saxo steelies and tyre streching

1. John Established Member Joined: Oct 2006 St.andrews Posts: 2193 51 desire Vt Kit,2001 Focus Soon To Be RS Repilca

   #1 8th September 2007, 17:43

   Right people was thinking about putting some 15inch steelies on my car off like a 406 or c5 as i think offset is the same. Was going 2 paint them white with a red and black flake i wanted to strech the tyres but dont know much about this so any ones got any ideas on how its done i can fit tyres just aint got a clue about streching ?
2. garry_k Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2007 tyrone - norn iron Posts: 200 306 D-Turbo,405 D-Turbo

   #2 8th September 2007, 20:09

   in order to strech the tyres you need a wide rim...and a thinner tyre..
   
   obviously the wider you go, the more of a stretch
3. Curran Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 5387

   #3 8th September 2007, 22:53

   i'm not sure what is involved in fitting the tyre. my local kwik fit did mine.
   
   mine are 165/50/15's on 15x7 wheels. which is a good stretch but not too extreme. you can use other tyre sizes but it may be hard to get hold of the tyres you want where as 165/50/15 is a common size so its easy.
   
   
   
4. Curran Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 5387

   #4 8th September 2007, 23:00

   also you may find this website interesting.
   
   www.wide-wheels.co.uk
5. John Established Member Joined: Oct 2006 St.andrews Posts: 2193 51 desire Vt Kit,2001 Focus Soon To Be RS Repilca

   #5 8th September 2007, 23:34

   Cheers people saxo17s have some rep
6. Jacko Saxperience Addict Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 10296 08 Golf TDI

   #6 9th September 2007, 02:19

   i love streached tyres....go for it ...
7. John Established Member Joined: Oct 2006 St.andrews Posts: 2193 51 desire Vt Kit,2001 Focus Soon To Be RS Repilca

   #7 10th September 2007, 22:03

   any more people know about streching? got some 14s ftw lol
8. R66CE_O_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2007 chelmsford, essex Posts: 304 lupo turbo 330bhp

   #8 10th September 2007, 22:41

   its all about the stretch. some bloke on the lupo forum has 165/50/15 on 8" wide wheels.
   
   how did u get ronal turbs to fit a saxo
9. user_15266 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 N.DEVON Posts: 2558 Pair of Crutches atm!

   #9 10th September 2007, 22:43

   never seen it done on steelies!
10. John Established Member Joined: Oct 2006 St.andrews Posts: 2193 51 desire Vt Kit,2001 Focus Soon To Be RS Repilca

    #10 10th September 2007, 23:01

    lol tbh think they may be too thin going to polish mt vtr alloys and put some 165's on them