Something to Think about

[gtimk5]

Thanks for that Rat, backs up my thoughts of this silly trend mate.
I have written 3 replies here but thought the better of posting them, so I will just say thanks.
Of course some here know a lot better than the tyre manufacturers and authorities, just hope they never ever become involved in any serious crashes using undersized tyres...

[Preen59]

Thanks for that Rat, backs up my thoughts of this silly trend mate.
I have written 3 replies here but thought the better of posting them, so I will just say thanks.
Of course some here know a lot better than the tyre manufacturers and authorities, just hope they never ever become involved in any serious crashes using undersized tyres...

Well worded, Andrew.

[Mrk_Mickey]

More so the more you learn the more you know, and the more you notice how much a lot of other people DON'T know.. And that's not directed at you.

I stretch tyres, and I know the problems associated with it - in fact, I made sure I knew before doing it! It's something I choose to do, and if something goes wrong then it falls down to me having taken the risk in the first place.

[rob64981]

I stretch tyres, and I know the problems associated with it - in fact, I made sure I knew before doing it! It's something I choose to do, and if something goes wrong then it falls down to me having taken the risk in the first place.

But its the other people you might hit.....Fill in other words here.... that dont have a choice.

I am not saying you are wrong or right but saying "me having taken the risk in the first place." is a little lame in my eyes.

Rob

[Mrk_Mickey]

But its the other people you might hit.....Fill in other words here.... that dont have a choice.

I am not saying you are wrong or right but saying "me having taken the risk in the first place." is a little lame in my eyes.

Rob

Same goes with anyone who speeds, or answers phone calls or texts while driving, or people who eat behind the wheel, or careless people who don't pay enough attention. Risks are risks. I won't justify why I do it to people on a forum because I don't need to.

[Stephy]

[QUOTE=gtimk5;527271]Thanks for that Rat, backs up my thoughts of this silly trend mate.
I have written 3 replies here but thought the better of posting them, so I will just say thanks.
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Same, i type something then delete it.
I do agree they look cool and there is probably a very small chance of something happening on them but... I have been in a car when the stretched tyre failed (not my car), I'm never ever going to have stretched tyres on any of my wheels. I don't care if you all think I am not cool...

[Ratstylz]

Allthough the law is very unclear on this matter, the truth of the matter is that, common sense sould provale. Until something very bad happens and the law steps in.

[Stephy]

So true... Or someone wets their pants because you get a blow out at 110...

[Ratstylz]

Yeh to true..........
But DAMMMM they do look cool !!!!!

[schoona]

Stretched rubber or people pissing themselves?

[Stephy]

Depends what you're into...?
I'd prefer to look at stretched tyres

[Preen59]

Depends what you're into...?
I'd prefer to look at stretched tyres

Weirdo..

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[Ratstylz]

Stretched rubber or people pissing themselves?

Whatever turns you on i suppose !!!!

[gtimk5]

Well, one of my customers was involved in a fatal pedestrian incident in his coilovered Mk2. Not his fault but the car was impounded for inspection. He was asked for an engineering report for the coilovers. He removed them.
I would hate to be involved in any serious incident on stretched tyres. That would be a huge no no during inspection.....
One way ticket to trouble.
Sure, stretched tyres may look cool on a show car, but only on a show car in my books. Highly impractical as are cars dumped to the weeds.

[Spyda]

It wouldnt be cool if it wasnt dangerous or was normal.

You guys make it sound so bad, like having streched tyers is going to cause an accident over bad driving. Id like to see the comparison between streched tyres and accidents, any facts or figures anyone? At least a link to someone who crashed because of streched tyres? If you can find some, compare that to the number of people running streched rubber.

Most tyres are over enginered anyway(....well i bloody hope they are)

Worse things happen than streched rubber.