# Local Place to stretch tires???

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 14, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-place-to-stretch-tires/241361 "2009-01-14T08:21:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![w.tungsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@w.tungsten](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/w.tungsten)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-place-to-stretch-tires/241361/27 "2009-01-14T15:24:56Z")

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> [@Thanks Corey..did a quick detail on the MR today...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thanks-corey-did-a-quick-detail-on-the-mr-today/12550/13):
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> I am a noobie streched tire guy… but I get the concept. However, from that picture, it looks like you have 3/4" of effective up travel befor you tear the sidewall on the fender… rolled or not. Please enlighten me.

Suspension arms travel in arcs, so as it gets compressed the track (width from centerline of each tire) becomes smaller effectively tucking in the wheel. You don’t necessarily need to run lots of camber.

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