Thread: Rim/tire width
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Old 01-22-2012, 03:38 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hat_man View Post
What about going the other way. I have 225's and would love to go narrower. Any idea on how much narrower I could go. Even a ballpark figure is OK. I would like to keep my current rims only because they are alloys and fairly light, not because they are "aero" in any way. I'd love to fab some "moons" for them though.
Go as narrow as you want. I frequent cars "scenes" where stretching tires is very popular, and never seen anyone "break the bead". Look on here and you'll get an idea of how far it can go without problems.

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Stretch as much as you want. As long as your sidewalls aren't at a 45 degree angle you should be fine.
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