# stretched sidewalls- please explain **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stretched-sidewalls-please-explain/262369 **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic **Created:** [January 19, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stretched-sidewalls-please-explain/262369 "2012-01-19T14:40:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 10
### Author: ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40) #### Post date: [January 19, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stretched-sidewalls-please-explain/262369/10 "2012-01-19T15:51:49Z")
It’s mostly for looks but… It’s does go well with drifting for many reasons: less traction, more steering clearance, stiff sidewall, ect… until you have a car with big power and you need a wider tire for more traction, even then you don’t see people drifting on 300 series tire too much. And for drift cars camber isn’t supposed to be “normal”, negative camber can help out a lot. As for those old shitty box VW’s dumped out on 14" steel wheels with trailer tires stretched on… that’s kinda stupid looking > [@Lets talk 5spd VS. 6spd....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-talk-5spd-vs-6spd/47976/20): > > It’s a queer euro thing , suttin about the tread can’t come out past the fender over there . Now all the ballers gotta do it . I don’t like it either and its a bitch to seat em on the wheels etc Its not just euro, probably more jap :rofl --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stretched-sidewalls-please-explain/262369)._