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Originally Posted by Othen
Nankang and Toyo both make a 205/35R18, but I think that is about it. I'm not sure the 205 section tyre would really help with a clearance problem anyway as it is even narrower than the rims. I think stretched tyres like that are okay for show cars that travel on a trailer, but couldn't really be used on the road (well, they could, but the rims would need to be replaced every few thousand miles). In practice the 215/35R18 will be no wider (than the rim) and so might work.
Have you measured the clearance on the NSR and the overhang on the OSR to see if centering with the Panhard rod will work with the additional 10mm clearance the new tyres will give you? If it was really tight I suppose you could trim 5mm off the double thickness seam where the wheel arch turns in before you got to the spot welds. I'd be a bit uncomfortable with that little clearance myself (but it is your motor car of course).
Back to honing cylinder bores -what a crappy job :-)
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Haha - see to me, trimming off 5mm of the arch is way simpler and less risky than engine bores
Stretch gets a bad wrap
My smart ForFour tyres have big stretch with tyres that need to be put on the rim with the air canister to almost explode them on
Rims are fine
JJ