My tyre fitter refused to fit

[Screech16v]

My tyres after he had done one of them,he said it was against the law and looked wrong and didn't charge me for the one he did so  I had to get them done somewhere else which they were more than happy,im sure its not illegal to have a bit of stretch.

[F17BAD]

nowt wrong their, first place were been nobs

[bobbarley]

No idea on legalities, looks a bit too much to me though, safety wise

[dom]

Some tyres have the maximum wheel width stamped on it, e.g. 'do not fit on 8.5J wheel'

That's what my Falken's say anyway

[bobbarley]

Why not just fit tyres that are the right width?  More grip.  There some advantage to stretch?

[Wayne]

They look unsafe to me 

At the end of the day, you have to respect the reasons why he refused to fit them, think of all the legal implications if something goes wrong.

This whole stretch / scene look for tyres is complete madness to me, I would never feel happy or use a tyre working that far outside of it's recommended specs.

[Screech16v]

Why not just fit tyres that are the right width?  More grip.  There some advantage to stretch?

I have 9" wheels and a mk3 that is slightly lowered,arches are rolled and this is the only way I can get enough clearance running these wheels ,I doubt there will be less grip as the tread part of the tyre is still flat

[bobbarley]

Ahhh, for clearance, with ya.

[mcgee9t2]

Why not just fit tyres that are the right width?  More grip.

if hes having to fit streched tyres im assuming hes so low that the car wownt handle good anyway so grip doesent matter.


but +1, dont see the point in lowering a car for anything other than getting good handling, and just getting the lowest centre of gravity you can does not equal the best handling.  i have had my car at lots of heights ranging from -30mm to -145mm. and can safely say -50 to -60 was about the best handling.

but anyway back on topic, i think he was just making up excuses so that he has nothing to do with it if your tyre comes off (from there being too much strech) and causes a crash/injury etc.

[Screech16v]

My car isn't that low probably around 50mm and I think it handles pants anyway tbh,so will not be going all out ,its when I have passengers ,the back goes down and I get smoke coming off the arches ,I drive sensibly 99% of the time so don't think it will be an issue....famous last words