Driven

narrow 255s on 17x9s

wish I could find some photos of the car at the RTA event...

Neutered Sputniks

I love that plate. And the car looks clean


ETA: just looked at the pic titles...thought I recognized that road from the Homecoming Banquet drive

Neutered Sputniks

For all the haters...look how stretched that 255 is on that 10...

WynnS123

You don't belong in here

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Jack_in_the_Box

with all that said. im still waiting on a hella grip badge

[AP2-2NV]

If Wynn and Sputniks don't mind, they posted perfect pictures to illustrate the benefit of putting a 255 on a 10 vs. a 9.



First is Wynn's car at rest, notice the bulging sidewalls he mentioned.



Next is Wynn's car loaded in a corner. Notice how much flex is on the outside sidewall, imagine what the sidewall on the inside looks like.



And finally Sputniks car, well wheel. Anyone see any similarity in this pic and the Wynn's sidewall in the loaded pic? Looks pretty similar huh. Compare all 3 pics and that's how much sidewall flex you won't have by running a wider wheel.

What does that mean? Quicker transient response, more direct feeling inputs, more tread on the ground, increased tread width, more mechanical grip. The suspension will be doing more of the work instead of the tire taking some of it. You won't feel the car taking a "set" as the tires load, because that flex isn't there

The downsides? Well decreased comfort since the squishy sidewalls aren't there to absorb bumps. Increased weight from running a wider wheel. Wheel isn't as protected from curb rash

They are worthy tradeoffs IMHO for the performance benefits you gain.

vehicular

And nobody has argued that. But it's still slower than a 275, which fits on the car, and fit just peachy on the wheels. And isn't even the slight bit stretched that Sputniks rears are. You're intentionally skating the point.





And for the record, I wasn't attacking you Sputnik. I didn't see what you spouted off about earlier, but you stated specifically that you weren't happy with the 10s in the back in your first post, and I took that at face value.


AP2-2NV, I was being deliberately course as a joke. I guess the humor didn't transmute the interwebs, but whether you took it as a joke or not is kind of irrelevant, as this *remains* the Fat Tires thread, i.e. the No Stretch thread, i.e. I don't think you're going to find anybody that agrees that running less tire than you can fit on a wheel without looking silly is cool.

Neutered Sputniks

Part of the post that was deleted mentioned that I'm running the +52's on the rear - so, no, a 275 won't fit without heavy modification.