Question about stretching tires

[lonestar22]

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.

[machined]

^word. That's the first I've ever heard of anything like that.

[braytonia]

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.

[mightywhitey]

+1 on teh curbs. 165/50 on 15x8 0 offset on my daily, 15k miles two 2k trips no issue.

[drumad]

215 on a 9 is a mild stretch so +1 to checking your suspension.

[Tonys18t]

Wheel Whores...this is how we roll.
PBMW project SoCal E30 coming to a town near you...

Bring on the hate :D

[Tree_e30]

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