Since I have wasted a whole work day searching...need stretchy 512 replacement.

[PoLonY]

Achillies ATR's seem to stretch very nicely

[keeton]

Goodyear Eagle slicks.

Nascar stretch.

[stroker-ace]

Fusion ZRi's stretch almost the same as a 512, you must not have searched very hard because I know I've said that multiple times on here. Although I've heard that they changed the construction of the ZRi recently and they don't stretch as well anymore.



And I have nothing but praise for Falkens, the 512's were one of my favorite tires.

Ya, I looked into the Fuzion ZRi's, but I could not find any available in a 205/40/17.

I have a wholesale account at Discount, although I did shop other places because I don't mind paying for the right tire, but still came up empty IIRC.

This is what you get with the Falken 453 on a 17x8...to which I say, meh. I wasn't looking for "stretch cred" exactly. Just more fender clearance. If I get that, I will be satisfied. BTW, these things have one hell of a rim protector on them.

Personally, I think the "stretcy" tires were being made to make tires less costly for the manufacturer by using less materials and passing off undersized tires as proper stock fitment. I believe a large failure rate followed, partly due to the stance scene, but mostly due to the poor design in general. This made the tires more costly in the long run. I think we are seeing a trend "back to stock". Those are just observations from a car guy that doesn't consider himself a part of the stance scene.

Thanks for the replies.