drives which I've heard run wide. The 205 912's that I have are square with the wheel. I also put 205's on the 8" rears which had a small amount of stretch and looked silly from behind the car.

If you want the stretched tire/stanced look, you'll need much wider 17" wheels.

[Dr.AK]

If you want 185/35/17s, I can get them for you no problem. Shippings gonna be the deal breaker, though.

They have a load rating of 82, so 475kg per tire.

Pretty common size on 7x17, actually.

[4DGS]

Buy wider wheels...

[Travy]

A 195 is the smallest width I've found in the 17" size

Nankang makes their NS-II in a 165/35/17, but it's not available in the US. They also make a 165/40/17 and 185/35/17. http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.p...7,_165/35_R_17

[Mike S]

Nankang makes their NS-II in a 165/35/17, but it's not available in the US. They also make a 165/40/17 and 185/35/17.

Right, there are several other sizes that can be had outside of the country. I was referring to the ones that are readily available to the US.

[jdm.8thgen.civic]

I have some 07 si rims with tires with no thread. I need new tires asap but I dont have the money right now. I wanted to know if it is possible for me to throw on the wheels from my oem steelies. the si rims are 17" while the steelies are 16"