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  • lonestar22
    E30 Addict
    • Aug 2005
    • 417
    #16
    Originally posted by 5KWattson
    Your life? Stretching tires lessens the weight capicity of he tire and also builds up heat...heat causes blow outs. If it wasn't such a drastic stretch I'd say go for it but 9" rim with 215's is A bit much. That's just my take on it
    did u just make that up?

    i mount stretched tires all day, and ive had them on a few of my cars. the only difference ive noticed is stretched tires dont bubble as easily because they cant get pinched between the wheel and the tread.
    Originally posted by Lof8
    Seriously. Every black wheel, regardless of spoke design, looks the same from more than 3 feet away.

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      • machined
        E30 Modder
        • May 2004
        • 901
        #17
        ^word. That's the first I've ever heard of anything like that.
        - skipping the E36 generation completely -

        Originally posted by Stephen
        Alot of newer cars do nothing for me

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          • braytonia
            Wrencher
            • Dec 2009
            • 216
            #18
            I ran 205's on a 9.5 inch wide wheel... No problems and no blowouts just alot of curbage. Wasn't really any room for parking errors. Only thing I hated about the stretch.

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              • mightywhitey
                E30 Modder
                • Oct 2009
                • 985
                #19
                +1 on teh curbs. 165/50 on 15x8 0 offset on my daily, 15k miles two 2k trips no issue.
                1991 e30 328i M52 swapped: Gone
                1995 e34 540i/6 1 of 76 Clean
                1985 e28 euro 525i the daily

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                  • drumad
                    E30 Mastermind
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 1700
                    #20
                    215 on a 9 is a mild stretch so +1 to checking your suspension.
                    2008 335i - n54b30
                    1991 318i - m52b28
                    1994 fzj80 - LAND CRUSHER

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                      • Tonys18t
                        E30 Modder
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 943
                        #21
                        Wheel Whores...this is how we roll.
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                        Bring on the hate :D


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                          • Tree_e30
                            Member
                            • Feb 2010
                            • 43
                            #22
                            Originally posted by Tonys18t
                            Wheel Whores...this is how we roll.
                            PBMW project SoCal E30 coming to a town near you...

                            Bring on the hate :D



                            i love the stretch i wanna go that much but so far im running 215/40/17 on a 9" sportmax wheels all around never had a blow out
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