Yet..another +17/+18 Volk GT-S. But you gotta have to see it in person really..

 

Up to a point, a stretched tire will out perform a non-stretched tire. I recently have compared a Kumho MX 255/275 on a 9" wheel versus a 265/265 Falken RT615 on a 10.5" wheel. Not only did I loose the turning response in the front end when I went to the MX, but on initial turn-in the car feels very loose and floaty all around as if the tires will not hold through the turn.

Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!

 

My favorite looking setup to date:











19x9.5 +11 - 235/35/19
19x10.5 +11 - 265/30/19

 

You ever thought that maybe the Falken's are just a better tire than the Kumhos and it had nothing to do with sizing?????

 

how can u make such an assumption with different brand and different size tires? im not sure i understand what you were saying about the tire and wheel combo's, but if it were the case that stretched tires perform better, why would they be out of spec according to the tire manufacturers? you can achieve the same effect of stretching a tire by just dropping down a series

 

+1 RICE FTL!!!

 

Wow, you folks are far more close minded than I had imagined... and exactly the reason that this forum (and 350 owners) have a bad reputation in other car forums. I'm done

 

honestly, how many times have you seen a bead separate from a tire due to stretching and NOT underinflation or running off the road/track?
on what basis can you say you lose performance? please, inform us.

 

to the OP:
my setup with 19x9+15 f 19x10 +0 r

 

well thin *** tire = less traction, losing performance no? putting a wider rim than needed for said tire width = unnecessary weight, resulting in slower acceleration and braking, losing performance no?

 

not neccessarily.

what is classified as a thin *** tire? it strictly depends on the car, a 2000lb car will not need a 245 series tire, therefor it will be adding unecessary weight as well. a wider rim will help as well with the flex of the sidewall, thus making it more "taught/stretched" and will respond much faster to imputs and respond quicker to smaller inputs.

then again, also, a bigger(taller) rim will be a disadvantage on the track as well. it will move the weith to the otside of the rim, thus causing more counteracting centripital force on the acceleration and braking as well.

 

I have to give thanks to dirtyZ for this picture of my 350ZR

 

well our car doesn't weigh 2000lb does it? i don't think you hear people complain about too traction... and like i posted in my earlier post you can simply reduce sidewall flex by simply getting say 35 series rather than 40 etc

 

who said anything about a taller rim?

 

all the op asked for was some pics of different offsets, i don't see why people always have to chime in with their worthless opinions...

 

we werent refering to the z now, you were discussing the 175/50's i beilive from the previous posts.

you were talking about performance as well. i simply am saying that taller rims will have less performance (albeit, after a certain size on a certain car )

 

very sick offsets, i definitely need spacers

 

Not really a valid comparison since you used two different brand tires and different width wheels. Gotta compare apples to apples.

 

 

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So clean, so simple. Classic.