datrod Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 The front flair is to high on the body line. I put mine on under the body line. Makes the car look lower than it really is. But I also cut the fender. I'm running. 16X10 with a 265-50-16:cool: Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 The front flair is to high on the body line. I put mine on under the body line. I prefer his way. That's how the factory did it. ;) Quote Link to comment
521Lvr Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 other than the bright silver behind the flare I don't see any differance in the mounting placement. looking at the bolt height and placement from pic to pic they look the same. I think if I paint it black. bend in the front a little for clearance. runnin alot of caster yeah know. and let the coilovers down aa 1/2 - 3/4" it will look the same.? Minus the "G" nose :D Quote Link to comment
Fineline Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Sweet! Looking good Tony. I say cut the fenders and drop it down another inch or so. Or dont cut them and paint them black if you have the clearance. But either way it has to come down some more. Oh yeah......NICE OVERFLOW!;) Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Also here is an example of a car with heavily stretched tires that was involved in a massive accident, including another car and a set of railroad tracks not at a crossing. I drove the car back to my shop. Keep in mind these are also 255's on a 12" rim in the rear and 205's on a 10" in the front. And no the tire stretch was not a contributing factor in the accident. He was getting sideways. As you can see the bead did not 'flop' off the rim and even with the deflated tires they still held a bead on three of the wheels. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked that s14 uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup :D Quote Link to comment
ssfwgn Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 My Volks have a bit of stretch, not a ton... 215/40-16 on a 16x8... Hey, did you get those on ebay from a guy in the san francisco area? I almost bought the same set. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hey, did you get those on ebay from a guy in the san francisco area? I almost bought the same set. Nah, got these from Japan a few years back... I've seen a few sets of 17s in the US, never seen 16s except for mine. Got a link to that auction? Quote Link to comment
fiveNdime Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 I think that you can go too far with this stretching. In my opinion I want as much contact patch on the road as possible with out the wheel and tire combo looking out of place. Doesn't serve much purpose in my opinion to put a small tire on a large rim, especially with the newer tires running higher pressure, you can always air them up to get you spinning faster. Quote Link to comment
ssfwgn Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Nah, got these from Japan a few years back... I've seen a few sets of 17s in the US, never seen 16s except for mine. Got a link to that auction? O, no link. The guy owed me a set of wheels, so when get got a container of wheeles and cars from japan he offered me the same set of volks. I didn't think they would work because they had 42mm or so offset on the front wheels. He said he ended up selling them on ebay. I ended up getting a set of blitz wheels of a s13 he imported. he owed me a set of rotas I think I made out pretty well:D Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Doesn't serve much purpose in my opinion to put a small tire on a large rim... Well, then don't do it. ;) It does serve a purpose, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment
Burabuda Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 ahh, the ongoing is stretch good debate ... i've often wondered who actually started it: the euro's or the jdm's ... Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 ahh, the ongoing is stretch good debate ... i've often wondered who actually started it: the euro's or the jdm's ... I thought I did years ago when I put a 205 on a really really wide rim, I did it because I was to cheap to buy wide tires though :D good OL Used Tire Warehouse they put them on for me when no one else would :D Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 ahh, the ongoing is stretch good debate ... i've often wondered who actually started it: the euro's or the jdm's ... The world may never know... :P Both claim ownership. I think the Japanese pioneered the extreme "show-only" stretch, and the Euros the mild daily driver stretch. :D Quote Link to comment
Duke Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Like every car trend, it started with racing...just look at 70's F1 cars...stretched tires! Quote Link to comment
b210in Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 ahh, the ongoing is stretch good debate ... i've often wondered who actually started it: the euro's or the jdm's ... maybe neither do you remember back in the late 80's when the whole big bumpin minitruckin scene was in? only the coolest mini trucks had super wide kmc's on really streched tires, i don't remember seening it earlier than that. Quote Link to comment
Duke Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 ^^It started with racing...really. A streached tire gives a more forgivable breakaway supposidly. Just look at the rear tires on this Lotus from the 70's. Quote Link to comment
b210in Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 for sho it started in racing like every other cool innovation. but at what point did it start on the streets? during the 70's america was still going thru the fat tire with white letters look. who knows what they were doing in europe. we may never know. Quote Link to comment
Fuelrags Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Chevy 15x8-4X4 Steel Wheels with 205/50/15's..... Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 That is niiiiice... :D Quote Link to comment
CoilOVerKid Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 Like every car trend, it started with racing...just look at 70's F1 cars...stretched tires! Thats what I tell all my friends. 15x8 0 offset. Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 So is this considered a stretch tire? So who did create it first.... Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 So is this considered a stretch tire? So who did create it first.... thats just a waste of a good car Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 So is this considered a stretch tire? So who did create it first.... Pretty sure those lowrider guys weren't doing it before the F1 guys mentioned above... But maybe... :P Quote Link to comment
NorCalDime Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 my buddys have this going on on their silvias Quote Link to comment
devilduece Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 my buddys have this going on on their silvias that silvia is sick as hel i like Quote Link to comment
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