while......

[surfingturnip]

...browsing the interweb, more specifically wheel-whores.com I came across these...

 

look quite pimp imo.

then you see the tyres that have been fitted to them....

[Burns]

looks like stretching as seen on retro rides

[Copey]

hate how the v-dub lads stretch tyres, looks bloody stupid!

[Kieran]

[Trevmk3]

sometime the tyre stretching doesnt look to bad but that takes the biscuit, and its on a mk2 golf

[antz]

put on tyres that fit properly you twonk

[bmxdave]

Those wheels are swish, but wasted on that car.

 

I like a bit of stretch, but nothing silly. Theres just no need or benefit to that.

 

When you start modifying your car, and theres no benefit at all to what you actually do, other then showing a few people on the interweb that your tyres dont fit properly, then you need to step back, consider whether you should be allowed a car, and decide if getting the bus is a better option.

[Von Loxlee]

that is maybe a bit too much....

 

 

but stretch is cool

[emu]

Maybe its just me, but that doesnt look cool at all.

 

What it looks like is he is trying to say

 

"Look at my really wide wheels that cost me a fortune ,

Such a large fortune in fact that I cant afford any tires wider than 135's "

[jimbo]

Those wheels are swish, but wasted on that car.

 

I like a bit of stretch, but nothing silly. Theres just no need or benefit to that.

 

When you start modifying your car, and theres no benefit at all to what you actually do, other then showing a few people on the interweb that your tyres dont fit properly, then you need to step back, consider whether you should be allowed a car, and decide if getting the bus is a better option.

 

[geoffersmasher]

i like this im afraid

 

always been a fan of german motors and streched rubber

 

though it should be a mk1 golf

[surfingturnip]

i like this im afraid

 

always been a fan of german motors and streched rubber

 

though it should be a mk1 golf

 

dont get me wrong geoffers, I like the german motors and the old skool v dub scene and all. but surely stretching tyres to that extent is a safety issue if nothing else. I can also admit to liking the stretched tyre look but not to that extent and more on drift cars. I just think he's gone a bit overboard is all.

[Vista]

I'd say that was very dangerous, so much so that if someone offered me a lift in that then I'd catch a cab instead!

 

Stretched rubber = overloaded and overheated sidewalls = nasty blowout at speed!

[5hane]

i like this im afraid

 

always been a fan of german motors and streched rubber

 

though it should be a mk1 golf

 

dont get me wrong geoffers, I like the german motors and the old skool v dub scene and all. but surely stretching tyres to that extent is a safety issue if nothing else. I can also admit to liking the stretched tyre look but not to that extent and more on drift cars. I just think he's gone a bit overboard is all.

 

i like it to but thats just stupid

[richie_stix]

I'm quite a fan of a wee bit of stretching but that looks shit... stretching can be an easier way to deal with minor rubbing issue with the tyre aswel!

[Von Loxlee]

does he say how the cars going to be used though?

 

if its a trailer queen then hes probably just doing it for the sake of it, always trying to be that bit more stretched than the next person kind of reasoning.

 

same as anything like that, such as lowrider bikes on roofracks and stuff, purely there for the most outlandish thing award and taken off or down when the car gets driven anywhere....

 

show wheels perhaps?

[surfingturnip]

he goes on about making it road legal and all so I assume road car. This is the origional thread; http://www.wheel-whores.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2160

 

its a good site actually with some rather tasty wheels on

[Gonzo]

That just looks complete w*nk. Needs to give the rims to someone who'll fit some decent rubber on 'em and then buy some sensible [read narrow] wheels for his pencil tyres.