This is what happens with bad fitment.

[williamb82]

The tires arent stretched to clear the fender, theyre stretched so that the tread remains under the fender. They dont care about rubbing, hence the phrase rubbin is dubbin. Stretching harkens back to europe where most countries have laws saying your tire tread must be within the fenders. So when the old school VW guys started putting porsche wheels on their cars, they had to stretch the tires to comply with those laws.

And :LOL: at the OP saying this sidewalls arent performance oriented, thinner sidewalls = less sidewall flex and much better turn in response. Ever seen a race car with 35" tires on a 15" rim?

hence wheels too wide for the car. the wheels should not stick out past the fenders and therefore neither should the tread. if they had proper width rims with the proper offset they wouldnt need to 'stretch" their tires to comply with the law.

[G-Magoo]

Right then they'd be rolling around on some stupid ass 7.5's. Yeah fucking cool bro.

Why is this thread still going. Its just gonna go on and on and on. The guys that dont get it are going to argue that its dumb and those that have actually used it and continue to use it everyday will argue back.

[John]

hence wheels too wide for the car. the wheels should not stick out past the fenders and therefore neither should the tread. if they had proper width rims with the proper offset they wouldnt need to 'stretch" their tires to comply with the law.

bc you know, complying with German laws is important in the United States

[omgwtfbbq!]

hence wheels too wide for the car. the wheels should not stick out past the fenders and therefore neither should the tread. if they had proper width rims with the proper offset they wouldnt need to 'stretch" their tires to comply with the law.

Yeah, wheels too wide for the car. A GTI can't tuck Turbo twists, so they stretch. If your wheel is wider than your fenders then youre poking. Poke + Stretch = win.











Seriously, why cant people figure out that not everyone thinks the same way? Some people like parking hard, some people track their cars, some people build $23984765457 automatic FWD celica show cars, some people try to go as low as possible, some people drop $5000 on bentley wheels for their $10,000 vw. Live and let live people.

[nismo]

Seriously, I could care less if someone buys a fucking McLaren F1, paints it pink with rainbows and unicorns, then lowers it on purple BBS wheels with "extreme" tire stretch.

Why? Because it's not my car, and they can do whatever they like.

[dan]

i don't have an issue with someone wanting to look chulo as long as they don't start arguing with me that having 10" wide wheels and a slammed ride will out perform my car with 7.5" wide wheels and a properly race spec suspension :gordy:

Moral of the story: gonna roll with something out of spec for the car? lrn2drive.

[dan]

Seriously, I could care less if someone buys a fucking McLaren F1, paints it pink with rainbows and unicorns, then lowers it on purple BBS wheels with "extreme" tire stretch.

Why? Because it's not my car, and they can do whatever they like.

how much less could you care? hehe

[Jordan T]

i hate it when the tires are stretched so much that you can see the inside of the rims lip, looks like ass. no function, no form.

[G-Magoo]

let me get in on this....

[Taylorinalaska]

I hate when people do what they like too, like its their fucking choice what they do. People that do that shit are assholes

[CoRDiTe]

The tire size did that or the fact that he hit a fucking pole.

IMO it looks like wheel was bent by the pothole but the scratching on the rim looks like curb rash. I don't think that curb rash was done from just hitting that one pot hole. The pot hole probably contributed to the rash and made it worst.

Stretched tires or not, potholes fuck up rims every day

^This I agree. No matter what size tire and wheel you have a pot hole could ruin it.

I know a lot of the JDM and Euro guys love that, but I truly think its one of the most retarded trends Ive ever seen. Im sorry, but something that obviously doesnt fit does not look good. Its just as bad as that donk crap.

I like the look of it, But I would not drive the car that way. If I had a car show and i towed the car everywhere to enter it into car shows, then I think thats fine. To put yourself on the road IMO with tires streched like that or worst seems very dangerous IMHO. But hey what do I know. I never did the research on streched tires.

That is a fact. Ultimately, he had control of the steering, brakes, and accelerator. That kind of damage is directly due to the driver's inability to judge distance and pay attention to the road.

John If I read your response correctly then I have to disagree. I have been driving on the road a little over 10 years.Not always are you going to avoid a pothole or a whatever you encounter on the road. Sometimes it can creep up on you reguardless if you are paying attention. I have hit several potholes and it wasn't because I was not paying attention. Driving at night time, Driving during a bad drizzle especially the ones that distort your vision, Also after it had rained at night time sometimes the on coming vehicles lights could cause the road not to be as visible. Everytime I seen a pothole that I wasn't able to avoid I try to slow down as much as possible so I could cause as less damage as possible.

[AaronGTR]

his rim is bent because he hit a fucking pothole. you're dumb as fuck. stick to sucking gm dick. stretching tires just reduces sidewall flex and enables you to go lower. you know nothing about stance, nothing about anything really because your car is a fucking riced out sunken battleship fag boy pussy footed atezza tailed pos. i wouldnt expect you to know anything about stance or style though...your grand prix has a fucking vader bodykit from one of those superstreet ads that say bodykits...499! omgsuckadick. goodnite

I hate when fucking gay ass pirates like this douche bag come into my thread trashing me and my car claiming I don't know anything...


and they can't even get the name of the fucking car right!!!

Eat shit and die loser. Getting some fucking education!

[omgwtfbbq!]

No one cares enough about pontiac to differentiate between grand ams and grand prixs.

[Taylorinalaska]

No one cares enough about pontiac to differentiate between grand ams and grand prixs.

speed is speed, no matter what it comes from.

[Puto]

Third...watching jap and euro guys get all butt hurt because someone on the internet doesnt like their stuff is the best entertainment ever. EVER.

I loled.

OP - "your friend" can't drive Seriously, how hard is it to NOT hit the curb? Thats not even a stretch, I've ran stretched and never hit a curb. You are blaming a non existent condition on your friends inability to judge distance, and ability to pay attention to road hazards

It's hard to hit a curb when you see it but there is always some possibility, there is no such thing as a perfect driver.