tyre sizes, help?

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James.watts95
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tyre sizes, help?

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getting some dare rs 15" and 7j wide, want a nice stretch, any sizes that would be good?
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165/50 if you want serious stretch
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yeah i was looking at that, but dont want anything too over done, just enough to give it a nice stretched look, without reducing handling
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Be mindful that MOTs are more stringent on stretch now and cars can fail if its too much

a 175/50 or 185/50 may be better for you
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really? and yeah probably gunna go for 175/185 45/50 on a 8 j no
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Yup. 2012 mot is much tighter
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ouch!
il have to put the little 13's back on for the mot then, it'll fail as it is anyway!:( but not for another 10 months
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