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  • #16
    if you have to ask if it's safe. you can't hang. But seriously, do it. you'll be fine.

    build thread?

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    • #17
      Originally posted by bobbyjones View Post
      if you have to ask if it's safe. you can't hang. But seriously, do it. you'll be fine.




      these were my previous cars, the mk3 had 16x9 205.40 in the rear.... i think i can hang

      but i had to ask and get some opinions since a bunch of people kept telling me that was a lot of stretch... i personally didn't think it was like a retarded amount of stretch from the beginning and that id be fine running those. I'm starting polishing today, and I'm waiting on a call from a local shop thats hooking me up with some used tires

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      • #18




        shitty iphone pics of the first test fit. surprisingly, i won't need hugh spacers for clearance. 10mm all around should be plenty. ill probably run something bigger in the rear since they're pulled slightly. so ready to get these things on!

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        • #19
          I think the 195/50s will look good on that.

          I've personally seen a 195/50 on a 15x11". Barely held air. As soon as the guy mounted a 205/50 [same brand and model tire even] it held air and seated properly. That's about as extreme as I'd ever go for stretch though.
          - Bagged '98 Chevy S10 - Stock '88 Volvo 240DL - Broken '87 Mitsubishi Starion ESi-R - Also Broken '87 Shelby Lancer #707/800 -

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          • #20
            195/50 is still the plan. I'm waiting on a call from a local shop to hook me up with some used ones

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            • #21
              Nice dude. Are they going to mount them for you? I've had a particularly nasty time with shops here in Utah for mounting stretch tires. All the lowrider shops in the 'hood are on that 24" wheel binge still.
              - Bagged '98 Chevy S10 - Stock '88 Volvo 240DL - Broken '87 Mitsubishi Starion ESi-R - Also Broken '87 Shelby Lancer #707/800 -

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              • #22
                nah this is just some little shop in the city that mainly sells used tires for dirt cheap, my buddy recommended it to me. theres a tire shop less than 5 miles from my house that will mount stretched tires. I've always gone to them

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                • #23
                  picked up my tires today, used kuhmo 195/50's with good tread for $120 but i have to wait til monday to go get them mounted. oh well.

                  does anyone know how i can bore out the hub on the vette wheels just a few mm? the hub bore on the wheels are 70.3 and my e36 hub is 72.5. i could go to a machine shop but i feel like theres a way i can do it myself since its so small. I've seen other ppl use router's but that might be too big... any suggestions?

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                  • #24






                    had to run small 2 universal spacers in the front to clear my coilovers, i think its 10mm, and theres 1 of the universal spacers in the rear, 5mm i think. i still need to get bigger spacers in the rear and some hub centric ones for the front. ill probably lower it more then too.

                    i should also get a camera better than my iPhone

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Drock11 View Post
                      does anyone know how i can bore out the hub on the vette wheels just a few mm? the hub bore on the wheels are 70.3 and my e36 hub is 72.5. i could go to a machine shop but i feel like theres a way i can do it myself since its so small. I've seen other ppl use router's but that might be too big... any suggestions?
                      What did you end up doing?
                      1997 BMW 328i

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