Question about stretched tire setups

kenchan · 02-27-2015, 02:42 PM

btw, if you want that clean looking sidewall, get the S04's. stay away from DW and PSS with their rounded sidewalls, it wont look as clean.

TROXZILLA · 02-27-2015, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

btw, if you want that clean looking sidewall, get the S04's. stay away from DW and PSS with their rounded sidewalls, it wont look as clean.

Ha, I was just starting to look at other tires for sidewall appearance. Thanks for throwing that out. I'll checkout the S04's.

kenchan · 02-27-2015, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TROXZILLA

Ha, I was just starting to look at other tires for sidewall appearance. Thanks for throwing that out. I'll checkout the S04's.

yah, for some reason 275/35/19 is very narrow for S04, so go with 285/35/19 for the rears. they look

but then RE11's look even

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moore.speed · 02-27-2015, 04:14 PM

OP's question still hasn't been answered. I would agree; stretched tires on most (especially a sports car platform) is silly but when talking a very mild amount, it won't be a huge deal.

I had a 255/35 on a 20x10 with a previous car. It was not to the ridiculous and awful looking, tire inside the lip of the wheel because it's so stretched look.. the sidewall of the tire was just simply stretched outwards to fit on the lip of the wheel. 255 was very conservative on the 10" wide wheel in terms of "fitment" or "stretch".

On your 10.5" wheel, you will be fine with a 255/35 but I'd advise taking your front tires and moving them to the rear for the 265 on the 10.5" wheel, if you must go this route. As for the 9.5, I wouldn't want to go any smaller than 235/35 but that is just a mild stretch, as you were looking for.

TROXZILLA · 02-27-2015, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by moore.speed

On your 10.5" wheel, you will be fine with a 255/35 but I'd advise taking your front tires and moving them to the rear for the 265 on the 10.5" wheel, if you must go this route. As for the 9.5, I wouldn't want to go any smaller than 235/35 but that is just a mild stretch, as you were looking for.

Sounds like a solid idea. Thanks for your input.

TROXZILLA · 02-27-2015, 04:48 PM

On a separate note... Does anyone here running a wider setup have issues getting pulled all over the road? With my stock setup I didn't have any issues, but as soon as I threw on the 295 R/265 F setup I started getting pulled all over by every little disparity in the road. Feel like I'm fighting the car half the time, which definitely is not as enjoyable to drive. Anyone else have these issues?

Brendan · 02-27-2015, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TROXZILLA

On a separate note... Does anyone here running a wider setup have issues getting pulled all over the road? With my stock setup I didn't have any issues, but as soon as I threw on the 295 R/265 F setup I started getting pulled all over by every little disparity in the road. Feel like I'm fighting the car half the time, which definitely is not as enjoyable to drive. Anyone else have these issues?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=47

02-27-2015, 02:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	btw, if you want that clean looking sidewall, get the S04's. stay away from DW and PSS with their rounded sidewalls, it wont look as clean. TROXZILLA likes this.

02-27-2015, 04:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
moore.speed Base Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 181 Drives: 09 370Z Touring 6MT Rep Power: 11	OP's question still hasn't been answered. I would agree; stretched tires on most (especially a sports car platform) is silly but when talking a very mild amount, it won't be a huge deal. I had a 255/35 on a 20x10 with a previous car. It was not to the ridiculous and awful looking, tire inside the lip of the wheel because it's so stretched look.. the sidewall of the tire was just simply stretched outwards to fit on the lip of the wheel. 255 was very conservative on the 10" wide wheel in terms of "fitment" or "stretch". On your 10.5" wheel, you will be fine with a 255/35 but I'd advise taking your front tires and moving them to the rear for the 265 on the 10.5" wheel, if you must go this route. As for the 9.5, I wouldn't want to go any smaller than 235/35 but that is just a mild stretch, as you were looking for. TROXZILLA likes this. __________________ "Let me tell you something. Anyone who owns a car like this (370Z) has something wrong with them in the head." My Grandpa who has owned 4 Z's in his day.

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02-27-2015, 04:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
TROXZILLA Base Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 39 Drives: 11 370Z AT, Blue Rep Power: 11	On a separate note... Does anyone here running a wider setup have issues getting pulled all over the road? With my stock setup I didn't have any issues, but as soon as I threw on the 295 R/265 F setup I started getting pulled all over by every little disparity in the road. Feel like I'm fighting the car half the time, which definitely is not as enjoyable to drive. Anyone else have these issues?