Softly softly catchy monkey?

Ok now i've got your attention, i need help on tyre sizes.

Got meself a lovely set of 16" banded Beetle steels.
In a lovely cream colour (Steph's gonna hate me til i get them resprayed...).
All wheels are 8.5" wide.

Anyways, they're running some lovely tractor-ish 225/55/16 tyres.
I'm looking at getting a bit of stretch on the go, but something that i can cope with all the time, as this is my daily so im gonna need it to be appropriate enough to deal with every day.

I was looking at 205/45/16's, but they dont have an exciting amount of stretch.
Was also looking at 195/45/16's, but dont know if this is going to cause me any problems day-to-day.

So yeah, need the stretch for when i lower the car more (got some serious poke at the moment, and dont want major scrubbage!) so they dont destroy themselves on the arches.

Anyone got any ideas?
I looked on tyrestretch.com, but they dont have many examples for 8.5" x 16" wheels (2 to be precise).

i didnt know you spoke spanish?


id go with the 205s fella 195 will be too much and it will handle like poop but its up to you. Its like a big version of stephs car

Lupton_20vt wrote:

i didnt know you spoke spanish?


id go with the 205s fella 195 will be too much and it will handle like poop but its up to you. Its like a big version of stephs car

Haha, classic!
Was waiting for someone to get the line.
Inbetweeners and Gareth Keenan ftw!

But yeah, i see your point.
The 195's do look nice with the lup bulging, but probably not very practical.
205's are probably gonna be the better option.

And yeah, careful how you phrase that. She wouldnt like it if someone said it the other way around (in fact she'd hang me from my balls).

inbetweeners is the don im off to see simon bird (WILL) at the corn exchange this month but yea think the 205s are the right shout i gotta work out what to put on mu 18x10s

Got 205s on my 8.5 porshce splits only because they dont do 195s in 18. theres a lil bit of stretch but if you have a rim protector tyre like mine it looks like nothing. if you need clearnence for the poke id go with the 195/45 m8.

i run the stretch on the back of my audi all the time on the shittest bumpiest roads imaginable at quite silly speeds and had no problem. Ive gone and jinxed myself now aint it lol.

all the roads are round yours matty is straight, bumpy as fook and lead into a big stream i am seriously surprised your audi doesnt scrape though

It does just turn the music up.

its all about scraping stuff on the road and not on you arches

fair play sorry to hi jack your thread stampers what coilovers is your ausi on avos?

Na APs, they dont go low enough for me. but theyll do for the time being.

Lupton_20vt wrote:

fair play sorry to hi jack your thread stampers what coilovers is your ausi on avos?

No probs mate.

And yeah, i see your point Matty.
Arghh, choices choices.
Stupid thing is, the 195's are cheaper but the 205's are easier to get hold of!?

I'll just see what my mate has in store at his garage, then chuck out the dollar.
Should be nice, fun, and.....expensive...

Stampers wrote:

Ok now i've got your attention, i need help on tyre sizes.

Got meself a lovely set of 16" banded Beetle steels.
In a lovely cream colour (Steph's gonna hate me til i get them resprayed...).
All wheels are 8.5" wide.

Anyways, they're running some lovely tractor-ish 225/55/16 tyres.
I'm looking at getting a bit of stretch on the go, but something that i can cope with all the time, as this is my daily so im gonna need it to be appropriate enough to deal with every day.

I was looking at 205/45/16's, but they dont have an exciting amount of stretch.
Was also looking at 195/45/16's, but dont know if this is going to cause me any problems day-to-day.

So yeah, need the stretch for when i lower the car more (got some serious poke at the moment, and dont want major scrubbage!) so they dont destroy themselves on the arches.

Anyone got any ideas?
I looked on tyrestretch.com, but they dont have many examples for 8.5" x 16" wheels (2 to be precise).

are you sure?im sure there 215/55/16's.
yes i no im sad but have taken them on and off with you 2or 3 times since saturday!

205 should be about right

this is a 195/45/16 on an 8j



205's on an 8.5 should be the same amount of stretch(ish)

It all depends on what make tyres you go for. they all strecth very different. my toyo 205/40s not look any more stretched than the 215/40 falkens that was on them before, but do give slightly more clearance because of the smaller sidewall.