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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 01:08 PM
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Can you still drive aggressively with stretched tires? obviously not too crazy of a stretch.
Im running 225/35/19 on a 9.5 and 255/30/19 on a 10.5 tire, and it has a decent amount of stretch. My local car club organise spirited canyon drives and we push the cars quite a bit, and i was wondering if its still possible to partake even though I'm now running stretched tires. I know the quality of tire makes a difference, but id hate to be attacking a corner and have a tire blow mid corner.
Whats the general consensus with stretched tires and aggressive driving? How dangerous/safe is it? Can i push the car as hard as before?

Ive seen pics of drift cars with stretched setups, but those guys are usually sponsored and have tires to spare. Would a tire blow out easier? i know in general the tires wear out faster, but thats more due to being lowered and cambered.
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 02:20 PM
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I have almost the same specs as you, a tad less aggressive but still a considerable stretch on my 19"s. I do a a lot of spirited/aggressive driving almost once a week in the summer on some nice twisty roads up here in northern ontario. The only issue I've ever had in doing so was one time when I blew out my right rear sidewall on a pretty gnarly switchback. I was running ventus v12s at the time. The stretch makes the tire a much more rigid structure so it's a lot less forgiving and I think that combined with the road surface (a few rough spots here and there) was the only reason it went on me. I (to some) "downgraded" to nexen n3000s and still run the same roads without an issue.

If the roads you're running are nicely paved I couldn't see what threat it would pose to them.
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 04:38 PM
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You can drive agressive to a certain point. I've seen stretched tires unbead it self on SUPER hard turns but I doubt that you would ever achieve those g forces on mountain road spirited driving. Ive had tires stretched beyond that and never had any issues
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 07:50 PM
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Just think of it this way...the greater the stretch, the less the usable amount of sidewall. Less sidewall, the less forgiving the tire will be on any sort of potholes/bumps/etc.

But given the wheel & tires specs here, it's really a "minor" stretch.
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