The "ANTI" stretch thread

[ZammoTheChoppa]

Lets post some pics of anti streched or balloned tyres

i will start





your turn

K-GO

[allen]

thats quite a stretch. I don't know if anyone can match up to it

[FunfGang]

So... Correctly sized tire and wheel combo's?

[RichardGriecoSuave]

So... Correctly sized tire and wheel combo's?

ha! Yes! Sometimes it feels nice to ride smoothly.

[FunfGang]

Does square count?

[Freddye]

[therealvilla]

Fugggg yes..... Fat and flush look.

I love low cars....and I understand the stretched tires are for clearance and pulling off the flush look. BUT.... I can't let form fuck with my function. If I'm going to upgrade from my 7.5" wide stock wheels for a set of 9" wide(or wider) wheels why the hell would I put tires on there that are smaller than what I'm currently running.....? Not a lot of sense there.

This is probably blasphemous around here, but I plan on lowering my car to the point that it handles like a track beast. Not stupid pan smashing low that will require I run super stretched tires and can't clear a speed bump or carry a passenger. Low's fun but at what point is it too low? I say it's too low when it's completely anti-funcional(can't drive for example). Congrats... your car is so low it won't move on gravel, and your 10" wheels are putting the same amount of rubber to the pavement as my bicycle. Kudos to you.

Sorry rant over. Let's see some functional stance!

[FunfGang]

I will say, my car does only have 1" of clearance in places, so it hits on the track/ parking lots during autocross

[PhilipWOT]

I thought I was the only one who loves sqaured tire setups.

[Kielan]

ha! Yes! Sometimes it feels nice to ride smoothly.

That's more of a sidewall height issue.

[FunfGang]

That's more of a sidewall height issue.

Truth. And stiffness of the sidewall, also.

[mike-81-240d]

I like proper tire fitment, non of that stretch. This is speaking for my own cars, I don't give the slightest crap if someone else stretches their tires or not. Just not for me I guess.

[DDM]

Fugggg yes..... Fat and flush look.

I love low cars....and I understand the stretched tires are for clearance and pulling off the flush look. BUT.... I can't let form fuck with my function. If I'm going to upgrade from my 7.5" wide stock wheels for a set of 9" wide(or wider) wheels why the hell would I put tires on there that are smaller than what I'm currently running.....? Not a lot of sense there.

This is probably blasphemous around here, but I plan on lowering my car to the point that it handles like a track beast. Not stupid pan smashing low that will require I run super stretched tires and can't clear a speed bump or carry a passenger. Low's fun but at what point is it too low? I say it's too low when it's completely anti-funcional(can't drive for example). Congrats... your car is so low it won't move on gravel, and your 10" wheels are putting the same amount of rubber to the pavement as my bicycle. Kudos to you.

Sorry rant over. Let's see some functional stance!

Dude, I understand and respect your opinion but come on, no need to act as if everyone here with stretched tires is stupid. They're obviously doing it because they like it, and that's completely up to them.
Now what I don't like is stretching tires for the sake of stretching. Say you could use a 195 without rubbing, why the hell would you put a 165 on there?

Add to that RIDICULOUS camber, and I don't mean a couple degrees, that's totally fine, but any more than this is were I don't like it anymore:


Now this is the kind of setup which I think looks great and probably offers plenty of grip:


Before getting bashed: this is just my opinion, very interested to hear all of yours.

[DDM]

One more thing: maximum tire may give maximum grip, but is that the most fun in driving? To me, driving isn't about lap times but about fun. What's more fun to you: being able to take tight corners at 120MPH because of huge grip, or having decent grip but being able to hang the tail out every once in a while?
And I'm not even talking about the much lower costs of smaller tires yet.

[SeanDub]

Oh neat, another bitchfest