How Far Can It Stretch?

[jamie curran]

Hey guys just wondering if these tyres will fit on my rims

245/40/R18's on a 18x12 rim?

[Ad's]

I have a 235/45 tyre streached over a 9.5 rim. They are streached but i could probally go as far as a 215 and that would be extreme. So my guess would be no..

[alr33x]

http://www.tyrestretch.com/index.php

its not listed but check some of the 11s and get an idea of the amount of stretch

like this.

245/35 on an 11

http://www.tyrestretch.com/11_245_35_R18/

my advice pushing it a bit far

[Joe_89]

  On 03/01/2011 at 9:44 AM, Ad said:

I have a 235/45 tyre streached over a 9.5 rim. They are streached but i could probally go as far as a 215 and that would be extreme. So my guess would be no..

pretty sure miso (PWND) has 215's on his 10" rims, so id say yes..............but why lol

[Dahtone Racing]

ive done 245/35/20 on a 12

[Ad's]

  On 03/01/2011 at 11:55 AM, Joe_89 said:

pretty sure miso (PWND) has 215's on his 10" rims, so id say yes..............but why lol

Lol not saying i would just i coud do it if i couldn't afford tyres haha.

Edited January 3, 2011 by Ad's

[jamie curran]

lol ok guys thanks for ur replies, reason i was asking is because im looking at getting a set of bf goodrich and thats the widest they come in...

oh and btw im putting 225/40/R18's on my fronts which are 18x10

@Dahtone Racing

how did that go for u?

[Dahtone Racing]

as long as the tyre pressures were up above 35psi it was fine if they dropped the tyre would come off the rim if there was heavy pressure on the side wall like going side ways.

[Spurdo]

i know a guy with 295s on 13" wide rims on his widebody gtr. it only just worked. illegal as all hell. looked pretty stupid too. dont do it.

[jamie curran]

hey guys im hearin ya, i decided on these

18x10(fronts) - 225/40/R18

18x12(rears) - 265/40/R18

Cheers for the help

[Rolls]

stop being a stooge and buy proper tyres, what is the point of getting 12" rims otherwise?

[jamie curran]

some people like the look of stretched tyres...me being one of those people and a lot of other people on this forum are the same. obviously u dont and thats fair enough.

anyway as i said ive picked my tyres, thanks again guys.

[Joe_89]

Is it also neccissary for the tyres to be stretched for the 12" rims to fit on a GT-T?

Wouldnt have thought it was possible without some serious guard work?

[jamie curran]

its only possible with a serious wide body or Rediculars guard work

i'm going with the wide body option

Edited January 5, 2011 by jamie curran

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

nope you could do it without widebody.... but it's not easy

there's a photo on slammed society somewhere of an s14 with 12's on stock metal....

[jamie curran]

hmmm would be interesting to see someone try pull that off on an R34

[Joe_89]

  On 06/01/2011 at 1:12 AM, jamie curran said:

hmmm would be interesting to see someone try pull that off on an R34

Do it

[KiwiRS4T]

  On 03/01/2011 at 11:23 PM, jamie curran said:

lol ok guys thanks for ur replies, reason i was asking is because im looking at getting a set of bf goodrich and thats the widest they come in...

oh and btw im putting 225/40/R18's on my fronts which are 18x10

@Dahtone Racing

how did that go for u?

You should have looked into the availability and price of tyres before you bought the rims. Still not too late to sell them and buy some more appropriate to your needs and budget.

[fcruz3r]

mate, he's buying bf goodrich...so i dont think he's too concerned $$ wise otherwise there's heaps of other wider options in the budget tyre range. some ppl just like the stretched look, 245 is pushing it to the extremes and i dont think that many tyre shops around will know how to mount these properly.

[jamie curran]

yer i decided on 265's on the rear guys, cheers for the help