315/30/18 help!!
03-07-2011, 09:45 AM
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Sorry to sound like a wise a$$ but Its common sense to know how a tire gets stretched. Ive had 10.5 rims a while back with 295s. It was STRETCHED. I now Have 10.5 DD C5s with 315s and they are pretty flush with the rim. I dont go with what tirerack has for "suggested rim size" I go by personal experience. Ive had many different cars (drag,drift,scca,street,VIP,etc.) with different rim/tire combos. All in all, thats why im asking for 315s. Thanks for the suggestion though.
For example a Nitto 315 looks like a BFG 275 when set side by side b/c Nitto runs a little more narrow. So a 295 tire will not always look stretched, its dependant on the tire brand.
03-07-2011, 03:24 PM
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This is a stretched tire-
I find it hard to believe you had a tire strech that was over an inch wider than the rim. Maybe it wasn't buldged like a 315; but I don't see a ~11.6" tire stretching to fit a 10.5" rim, unless they ran way small for a 295. Stretched tires come from a wider rim than tire; so a 255 (~10" wide) on a 10.5" rim would be stretched, not a 295 (~11.6" wide) on a 10.5" rim.
I find it hard to believe you had a tire strech that was over an inch wider than the rim. Maybe it wasn't buldged like a 315; but I don't see a ~11.6" tire stretching to fit a 10.5" rim, unless they ran way small for a 295. Stretched tires come from a wider rim than tire; so a 255 (~10" wide) on a 10.5" rim would be stretched, not a 295 (~11.6" wide) on a 10.5" rim.
03-17-2011, 03:10 PM
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Thats a little streched to me. Not that bad though. Heres mine. there is more of a shoulder/ boxed look. This is what im looking for.
03-17-2011, 03:18 PM
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This is a stretched tire-
I find it hard to believe you had a tire strech that was over an inch wider than the rim. Maybe it wasn't buldged like a 315; but I don't see a ~11.6" tire stretching to fit a 10.5" rim, unless they ran way small for a 295. Stretched tires come from a wider rim than tire; so a 255 (~10" wide) on a 10.5" rim would be stretched, not a 295 (~11.6" wide) on a 10.5" rim.
I find it hard to believe you had a tire strech that was over an inch wider than the rim. Maybe it wasn't buldged like a 315; but I don't see a ~11.6" tire stretching to fit a 10.5" rim, unless they ran way small for a 295. Stretched tires come from a wider rim than tire; so a 255 (~10" wide) on a 10.5" rim would be stretched, not a 295 (~11.6" wide) on a 10.5" rim.
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