Look at my rubber! Indycar tires

[texan_idiot25]

I have no use but to stack them all fancy in my garage, but I picked up a pair of free Yokohama Indy racing tires that were ran in the 2001 Houston Grand Prix. Their HUGE!!! They fit a 15" rim, but the rears are almost 20" wide, and the fronts are close to 15" wide! Holy crap! To be in person it really puts things into perspective. Especially when you consider with the overall diameter of the tires. The Indy cars really don't sit up much over the tops of their wheels, and these things are short! Front and rear are both about the same diameter, and come in around 20" tall, less than 2 feet.




The front tire compared to my 31" x 10.5" rear tire:


And the rear compared to the same rear tire:





And this is the rear tire compared to my spare, which is the same size tire that I run on the front tires, a 235/75 tire:

[mustanglover]

tex rollin F1 status.

[BART]

Cool. But I think you mean "Indy". Not F1.

[texan_idiot25]

Originally Posted by mustanglover

tex rollin F1 status.

I don't even think the front tires can fit on my rims, those suckers are wide.

[mustanglover]

would be like a Mexican low rider if they fit.

[TheB1GDude]

Wow those are sweet dude! You should just slap them ebay though... make some $$

[texan_idiot25]

I see no Indy car tires, but the signed Tom Petty "The king" NASCAR tires only go for like 70ish. I'll figure something for them.

24 Hours of Lemons bolted some race car tires bolted too the roof of a car as a penalty:

[BART]

Be a true redneck race fan, fill them with potting soil and plant flowers in them!!!

[texan_idiot25]

You a redneck genious. I've been thinking of other useless uses besides looking at them all cool in the garage.

I could put them in my room, if I had room. They'd go nice with the bench-seat-couch from the CST10's original seat.

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

make a coffee table!

[texan_idiot25]

I sprayed them down with amor-all tire cleaner, and their glass now! Also found a round piece of glass for a table-top, and I'll see how if fits in my room in place of another table. The glass is like privacy glass, Translucent, so I'll probably toss a light under it to have it light up some.

[taiwanesekid05]

I thought they burned those tires... Or do they only do that for NASCAR?...

[texan_idiot25]

Armor all shined:


And stacked in my room:


And with that little wall-traffic light, it alternates between orange and red (no bulb in green)



Looks cool with crap on it now.

[Sweed]

You have to use rubbers that big?
Oh dear....

[mustanglover]

lol sweed, yes.. yes he does....