1991 318is from California on wide 15's

[grippymonkey]

^ do it... that would look so beefy!

[Wh33lhop]

I still kinda want some 225/45 R888s on those 15x10 6ULs.

[Balleristic31]

I have a sparco that needs a bit of repair if your interested :D

[grippymonkey]

I'll probably be waiting till the first of the year to do anything too serious race related. We usually do a series of track/drift days in the Bay Area that I get to staff. I am able to run the course as much as I like during the down time. I took my STI to several earlier this year. Did a little bit of gripping and slipping throughout the day.

I need to pick up a pair of front tires also to balance out the grip in the rear. The Dunlop street tires I was running were great, but with R888's in the back now the grip is no longer balanced. I'll be using the other tires to slide around on. I also need to install a few more parts before I feel it's track ready. Oh yeah and put some race proper seats in.

[Balleristic31]

Come to Streets of Willow on the 4th to test out the new tires :up:

[grippymonkey]

^thanks

my brain assploded. thanks for stepping your game up

haha kenny... yes I have to step it up over and over

Sorry, normally when someone puts a 205 on a 10in. it is stretched to hell and back. I thought the picture you posted was of the fronts on an 8in. wide wheel. I know that a mildy stretched tire is quicker than a bubble tire. That being said, how do you like the tires? How much did you have to work the fenders to fit them?

I've barely used them yet. I did run them through my local spot real quick and the car was tighter than I could imagine. The fenders are just rolled flat. I didn't really pull it... although the fenders pull just a little naturally from rolling the fender out flat.

no rubbing 15x8 +4 and 15x10 +15... I could go a few more mm's lower offset in the rear with no issues before needing to pull, but I hate rubbing and I drive hard so I want the car to be as flush as possible without banging around on the fenders too much.

[FunfGan]

Awesome! Looks like the stretch on my tires. When you mildly "stretch" tires with very still sidewall, you get that bubbly look.

[325ix]

You guy are just thinking in terms of 205 is a 205 is a 205... these are as wide or wider than many 225 track tires in 15" sizes. They are as wide as my 235 star specs that I posted. There is no way you can compare them to a 205 street tire. It's okay if you don't like the "look" of it, but if you are worried about function this setup will take on some serious turns.

and yes I said not too much stretch... not any stretch at all. A very small amount of stretch is one of the better things you can do when mounting a track tire. Get the chunky tire American muscle car idea out of your head. That is not the fastest way around a track. A fat tire hanging off a smaller wheel will get you no where fast in comparison to a tire that is mildly stretched, has a stiffened sidewall from that reason, and doesn't have to shift every time you shift the cars weight.

Sorry, normally when someone puts a 205 on a 10in. it is stretched to hell and back. I thought the picture you posted was of the fronts on an 8in. wide wheel. I know that a mildy stretched tire is quicker than a bubble tire. That being said, how do you like the tires? How much did you have to work the fenders to fit them?

[kennyvb]

my brain assploded. thanks for stepping your game up

[grippymonkey]

You guy are just thinking in terms of 205 is a 205 is a 205... these are as wide or wider than many 225 track tires in 15" sizes. They are as wide as my 235 star specs that I posted. There is no way you can compare them to a 205 street tire. It's okay if you don't like the "look" of it, but if you are worried about function this setup will take on some serious turns.

and yes I said not too much stretch... not any stretch at all. A very small amount of stretch is one of the better things you can do when mounting a track tire. Get the chunky tire American muscle car idea out of your head. That is not the fastest way around a track. A fat tire hanging off a smaller wheel will get you no where fast in comparison to a tire that is mildly stretched, has a stiffened sidewall from that reason, and doesn't have to shift every time you shift the cars weight.

[8380 Labs]

i think the point he was trying to make was that numerically, a 205 on a 10" wide wheel is a lot of stretch, but the R888s run wide. and if you look at the pics they don't seem to be overly stretched.

will be interested in seeing side pics.

[325ix]

205 on a 10"? YIKES.

I was going to say, on your blog you say you didn't want too much stretch. That is stretch.

[MR 325]

205 on a 10"? YIKES.

[BrownBeanE30]

nice dude

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