Nando87

what ET should I get to look aprox like this?

dynomite05

Those look like MRR GT1's. I would assume any ET thats not outrageous would work. You could make up the difference with spacers.

saltydizzle

just be careful with a 10" wide rear wheel. you will definitely rub 265/30 tires on the inside if you lowered the car. May need a camber kit to add positive camber to the rear if you want to run 265s. I ran stretched 245s on the rear before I put a camber kit on with minimal clearance on the inside.

bheng

sorry for thread hijack. but salty. i dont understand the concept of stretched tires. -_-

is it just a low profile tire that is smaller than the one necessary?
can any wheel shop do it? what are the benefits other than not rubbing.

btw. op. your rims are dope.

Nando87

I have my car dropped on eibachs, and i want to install 265 35 18, do you think I will have some issue?

saltydizzle

a stretched tire is basically running a smaller tire than what should be run. Example: normal size is 265. Im running 245. Thats 2 sizes smaller than what is "normal". so youre not getting all the rubber on the road if you use a stretched tire as opposed to a normal tire. now because the tire is stretched, the lip of the rim is exposed, because the tire doesnt fit all the way across the wheel like it should. when you expose the wheel you have to be really careful when parking next to curbs so you dont mess up the wheel ie curb rash. The only reason i am doing it is because i would have rubbed without the camber kit. now that i have the camber kit, i will be getting new 265 tires to replace these when i run the tread out. maybe like a month.

I dont think that any wheel shop will stretch a tire for you. They are considered "dangerous" by many (even tho ppl have been stretching tires for decades) and tire shops dont want the liability.

Other reasons why people stretch tires is to get a huge wheel to fit where if they used a normal tire it wouldnt come close to clearing. its usually only about looks over functionality. The ride is harsher and i wouldnt really recommend it unless you were going for that look.

also i have seen some rediculous stretches out there as small as 225 tires on 10-11" wide rims!

saltydizzle

you may depending on the offsets of the wheel. even with a 1.2in drop, you will get natural negative camber in the rear of the car. That tire size may rub on the inside fender because of the negative camber. There are ways to remedy this problem. you can probably put a spacer on there to push the wheel closer to the outside fender, which will give you more clearance on the inside. but you will need to make sure they clear the outside fender too. a fender roll maybe needed if you go this route, and i really dont like using spacers unless i have to. or you can do what i and some people have done, which is get a camber kit to give the rears more positive camber aligning the rear wheels back to spec. Im using KMAC, i know some other members are using ghostriders kit.