Smax's Stretched Wheel Setup
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I know that Max is looking to try out drifting a few times this year at events in Minneapolis. The stretched tire setup provides an extremely stiff sidewall, thus making tire roll nearly impossible, and providing a VERY stiff tire setup (easier to spin, and consistant run after run). Stretching a tire is not a ghetto or stupid idea, but is it as safe as a traditional mount? No. Our corporate Falken meeting last year was half spent discussing stretching a tire and which of Falken tires are created with a 'stretch' in mind. Added sidewall strength, and different compounds within the tire to allow for those interested in drifting/stretching on Falkens a bit of peace of mind.
Some do it to make a wheel tire fitment fit a certain car (meaning they typically bought a wheel wider than the fender area would allow, or wrong offset wheel/wrong tire)
Some do it for less sidewall roll, allowing for a very stiff contact patch
Some do it to look like their favorite drifter/show car/style
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Well jason you are correct. Not only did I do it so the fitment would work without overfenders but running the harder sidewall also. I plan to do as many drift events as possible this year which means I will be changing my tire setups if I find I need something different. This more of a trial and error thing for me. I don't care if you guys dislike it, I am not a carshow fan boy so this was done for function more than looks. I have spoke with justin pawlak (pro formulaD driver) many times about the plus and minus of the tire wheel combo I went with and he has given me pros and cons on both and the pros over wiegh the cons.
Also parker when it hits a curb the wheel says fuck off. Owell.
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Props for doing what you want. fuck what everyone else says
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drift86;273516 wrote:
Well jason you are correct. Not only did I do it so the fitment would work without overfenders but running the harder sidewall also. I plan to do as many drift events as possible this year which means I will be changing my tire setups if I find I need something different. This more of a trial and error thing for me. I don't care if you guys dislike it, I am not a carshow fan boy so this was done for function more than looks. I have spoke with justin pawlak (pro formulaD driver) many times about the plus and minus of the tire wheel combo I went with and he has given me pros and cons on both and the pros over wiegh the cons.Also parker when it hits a curb the wheel says fuck off. Owell.
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I guess he didnt try to give you any pros about grammer......just to be an asshole btw
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^lol see colton your gay! And rex the reason they are chrome is because it was a deal I couldn't pass up. And I needed tires more then powdercoat. I kinda like the way the chrome looks at the moment but will probably do a matte black center with gold lip pwder coat after I burn through this first set of tires.
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drift86;273848 wrote:
^lol see colton your gay! And rex the reason they are chrome is because it was a deal I couldn't pass up. And I needed tires more then powdercoat. I kinda like the way the chrome looks at the moment but will probably do a matte black center with gold lip pwder coat after I burn through this first set of tires.ok makes sense
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