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Originally Posted by Lute
Bottom line, stretching tires is completely unsafe. It negates the load bearing index of the tire, causes abnormal wear and deformity, and could lead to a catastrophic failure at speed.
Anyone who does this is obvioulsy not interested in safety or going fast.
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Minor stretching, although not ideal, won't lead to catastrophic failure. When you get to crazy levels of stretch like in the video then yes, it's going to happen sooner than later. Even what some people consider "stretch" really isn't stretching at all. This one, for example, looks stretched to most but actually the tire is wider than the wheel (9.64" tire on a 9.5" wheel):
