Question about stretched tire setups

speedfreek

The problem I think is the misconception of thinking you can have the look and keep the performance. You can't have both. If you want to go with the pizza cutter size tires on fairly wide wheels you are going to be sacrificing quite a bit of grip. I mean the whole concept is like shooting yourself in the foot. If you want grip, or more of it, then get wider tires. When you start limiting your tire size to the opposite side of the spectrum then you limit the functionality of the vehicle itself. To each their own. If you want to stretch go right ahead but please just limp back and forth to the car show. Otherwise I might suggest getting two sets of wheels. One for show and one for go.

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Waiz

David, you and I both know these guys are more concerned with looks than performance. No argument from me about that

But to argue that the car is suddenly dangerous or undriveable is just plain false

<-Can't believe he is the voice of reason for stretched tire setups

TROXZILLA

I understand this is a very debatable topic. I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers, just get some info. My car is getting lowered in the next couple of weeks, already on it. Was trying to decide on the possibility of changing the tire setup before I did that. The more research I'm doing the more I am reading about the potential dangers of going with stretched tires. Again, I'm not looking for what I would call an extreme stretch, like this. I do not find this appealing nor what I consider this safe even looking at it.
Stretch 2.jpg

I'm looking more for something like this, which in my opinion is tasteful, really exemplifies the lip of the wheel.
Stretch 1.jpg

My 370 is a weekend toy, not a daily driver. I don't ever plan to race it, but if I decided to take a run up into the mountains and I want to open it up I would like the peace of mind to know the tire setup I'm running is not going to kill me.

kenchan

as soon as you lower your car you will see that it will completely change the look and fitment of those wheels. you may just end up keeping the tires as is.

as far as clean dressup, my G is about that pict you posted. very mildly stretched sidewall and lowered for a nice clean and fluid look with the arches.

speedfreek

The top would be probably the equivalent of a 235 on your rear wheel. The bottom would be a 265 by my guess.

Why do you want to go to a stretched tire? Just like the look? Or are you going to lower it to the point where you are tucking the tires/wheels?

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TROXZILLA

I think there are many different setups for a Z that can look good. But I really like the look of a mild stretch. As I mentioned above I think it really brings out the entire lip on the wheel. I would never move to that setup if I felt it was going to be unsafe or cause an extreme loss in performance. I don't have any plans to lower to the point of tucking tire, just enough to get rid of that wheel gap. I agree, I think a 265 is probably what I'd be looking for. Just have to figure out if I want to do it or not. Thanks for the input