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david burton wrote:one thing to note: my Yokahama Paradas have more stretch than my BF GoodRich tyres did. So you might want to compare makes if you can.

From experience, I can tell you that dunlop and Falken tyres stretch very well. Most people will fit dunlops for stretch and performance and Falkens for stretch with a little more economy!

Sorry its nothing to do with tyre stretching but pidge that car on those wheels is tasty are they reps or the real jobo?

Reps

Cant afford the real thing at ~£700 per wheel

For what they are they seem like a good quality wheel. Where abouts where they bought from?

Off topic if the schmidt's on the rear are 17x9 could I get away with still using 205/40/17's I've got? I can swap widths FOC but dont want to fork out for another pair of tyres.

I got them extra cheap

Corrado forum group buy. Had to wait 13 weeks for them

I think they were worth it though

flyfs6 wrote:Thanks for your replies, on 7.5" wide wheels 205/40/17 looks nice. So the same should give a great look/nice stretch on 8.5" wheel. I'll lookout for 195's, but I dont want a mad stretch.

I wonder what size Chris has on his redwood 9n?

i have 205/40/17 on a 8 and 215/40/17 on a 9

iv also ran a 205/40 on a 9

the 205 0n the 8 looks cool no to much stretch but still stretched

pidge87 wrote:I got them extra cheap

Corrado forum group buy. Had to wait 13 weeks for them

I think they were worth it though

Those from Rtec?

Thanks Chris, what offsets are they?

Yep a guy called Paul from Rtec organised it because he wanted a set

It finished many moons ago however you can still buy them on ebay (only 1 set on there in 5x100 et35!) but they are more expensive for wheels alone than what I paid for wheels AND tyres!

What was the 205/40 on a 9j like chris?

I run 205/40-17 Pirelli P-Zero Nero on my 7,5x17 BBS RC's. Great performance tire!