Author Topic: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great  (Read 3099 times)

Offline wolfie1981

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Just got a set of 19" rims 8j all round.
I want a good stretch so the rims are sitting out any clue to what tyre size would be best.

Ive been to a couple sites but only show 8.5j rims
Any guys on here running 8j with stretch

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #1 on: 23 December 2013, 19:46 »
You've got to go pretty skinny to get stretch on 8J, this is hard enough on 18's and I'm guessing will be even harder on 19's.

I'm running 205/35/18 on 8J and that's the smallest tyre size there is available:



215/35/19 is the smallest size that Camskill sell and even that doesn't give much stretch:




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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #2 on: 23 December 2013, 20:02 »
If u wanted stretch you should of got 18s bud

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #3 on: 23 December 2013, 20:15 »
If u wanted stretch you should of got 18s bud

Or wider 19s :grin:

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #4 on: 23 December 2013, 20:22 »
Lol just got given a set of rs4's and wanted them to look a bit different.

Not sure if there going to look any good might just leave them

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #5 on: 23 December 2013, 20:50 »
If u wanted stretch you should of got 18s bud

Or wider 19s :grin:

Well that 2 haha sell the 19s and get 18s 9.5 rears :) looks good on a mk4

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #6 on: 23 December 2013, 20:51 »
Might just put them on with the tyres thats on the rims see what they look like. I have 20mm rear spacers will I get away with them not catching do you think.

As at the moment im running 16" 6j's

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #7 on: 23 December 2013, 21:04 »
What tyres are already on them? Are you lowered?

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #8 on: 23 December 2013, 21:44 »
18" is the better choice.

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Re: looking good tyre strecth on 8j 19" rim any help would be great
« Reply #9 on: 24 December 2013, 08:55 »
man up you lot :laugh:



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