Love those wheels! When you planning on getting them - planning on having a little stretch. Hope to see them soon!
-
Hi Guest we, are working on an upgrade to the forum this week, meaning the service may be unreliable at times and there will be some planned downtime at some point. Stay updated on this thread.
-
Guest, 🚨New Stock alert: Premium CUPRA valve caps now available in the store 👉 Order now from the merchandise store
Love those wheels! When you planning on getting them - planning on having a little stretch. Hope to see them soon!
Just wondering, is stretch actually legal? If it is, then i'll be doin the same for my rears
theres no law on stretch tyres over here or anywhere that im aware of.
im sure its known as stretch and poke
im sure its known as stretch and poke
Last edited:
Well I've been readin up today (you can tell I'm bored) and apparantly your insurance company can say after an accident or whatever that the tyres weren't fitted to the tyre manufacturers specifications, making the insurance void, or something along the lines of that.
your not going to crash though are you....
also i can understand that but the amount of stretch you will have it wont really be noticeable to be honest a matter of mm. you wont even need stretch anyway i dont think.
also i can understand that but the amount of stretch you will have it wont really be noticeable to be honest a matter of mm. you wont even need stretch anyway i dont think.
This is what I don't know yet, I need to find out how far they're gonna go out, and I have a feeling it'll sit about 5-10mm out of the arches
if its noticeably having the wheel out the arch is illegal and MOT failure but if its close to arch most testers wont notice or be bothered
true true i agree in the end mate id do it and as cupra al says put steelies back on for test time just i dont wanna do it to mine becuase my mate with a golf mk3 had his decked and the wheels out the arch by 2.5 cm and he got finded and had to sort it out then and there as it was "unroad worthy" the wheel had to be changed or the car go towed lol so depends on your local police i guess
Darzy18
Guest
Alloy wheels
Just wondering where rash got his wheels and how much they where and do you have any websites there on i've seen them for 1300 cheapest
Just wondering where rash got his wheels and how much they where and do you have any websites there on i've seen them for 1300 cheapest
Had the standard Sport alloys for the first year and a half or so:
Then bought these and had them on the car for 5 days:
Then I had these for a couple of years:
BBS RXii with colour coded centres which I loved.
Car is currently sitting like this:
Standard Sport alloys sanded back and sprayed black. They are a bit shabby but fine for using on the salty winter road!
Then bought these and had them on the car for 5 days:
Then I had these for a couple of years:
BBS RXii with colour coded centres which I loved.
Car is currently sitting like this:
Standard Sport alloys sanded back and sprayed black. They are a bit shabby but fine for using on the salty winter road!
Yeah tyre shine in the last picture was definately needed lol
The Keskins, although a sweet looking rim, I just felt were too big for the look of the car! They were 17x8.5 all round and scrubbed like hell. They looked fine in the long grass at E38, but on flat concrete, they looked huge on the car! So I decided to get the 16s of the same design but they would not clear the Sport's 288mm brakes! So I gave in with the KT1s!
Looking back, I reckon Rimstyle could have provided me with far greater stretched tyres. I had to raise the front so the tyres didn't constantly scrub!
Loving those keskins matey! How far out the arch were they using 8.5J's (and their offset if you can remember)? Looking to get 9's for the back, oh and if ya didn't know I'm bigwill who jus joined up vagingit the other day
Hey mate, yeah i'd guessed, i don't come on here much to be fair!
The 8.5 were a nice fit and didn't come out from the arch at all if i remember correctly! the tyres were too big looking back though and scrubbed a lot. the fronts were more of a problem though!
If I were doing 8.5s again, i think i'd stretch some 205 rubber on to them instead of the 215 (or was it 225?) that were on there already! My bro is running 215/40 (i think) on his 9s!
As for offset, i do believe they were ET35! Hmmm maybe your ET30 9s will go in no trouble then! I don't know how close mine were to catching the damper though.
The 8.5 were a nice fit and didn't come out from the arch at all if i remember correctly! the tyres were too big looking back though and scrubbed a lot. the fronts were more of a problem though!
If I were doing 8.5s again, i think i'd stretch some 205 rubber on to them instead of the 215 (or was it 225?) that were on there already! My bro is running 215/40 (i think) on his 9s!
As for offset, i do believe they were ET35! Hmmm maybe your ET30 9s will go in no trouble then! I don't know how close mine were to catching the damper though.
Damn that musta been a bit of stretch, think I'll go with that or 225's (funny rimstyle only offers up to 215 for 9s though)
As for the offset we can only pray it'll be fine
Are you thinking about lowering your car eventually?
215 on a 9 is not a massive amount believe it or not and its certainly not a silly/dangerous amount.
I think 215/40 will be fine and then 195/45 on the front. Also depends on the brand of tyre too. Toyo stretch nicely as do Nankangs but some do not strech that well.
I wouldn't go for a 225 rear as this is too big and will look a bit silly, unless you get a very low profile tyre.
215 on a 9 is not a massive amount believe it or not and its certainly not a silly/dangerous amount.
I think 215/40 will be fine and then 195/45 on the front. Also depends on the brand of tyre too. Toyo stretch nicely as do Nankangs but some do not strech that well.
I wouldn't go for a 225 rear as this is too big and will look a bit silly, unless you get a very low profile tyre.
Similar threads
