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Old 06-30-2007, 06:26 PM
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Seems the new trend in Europe with teenagers and their small European cars now try to get the biggest wheels possible in their ride, and to keep within the law of no tread further than the wheel arch and to stop the need to "roll" the arch, they stretch narrow tyres on (so the tread is within the arch !!)

Here an example of a 195/40/15 on a 9" wide rim !!!!!!



Looks dangerous to me !

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I don't see anything
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sorry, had to reboot my server :-)
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I'm speechless!
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They better not take any sharp turns or hit a decent bump!

They'll learn their lesson...
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Looks like a trend from over here before 20" + rims became popular.
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Well there's a lot of it going around, My son was at a Volkswagen show and I have just been through his pictures...

His is the last one..





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Geez that looks horrible.
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u got to be kidding me...
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That don't look good at all.
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what the point in even having a wide rim if your tire is so tinny
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imagine hittin a curb with those rims. those suckers would be gone.
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That looks horrible.

What the hell are they thinking?!?!
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Wow...

Maybe I should slap some 255s on my Z06s next time I need tires...they must be thinking unsprung weight will make 'em faster
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What the F?
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Wow...dumb
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haha that's great
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wow and I thought the 275's on my 10'' rims were small
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They were doing that back in 2000-2003 when I was in Germany too.



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