Tyre Stretch

Stupid question, but how does it work?

I'm buying a set of Borbet As 7.5 all round and want to know what my options are? Currently has 205/45/16s.

I know 16 is the rim diameter, 45 is the profile so is 205 the width? to stretch do i look at making the 205 smaller?

any recommendations please?

cheers

stretch is reduction in tyre width, so in this instance a 195 would be the next width down to fit. saw a website the other day with shed loads a different sized tyres/wheels. think its tyrestretch.com?

cheers alex

go on tyrestretch.com for piccies

its quite helpful

smaller width.

the pro's do it by shootin at massive amount of air in the tyre in one quick burst in order to pop the tyre beed on to the wheel (to effectively seal the tyre)

205's on 7.5j should be abit of stretch mate, surely not alot tho it may not be noticed

205 is the width and the 45 is the percentage of the width making up the profile so that would be low profile but prob not stretched

195/40's or 195/45's

if your a man you need some 165 45s

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now ur talking, doubt a 205 will stretch more like poke over the sides lol

yer 165's! do it, they look sick on 6.5's so would look sweet on 7.5's

165/45 looks scary i would, but needs to be practical and because im planning on driving to a few festivals with a car load am i going to be risking doing some severe damage?

195/45 sounds alright.. is there such thing as 185/45?

195/45 is wat i have on my 6.5 n they dont stretch so if u want a stretch ull need a 185, duno if u can get a 184/45 but check out mytyres.co.uk they do all sorts of wierd sizes!

ive got 165/50 on my 7's even thought they are 15's. they look good but i wouldnt want to go for much more specialy if you want to corner hard, and you get chips on the lips of your wheels too if you have looads of stretch

mytyres havent got 185/45 or 175/45 they've got 165/45 with "rim protection" though.

hmm we'll see