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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 11:49 PM
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<3 those tires
Old Sep 29, 2011 | 12:55 AM
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rolling rear fenders and going a tad lower, possibly messing with camber. in the front i dont have camber bolts and we pretty much have it cambered as much as stock will allow. so i think ima leave it that way.
Old Sep 29, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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Just be careful with that much stretch, Had a friend of mine stretch some BFGs on his 240sx, 235 on a 10inch wheel........bead of tire broke and trashed the rim and almost trashed his car, would hate for anything to happen to you. Stretching tires is pretty dangerous.
Old Sep 29, 2011 | 08:34 PM
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LOL a 235 on 10 is weak sauce. Sounds like your friend didn't have enough tire pressure, you need to at least run 40psi I ran 45 because I had a 215/35/18 debead on an old set of 18x9.5 toruqes I had. I also ran 215/40's on a 10 daily for around 6 months daily thrashed those tires. I ran up in Mullholland Dr. and GMR canyon runs with them FINE. I also met a dude at a local meet running a 195/45/17 on a 17x10.5 inch rim...the stretch was utter madness. You do know tons of local drifters run stretch tires on their car? Only problems they have is running out of tread...

Sorry I just have a thing against people coming in without any experience, and say something is bad. It's like taking advice from a virgin who has never had sex...
Old Sep 29, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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Haha socal.
Drifters run stretch to get less sidewall flex. 235 bfg's on a x10 is hilarious. BFG's run terribly wide anyways, I wouldnt even say that would be much of a stretch.
Old Sep 30, 2011 | 12:20 AM
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ya my kdw's arent even stretched really at all lol. rolling fenders as we speak with the eastwood.
Old Sep 30, 2011 | 02:32 PM
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It's dangerous, it looks stupid, and you lose traction........ I never got the whole stretched tire thing I guess, Buy tires that fit your wheels, and make it work...... Roll your fenders or do some Actual work to your car. if you can't run a 10" wide wheel with a tire made for a 10" wide wheel.........don't do it, it looks stupid
Old Sep 30, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by etoomey3
It's dangerous, it looks stupid, and you lose traction........ I never got the whole stretched tire thing I guess, Buy tires that fit your wheels, and make it work...... Roll your fenders or do some Actual work to your car. if you can't run a 10" wide wheel with a tire made for a 10" wide wheel.........don't do it, it looks stupid
Cool story bro...glad u dnt like it some of us actually like to look good
and b fast at the same time i mean i undersrand if u dnt like it thats ur opinion but boost and stance is winning u do realize that SOME of us dnt race 24/7 so we actually make r cars look good for daily drivin!
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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^^ gtfo
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:31 AM
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Lol at this guy umad?

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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:36 AM
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This thread'll be locked soon lol. Yes you non fitment guys can go discuss how you hate stretched tires in your little performance circle jerks. Us guys who like to stretch rubbers will do the same. Each has its huge following. No need to be brotards
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:40 AM
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Ohhh hi :D thats justa reflection btw! still need to find something to do with that rear fender bolt piece though? what do ppl usually do?
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:44 AM
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Just cut it off
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:47 AM
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the bumper is good without those bolts holding it?
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 03:48 AM
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yes sir
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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btw this is not safe at high speeds with stretched rear... i was at 120mph with boosted s2k on 95 and with one movement of steering wheel i swear it wanted to swing out.

waiting to see what im doing with front, gotta put bumper on, on monday with rs1 lip.
Old Oct 3, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFloTC
btw this is not safe at high speeds with stretched rear... i was at 120mph with boosted s2k on 95 and with one movement of steering wheel i swear it wanted to swing out.

waiting to see what im doing with front, gotta put bumper on, on monday with rs1 lip.
hmmmm...........not safe with stretched rear? All you guys wanna hate on me cause I was giving some advice, since I have quite a bit of experience with wheels and tires. The one person who you were sticking up for just proved my point. Turbo + Stretch = bad idea.

and BTW your car DOES look good, just lookin out man
Old Oct 3, 2011 | 01:45 PM
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500000 drifters with boost/stretch disagree with you.


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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 03:38 PM
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Drifters are supposed to go sideways, fwd cars are NOT, lol.
Old Oct 3, 2011 | 04:32 PM
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someone told me it was because wider rim AND also i havent gotten alignment yet but it doesnt really pull either way. Highways arent exactly FLAT here so that could have to do with it. on street roads it seems nice at highspeeds.



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