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Just remember to cut out the lip of your fender well... IIRC you were hitting that on the fronts right Cliff?

Yeah, still am but only on hard bumps and really hard cornering.

someone on gagt.com thinks this look is pure sex

Haha wtf. To each his own,

in the first pic it doesn't even look like the bead is seated on the rim. wtf

i wonder what the tire installer thinks when they mount these things.

There used be a ton of those around here and most of them had hilariously bent axles – It was fun watching them wobble down the road

99GaGT3X00 wrote:someone on gagt.com thinks this look is pure sex

buttsex maybe...

The tire installer seriously must cuss them out when they have to get these things seated.... Its hard enough sometimes to seat one of our race car tires on a 7" wide rim, and when we tested the 8's it was even harder. I have no idea how they stretch the sidewall to reach that lip.

When I started driving it was cool to have a set of 235/245's on whatever rim you could fit, but now its cool to mount up some 195's on an 9" wide rim.... LOL

That looks so gay! There is alot of that crap here in new mexico.

they spray ether on the inside of the tire and throw a match in it. seriously. i have done a few sets myself. lol

NMBeretta wrote:...new mexico.

Well theres your problem

LMAO I was waiting for that.

Kris GTwhat? wrote:amen to that! i was waiting for that pic to show up. i never had a better stance on my gt than with canuck springs and 18's. a 2" drop on our cars does a whole lot when you're wanting low.

what size profile you did you have/have on the 18's...im currently riding 18's as well...just sucks about my car that i had to use adapters since the bolt pattern was different..anyways im rolling on 245/45

3X00-Modified wrote:The tire installer seriously must cuss them out when they have to get these things seated.... Its hard enough sometimes to seat one of our race car tires on a 7" wide rim, and when we tested the 8's it was even harder. I have no idea how they stretch the sidewall to reach that lip.

When I started driving it was cool to have a set of 235/245's on whatever rim you could fit, but now its cool to mount up some 195's on an 9" wide rim.... LOL

speaking in terms of a 16" rim size 235-245 doesn't look bad. if i decide to stick with the 16 Grand prix cross lace with are 16x8 i was going to go with the 245/50-16 size which fits the wheel good. 225 doesn't look bad on the 16x8 either.

but as far as this crap goes if i was the tire installer and saw this kid walk in with rims that size and then puny tires to go on them i'd be like yeah ok buddy see ya later.

Kris GTwhat? wrote:they spray ether on the inside of the tire and throw a match in it. seriously. i have done a few sets myself. lol

i've seen that done and it's usually to reseat the bead in an emergency.

They have a 20lb propane tank at the race track that they fill with compressed air and then there is a HUGE ball valve on the top of it that goes to a flattened duckbill type outlet, they rest that on the edge of the 13" wide modified tire rims and open the valve and the rush of air going into the rim and up behind the tire is enough to seat the bead... Works well and no one looses and eyebrow. LOL