1.4 clio s maxim
what wheels are they on that clio ?
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Needs more camber to tuck the tops of the wheels in my opinion, they stick out too much for me...
Jason_E
ClioSport Club Member
Elise, 530d
I'd go for something other than a Clio 182.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Moved to General until you've started it. It's not a project.
Black Gold Clio 182
I agree mate, i thought the first pic there was a trial fit of a rim, with no tyre, then i seen a tyre :|
Dont think its anything to do with being old, im 21 and think it looks shocking.
Dont think its anything to do with being old, im 21 and think it looks shocking.
182 Turbo Project
Why has it been moved? It's the start of a project?
Thanks again for all the responses, I can feel alot of hate already lol!
Coilies are wound down as much as possible considering I am still running 16s. Next step is to decide which rims to go for! Banded steelies would look pretty cool, but I have heard of some shocking horror stories about the welds going s**t?
Replies welcome as always!
P.S. Can this be moved back to the project section please.... hugs xxx
Thanks again for all the responses, I can feel alot of hate already lol!
Coilies are wound down as much as possible considering I am still running 16s. Next step is to decide which rims to go for! Banded steelies would look pretty cool, but I have heard of some shocking horror stories about the welds going s**t?
Replies welcome as always!
P.S. Can this be moved back to the project section please.... hugs xxx
Fake splits, coilovers, spacers, camber shimms.... Scene clio in a box.... lock thread!!!
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I'm with the Yellow one on this, I think it looks stupid but each to their own and all that
On a different note, isn't it illegal for the wheels to protrude out further than the bodywork??
Oh and the thread was moved as nothing has actually happened yet, you're just talking about doing it...
On a different note, isn't it illegal for the wheels to protrude out further than the bodywork??
Oh and the thread was moved as nothing has actually happened yet, you're just talking about doing it...
I think it's the tyre tread that isn't allowed to protrude further than the arches, not the wheels themselves.
Clio 182
Instant FAIL of test 1!
Mine...
Sick!
Love those all red rears what did you use just tint spray/film?
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aslong as the tread is covered by the bodywork its legal Daz
Am surprised at that to be honest mate, thought it would have to be the wheel!
Clio 182
If your running it that low you probably couldn't get enough speed up to pop them off haha
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
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Stretch as such is not dangerous. Drift cars run a fairly aggressive amount of stretch and they are driven very hard. The issue starts when you have scene kids running stretched tyres with too much poke and the sidewall fouls the arch gradually damaging it until it fails. The other time when stretch gets the blame again is due to fashion victims running crazy amounts of camber causing the weight of the vehicle to load up the sidewall rather than the tread face. This causes it to heat up and eventually weaken followed again by complete failure.
'Drift' cars aren't running their cars so low that the tyres are barely visible. It's inevitable that there will be added wear from tyres scraping the arches, no matter how well they're rolled. There is a much bigger risk of a blowout or some other kind of tyre failure if you're running a ridiculous stretch. Plus it looks s**t. I don't get it. I used to be into my dubs back in the day but never ran stretched tyres or stupid lowness.
I was actually addressing both points - clearance can damage tyres unnecessarily just as stretched tyres can be more dangerous. Either or, it's more dangerous than a properly fitted tyre. I don't see any manufacturers fitting stretched tyres on their cars - if there was any kind of performance benefit I'm sure major car manufacturers would know about it before some kid in an old VW.
This is one of the results if you google 'stretched tyres'
Yeah of course there'll be exceptions to the rule. There's plenty of 'drifting cars' that aren't crazy low with stretched tyres too.
Completely different cars for different purposes though. This lad in his Clio isn't going to be doing any drifting and he's also not confined to the relative safety of a track.
I think if someone wants to put stretched tyres on their car then fine, go for it. Just don't expect any sympathy if something does happen and you wreck your car, alloys or someone's face by crashing into them.
I wasn't going to destroy him with that quite yet Joey
But as you're at it I'll finish the job
I was making a valid point... you're just being mean! :rasp:
I'm going to sleep now but you two can do some bedtime reading here for some more opinions on stretched tyres
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=507819&nmt=Stretched Tyres - Safe?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=507819&nmt=Stretched Tyres - Safe?
I was actually addressing both points - clearance can damage tyres unnecessarily just as stretched tyres can be more dangerous. Either or, it's more dangerous than a properly fitted tyre. I don't see any manufacturers fitting stretched tyres on their cars - if there was any kind of performance benefit I'm sure major car manufacturers would know about it before some kid in an old VW.
This is one of the results if you google 'stretched tyres'
I think if someone wants to put stretched tyres on their car then fine, go for it. Just don't expect any sympathy if something does happen and you wreck your car, alloys or someone's face by crashing into them.
The reason manufacturers don't do it is ride quality, it's not an issue for dirfters, they stretch the tyre specifically to remove the flex from it and to give them a predictable handling response. If it was dangerous or that likely to fail as a result they simply wouldn't bother. The kind of loads professional drifters will be putting on the tyres and abuse as a result is considerably more than this lad in his clio.
As for your google pic that's a strawman arguement.
Most of that is just opinion based, from reading the first couple of pages. The only guy who actually had experience with stretched types ran them for 5 or so years and did multiple trackdays with no problems whatsoever...
More poke than viagr
I ran stretched tyres, with plenty of poke, plenty of neg camber and plenty of rubbing on the arch for about a year, and before that the lad before me ran the same. No damage or issues ever occured with running this much stretch and arch rubbing untill all 4 tyres were bold....used up completely. I dont know where your getting your information, but i have first hand experience and know a lot of people that have run stretched tyres for years and ive never heard anything about any blow outs or anything.
Drifters also use stretched tyres as it helps them break traction more easily and drift. But its not like your going to be trying to drift in a clio, and if it is flush then you arent going to be hammering it into corners....again i never had any problems
Mikes stretch is too much for me though, the white van.
Drifters also use stretched tyres as it helps them break traction more easily and drift. But its not like your going to be trying to drift in a clio, and if it is flush then you arent going to be hammering it into corners....again i never had any problems
Mikes stretch is too much for me though, the white van.
This is the big problem with this argument. There is never one set answer. Different police give different statements and what confuses this even more is things like London taxies have a centre hub that protrudes out from the wheel arch by 1". You only need to look at the odd LDV to notice they are also the same.
Here is my old Golf, not as extreme as some but I drove it like this for a year and was pulled over twice (both times the police just wanted to look around the car)
When I got pulled by the police they only checked to make sure i had no tyre wall damage coursed by scrubbing but i was allowed to continue as the tyre tread was under the arch.
BUT...
On the other hand i have heard of people being fined for the wheel protruding from the arch.
Paul
