to all you stretched, silly rubberband tire hipsters!

[UDelaware30]

Better pics, please?

I like what I see.

soon to come, gotta clean up the car and get the rears to fit a little better.

This^^… any roll? I was running 205/50's and love them but they still had a bit of strech..

front fenders are rolled/pulled all the way out thanks to mike. (white325is)

[rich4rdee]

nice wheels although i'd say boobies sticker+roof rack=hipsterish

[alpinee30m50]

Its not supposed to be functional, its supposed to look good and allow you to sit your fuckin fender on your wheel. Just because you dont get it doesnt mean you should bash it. These cars aint trying to go fast around corners, if you hadn't yet figured that one out.

Edit: those wheels/tires look titties btw

[UDelaware30]

Its not supposed to be functional, its supposed to look good and allow you to sit your fuckin fender on your wheel. Just because you dont get it doesnt mean you should bash it. These cars aint trying to go fast around corners, if you hadn't yet figured that one out.

wanna finish that last sentence?

i understand the whole slammed thing, just not on cars that have power. Id rather see a car slammed on some meats so he can at least take a corner fast and smooth and not under-steer off the road.

[N2MYE30]

Why do these look so much "meatier" than my 225/45's? Wheel specs?

[brutus87]

A: love the meaty look.
B: about the stretch look, to each their own fuck.
C: take off the sticker, and pics when your gf rides topless!

[mr2peak]

+1 on the "rides" topless part

[z31maniac]

Car looks great OP, you've confirmed what I want to do on the next one.

Guess I'll go ahead and get the wheels now.

Why do these look so much "meatier" than my 225/45's? Wheel specs?

Extreme performance summer tires tend to run wide at their sizes, plus 225/45/16 seems to run narrow anyway. My Kumho SPTs were 225/45/16 and were basically square shouldered on 7.5" SSRs.

[Lof8]

nice wheels although i'd say boobies sticker+roof rack=hipsterish

Ha

[Jonny Cash]

haha yea its starting to wear out its welcome. maybe ill get my girl to ride topless with me at all times to verify my love for boobies.


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hahaha, that would work.

I was always under the impression that extreme summer" tires ran wider, but its not all of them. The direzza dz101's are considered ES' but the starspecs seem to run wider. A 205-45 starspec on an 8" would be a little tight, but you could get away with it without it looking ridiculous. Those look bigger than the average 225.

[KennyT]

RE11's run wide but have a sunken bead. A friends set of 205/50's were the same width as my Kumho 711 225/50's. I had sidewall bulge but he didn't.

[8380 Labs]

the setup in the first post looks really nice. i also like a little stretch, but i'm over crazy stretch.

i don't get why people get all riled up over one or the other though.

[UDelaware30]

the 225-50-16 should have a 5 percent "meatier" sidewall than the 225-45, meaning 11.5mm taller sidewall all the way around. Thats almost a half inch on either side.

a little stretch doesn't look bad, as long as it is merely to fit the tire in the wheel well and still retains the structural integrity of the tire, as in not riding on the fucking sidewall. just talking shit though, there are cars on stanceworks that i drool over

roof rack is functional, and comes off when im not gonna ride for a while.
my 29er wont fit in my car no matter how i try to attack it.

[8380 Labs]

i'd be careful how much i lashed out against other trends when i had a street sign on my bumper. ;)

[E30AWDAZ]

What kind of tail lights do you have??? Why are they so grey in that first pic?