195/40 on 17x8?

[balleur]

Any pics? Preferrebly style 5's ;)

tyrestretch.com was no help :(

[00bmw323]

205 40s is the way to go...haven't seen 195 40 on style tho

[Zic]

That size is non excistance! afaik

[Rally]

You're gonna wanna be careful with load rating. They start getting real low when you go as thin as 195 on 17's.

205/40/17 Falken 512's stretch better and more than any of the available 195/40/17's that you can get. It's mainly due to the fact that falken 512's aren't really 205 wide like they say.

From here: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3040577&page=13

195/40 Conti's on a 7.5

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d133/ventoj/tire1.jpg

205/40 on a 7.5 MORE stretch and clearance than the above
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d133/ventoj/IMG_1378.jpg

[Rally]

That size is non excistance! afaik

They make them. There just isn't much selection. You can go as small as 165/40/17...but they're basically useless with their load rating so low.

Big pic...but 195/40/17 on 17x8 and 17x8.5: http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8281/mnvelgennetgekuistaugushi7.jpg

195/40/17 on 17x8

http://www.blackastra.ch/Autos/Astra/Ast_g_08.jpg

[Dr.AK]

That size is non excistance! afaik

Wrong.

If you guys can't get any in the states, I can easily source you 195/40/17s.

Readily Avaible tires:
Continental SportContact 2 195/40 R17 81V XL
Continental SportContact 3 195/40 R17 81V XL
Hankook Ventus S1 evo K107 195/40 ZR17 81W XL
Kumho ECSTA SPT KU31 195/40 R17 81W XL
Pirelli P ZERO NERO 195/40 ZR17 81W XL
Yokohama s.drive 195/40 R17 81W RF

That said, I'd still go with a 205/40 Falken (I'd recommend the FK452, stretches reasonably well on a 8x17 and looks good and is very good to drive, speaking from experience - I used to run a 205/40 FK452 on my 8x17 Azevs in the front of my old sedan)