195/65R15 on 7" Wheel

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Calling on the FABO tire experts:

I recently acquired a 1973 Dart Swinger. It has what I believe to be 7" wheels with -6mm offset. The front tires are 205/60/R15 and need replaced.

I would prefer to replace with 195/65R15. The recommended wheel width range for that size is 5.0"-7.0". I dislike being on the edge of recommended but I assume there is a margin of error built in.

Any thought from the gurus?

TIA


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Nice car and what brand of wheels? I would go down to a 5-1/2 to 6 inch wheel with a 195 tire, I like to go in the middle of recommenced specs on front tires and go close (about 80 percent) to maximum on the rear wheels.
 
Garrett Ellison said:
Nice car and what brand of wheels? I would go down to a 5-1/2 to 6 inch wheel with a 195 tire, I like to go in the middle of recommenced specs on front tires and go close (about 80 percent) to maximum on the rear wheels.
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Thank you for your reply.

I believe the wheels are MB Motorworks (or something like that). The Dart is in the shop so I can not verify.

I have found it difficult to find not too expensive 6" wheels that would pair up well with rears I will need. American Racing has 6X15" but the matching 7" have -6mm offset. I will need +6mm offset (or at the least 0 offset) on the back for drag radials.
 
I just mounted 195-65-R15 tires on a 7 inch wheel. I don't see any problem with it at all. I look at it, if I can put air in the tire without having to spread the tire somehow it will be good to go.

Jack
 
I know where you are coming from, lately I have liked the looks of the US mag wheels. I have been keeping a lookout for 15 by 10 & 15 by 4-1/2 AR Vectors with hopes of being able to afford, much less find a set, lol. On a positive note, I would try Coyote Jacks' input and see. I am not afraid to run a recommended combination as long as it doesn't involve using tire goop to make it air up.
 
Coyote Jack said:
I just mounted 195-65-R15 tires on a 7 inch wheel. I don't see any problem with it at all. I look at it, if I can put air in the tire without having to spread the tire somehow it will be good to go.

Jack
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You do not happen to have a photo?

TIA
 
When the tire people have to use the blow tank with the 1-1/4 ball valve and mashed outlet pipe (or better yet, Ether!) to make a regular passenger car or light truck tire to bead, that's what I classify as "Asking For It"...
 
383Scampman said:
196/65's could be taller than 205/60's which will change your alignment and your pinion angle
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Easy to figure out. 195 is the measurement of the tread width in millimeters, 65 is the percentage of the tread width that the sidewall is tall. So 195x65% is 123.11mm, 205x60% is 123mm, same height.
 
If it looks like the pictures, I wouldn't give it a second thought... Personally, I've gotten by with a lot worse than that!
 
Coyote Jack said:
Here you go. I went out and took a few for you. I included some of my 325-50-15's on 15x10 wheels so you can see a comparison.

Jack

Great photos! Thank you very much.

You can see the tires are narrow for the rim but I agree, It looks fine. The section width of tire is still wider than the wheel.
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Your welcome.

That's correct. As long as the sidewall is wider than the bead you should be good to go. New low profile tires can get away with the wheels being wider due to a different design of the bead area.

Jack
 
''Garrett Ellisson wrote'': Nice car and what brand of wheels? I would go down to a 5-1/2 to 6 inch wheel with a 195 tire, I like to go in the middle of recommenced specs on front tires and go close (about 80 percent) to maximum on the rear wheels.

I have worked in a tire shop when I was much younger for about 7 years and after mounting and balancing thousands of tires I noticed that mopar has by far the narrowest rims of any car make. When a wheel chart tells you a tire ''should have'' a 5-7'' rim, you are usually safe to add 1/2'' to the max. width. The wider the wheels you have the less side wear you will have. GM usually had the widest rims.
 
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