215 goes on 9?

[Jhonno]

215 ok to use on a 9" rim at all?

[fuzzy]

thats going to be a bit stretched i think. i had 215's on an 18x8 and the edges of the tyres were stretched in on that just enough to clear the arches.

[Jhonno]

Just a thought.. When you stretch a tyre, it ends up with a smaller dia doesnt it? Seeing as the tyre walls are now at an angle rather than 'vertical' as it were..

[kam325itouring]

215 no probs!!! vw boys do it all the time... some of them are running 205s!!!!

[aceraf]

215/40/R16 on my 9J Borbets

[Jhonno]

215/40/R16 on my 9J Borbets

any pics of how stretched they are at all?

[BadDave]

A 245 section tyre would be the recommended/safest size

[Jhonno]

Too wide without some arch massacre..

Thinking 235/40 might be suitable..

[BadDave]

Too wide without some arch massacre..

Thinking 235/40 might be suitable..

245 does rub sligtly i'll admit

BUT
For a 9" wide rim it is the recommended tyre width

235's aren't available in certain diameters

Would really need to find out what the wheel diameter is 1st

IIRC 235/40 isn't available for a 16" rim but is available for some of the larger diameter ones

[Jhonno]

235/40 is suitable for a 9" rim apparently, tho its top of its width, whereas 245 9" is the bottom of its width fitment

[BadDave]

So anything between 235 and 265 would be suitable

Providing you can get them under the arches of course

[Jhonno]

cool cool..

think 215 would be too stretched considering i want to drive the car properly..

Now to fit 235's in the rear arches

[harry_p]

215 will be fine on a 9. it'll have an obvious stretch, but it's not ott or unsafe one. my m3 had 225 on a 9 and did several trackdays and a lot of hard road miles with no probs.

195 on a 9 isnt much of a challenge for most of the vw lot, but i wouldnt like to run them on a hard driven car.

i personally think 235 is the perfect size for a 9in, looks nice and tight, but no silly stretch but also no balooning. 235 40 17 is a pretty common size too, so theyre not a bad price. i think the 235 40 17s i bought were cheaper than the 215 45 i ran on the front at the time, but i've now changed these for 215 40 17.

[Jhonno]

Harry, these the tyre sizes you are running on your lovely M3 atm with the System I wheels?

[Colonel Sanders]

i think 225 40 16s would be a good tyre, fits under the arch, and not too stretched

[harry_p]

on the turbines i'm using 215 40 17 all round (all the wheels are 8in) my style 5s use 215 40 front (8in rim) and 235 40 rear (9in rim)

[aceraf]

215/40/R16 on my 9J Borbets

any pics of how stretched they are at all?

Only one's i could find that may show it...









Not too much of a stretch.

[papercutout]

I'd say you'll be fine with 215's, not much stretch at all, going by the photo's above and general knowledge. Biggest stretch i can recall seeing is 185 on a 10J. Now that is stretch! I'd drop down to a 205 on 9J before I started worrying, and while you might not care for my opinion, see above photo's for lack of silly stretch and general opinion.

[Jhonno]

Turns out they were all 8's anyways..

215/40 is its...

[kiruji]

I was running 215s on 9s and 235s on 10s on my 200SX - wasn't a mad stretch really.

[oze30]

Jhonno, I was running 205's on the 17x8s, 215 45 I think on the rondells at 8.5 and 225 on my RD wheels. 235 will fit on a 9inch, that's what im using on my rims at the mo, till the rds get back to me.

ot:
How much you want for the 255's?