My Golf III GTI with new wheels:)

Tires are not designed to be run like that. Period. It compromises every aspect of the point of a tire - to provide safety and traction - of which this provides neither. It's a skinny tire with reduced sidewall flex, so it provides less traction, and it's stretched to the point of less pressure lying on the bead line, so it makes it much more prone to becoming detached by potholes and severe turn maneuvers that put an exceptional amount of side load on the tire (say, a turn you might have to make to swerve to avoid a deer in the road or debris falling from a truck).
 
great looking ride but sadly I think your car looked better with your old OEM wheels. the stretched tires in the rears just don't look right. You're just asking for curb rash with those rear tires like that.
 
BuffMe said:
Tires are not designed to be run like that. Period. It compromises every aspect of the point of a tire - to provide safety and traction - of which this provides neither. It's a skinny tire with reduced sidewall flex, so it provides less traction, and it's stretched to the point of less pressure lying on the bead line, so it makes it much more prone to becoming detached by potholes and severe turn maneuvers that put an exceptional amount of side load on the tire (say, a turn you might have to make to swerve to avoid a deer in the road or debris falling from a truck).
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not to mention the added stress to the belt edges.......



there is a reason for "approved rim widths"



Yokohama - Understanding Your Tires
 
Wow I never expected this much reactions considering the tyre size.

I am fully aware that tyre's where not made to be put on this way, but it has been done by so many people here that I am sure it isn't much more dangerous then lets say a normal low profile tyre. Ofcourse I have to look out for bumps en fast speed driving, but since I know this and the car was pretty low anyways I drive it very carefully.



I did it because I really like the looks and I would never be able to pull of a 245 tyre considering it would hit the arch everytime a little bump comes up.



Just for the people who are more interested I'll give you a link of some pics i took of a VAG meeting in the Netherlands:

Fotoalbum, Gratis Online! Uw Digitale Foto's in een Online Fotoalbum bij Mijn Album!



As you can see more then halve of these have (semi)stretched tyres and are still here:lol .

Maybe I convinced some of you it isn't rediculous and it lookes cool, but I think you should see it to like/understand it.:wavey
 
Hehe, it's gonna take more than a link with pics for me to ever like that look. All the Vdub ZOOO EUROOO bois around Chicago run that look. And everybody but them makes fun of it. The thing is, those tiny little, FWD Dubs came with what? 14x5's with 165 width tires? The body might only fit a 16x7 with a 215, but that would be FAR better than a ill fitting, sticking out of the wheelwell 16x9 with said 215. Not to mention wider in the rear on a FWD car makes my head hurt.
 
baasb said:
Maybe I convinced some of you it isn't rediculous and it lookes cool, but I think you should see it to like/understand it.:wavey
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The taste part of it is completely subjective and can be argued. The safety part cannot. After having a blowout, I would say the majority of people drive over the maximum rated 50mph on the donut they are using (whether it be sheer ignorance to its rating or knowingly) and have no problems with it. That doesn't mean it's safe.



Not trying to start a huge e-argument here, but you just simply can't argue the fact that it's much less safe than a properly sized tire, no matter how many people do it.



Overall, I like your taste in keeping the car simple and clean, I just could never understand how someone could knowingly significantly decrease their safety just for looks.



My personal POV is that I liken it to the people who put roll cages and 6 point harnesses in their car b/c it looks cool. Well, those were designed to be used in racing applications with helmets. If you get in a head-on collision with a 6-point harness, no helmet, and no HANS device you are either going to break your neck or risk bashing your head against the cage. Yea, it looks cool, but it's not worth it. The original seatbelt and airbag are designed to prevent these things.



Anyway, got wayyy off topic. This shouldn't be cluttering up this guy's thread (obvious double standard as I am not erasing what I just wrote :) ) but it's good that it was brought up to make people aware.
 
Jeebus! Stop it with the tire comments. This is a detailing thread, not a "I don't like your tires" thread. He's not even in the States or Canada, so whats your concern!?



On a detailing note here, it appears you did a stand up job. Keep up the good work!
 
Zeer mooi gedaan! Beautiful MkIII and don't take people's comments too seriously here. Most of these arguments can be presented as well on lifted trucks and SUVs with oversized tires.
 
P1et said:
Zeer mooi gedaan! Beautiful MkIII and don't take people's comments too seriously here. Most of these arguments can be presented as well on lifted trucks and SUVs with oversized tires.
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His golf is low enough it should pass under those huge lifted trucks without a problem. :)
 
From another VW driver, very nice car!

I completely understand your choice to put the poke on your dub. Sure, it's not my style but it is the scene's style and it looks good. Is it more dangerous? Sure. But so are dozens of other things we do to our cars when we mod them.



I'm just waiting to be able to afford a set of BBS RS-GTs for my Jetta... eventually.
 
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