205/40/16. Best tire to stretch?

[Rocambolesque]

I'm getting a set of Porsche 7-slots in 16x7 and 16x8. I'm trying to decide on which tires to run. Its most likely going to be 205/50's all around. I know my best option in that size would be Falken 512's, but they are hard to come by today and I can only get them from the States (I'm in Canada). Last year I got my tires from tires-easy.ca, and they price was right, so I'm trying to go with them again. I got a few choices on their site. They have Nexens N3000's, but I know they don't stretch worth a damn. Same for Federal SS-595's. A friend of mine has Falken 912's on 8's, but the stretch is meh. The site has Falken 502's, Hankook Ventus H405 HRII's, Yoko Paradas, Proxes 4's... Which ones would be best?

[Tuck&Poke]

your not going to get stretch with those sizes anyway, at least not on the fronts. The smallest running tires you listed there are the 512's, id say second are the n3000's, the rest are chunky

[Rocambolesque]

I know it won't stretch in the front. Its for the back.
N3000's? People on Vortex run those on 15x8 BBS in 195/45 and they seem to be barely stretching...
What about the Falken 502's? From what I could read, the older Falkens used to run smaller and have stiff sidewall. Is it the case with the 502?

[1988montecarloss]

i have a 96 civic with 205/40r17's falken ziex ze329on a 17x7" wheel and they have a slight amount of stretch, i can post a pic if that helps

[P78]

maybe somebody should sticky tyrestretch.com

[Anonymoose]

Maybe people could search before starting these worthless threads, honestly there is at least 50 fucking threads for tyres on this site alone.

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[Joker]

175/45/16 from nankang :p

[Tuck&Poke]

I know it won't stretch in the front. Its for the back.
N3000's? People on Vortex run those on 15x8 BBS in 195/45 and they seem to be barely stretching...
What about the Falken 502's? From what I could read, the older Falkens used to run smaller and have stiff sidewall. Is it the case with the 502?

I know, thats what im saying, you're not really going to get any stretch. Theres no magical tire that runs super narrow, the 512 is the narrowest I've come across.

Heres a 205/40 on an 7, falken 512



and heres a 205/40 on an 8, not sure exactly what tire it is but it is a falken. The first one looks like a 512 but I'm not sure. I dont know what kind of falken the second one is.