17x7.5 wheels with 215/45 OR 205/40 tyres?? help

[TimGti]

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!

[V800DUB]

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

[pidge87]

Reps

Cant afford the real thing at ~£700 per wheel

[flyfs6]

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.

[pidge87]

I got them extra cheap

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

I think they were worth it though

[chris 9n]

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

[flyfs6]

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?

[flyfs6]

Thanks Chris, what offsets are they?

[pidge87]

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!

[Tim_GTi]

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

[rs_tdi]

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