Legal Issues & Stretching Tyres

[Soundofav6]

As for widen steelies it known as banding... What i recomend u do is have new hoops put onto the existing centers... We had some done in 13's and 15's and its sweet...

All u need is the standard wheels take them to a wheel builder, not your local trye joint bcuz he sends off and make more money... The wheel builder machines off your old hoop and welds back on a new wider hoop...

U need to consider offset... If u want it done PM and ill give a phone number... Costs around $120 per wheel all done

I had no idea it's a custom job... I have alway wondered which company sells it.. Surely opened up my mind, especially with rayray's Crazy wheel projects now days, the wheel crazy is infectious... For future references, anyone know places in sydney that does that ?

OH the issue of strech tyre.. everything is illegal but for anything, it improves the performance from what I know.

[Water Boy]

I had no idea it's a custom job... I have alway wondered which company sells it.. Surely opened up my mind, especially with rayray's Crazy wheel projects now days, the wheel crazy is infectious... For future references, anyone know places in sydney that does that ?

OH the issue of strech tyre.. everything is illegal but for anything, it improves the performance from what I know.

Yeah mate most wheel builders do em for hot rods, race cars and drag cars... U just think hwo many VL turz run widen steelies... A lot and some ones gota do it

[malteser]

stretching the tyres does make the side walls of the tyre stiffer, giving you more traction/less tyre roll, but it also makes them harder. It also looks awesome but it is easier to get gutter rash.

I know I'm being a bit of a wet blanket here, but stretching tyres might improve performance by making the sidewalls stiffer, but it also takes away the natural suspension properties of the tyre. I'm reminded of a mate who managed to pop a 17 inch tyre driving along Parramatta Rd. I don't really see all that much difference between my stocker 15's and the 17's with smaller sidewall. However, I could be wrong

But, if uncompromising performance is what you're after, I'm sure tyre stretching is the way to go

[Soundofav6]

Yeah mate most wheel builders do em for hot rods, race cars and drag cars... U just think hwo many VL turz run widen steelies... A lot and some ones gota do it

I feel like fireworks are going off in my head, thats Makes so much sense.

Excuse for going off topic for a second....to make those stellies with mirror finish, do they just polish the hell of it is there another alternative ?

Thanks for starting the post cameo.

[Water Boy]

I feel like fireworks are going off in my head, thats Makes so much sense.

Excuse for going off topic for a second....to make those stellies with mirror finish, do they just polish the hell of it is there another alternative ?

Thanks for starting the post cameo.

Polish or chrome... What ever floates ya boat

[Soundofav6]

Polish or chrome... What ever floates ya boat

Have to get my terminology right .. I mean chrome..

[Water Boy]

Have to get my terminology right .. I mean chrome..

Polish is different to chrome... Chroming is when the rim is covered in a metalic based coat... Polishing just takes a lot of sanding and then elbow grease

[cameo]

Thanks for starting the post cameo.

Hahaha, no worries!

Yeah, this thread clarifys a fair bit. However, once the rims do get a bit of poke, and lets say I do get the fenders rolled and widened to suit the rims, would it instantly be legal, or would I need an engineers certificate or something, on that topic, what exactly does/is an engineers certificate?

[rayray086]

I'm not sure about an engineer's certificate, but I know that once the rim of the wheel is within the fender, then it's "legal".

[Lorenz]

Dont forget you also have a legal limit to the size of rims you run, which in SA and some other states is no more than 2" bigger/wider, therefore you can run 16x6s legally or 14x8s on a MK3 CL/GL legally! (thats if stock wheels are 6" wide, i just took a guess!)