tyre width

[Stott69]

Whats the widest tyre you can/should fit to a 7" rim?

[Grrrrrrr!]

http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_01-2009_V2_Tyre_Size_to_Wheel_Size_Compatibility_Guide.pdf

[RobertC]

Have a look at this.

http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_01-2009_V2_Tyre_Size_to_Wheel_Size_Compatibility_Guide.pdf

Depends a bit on the profile and diameter.

also have a look at this for what a tyre company recommends

http://www.toyo.co.nz/tyre_detail.php?T_name=Proxes%20T1R

Are you asking form a performance or aesthetic or purely a safety point of view?

[touge_ae101]

205 is the ideal tyre width for a 7" rim. 215 is doable as well but anything up to 225 etc is just yuck.

also you'll note that some tyre companies 'sizes' are slightly different. i.e. a falken 205 and hankook 205 probably won't be the same size. this is due to the different shapes of the mold the tyre is made into etc.

[Dell'Orto]

You often used to see 235's jammed on old 7" wide hotwires, and they look balloony as $&#$%. I wouldn't go wider than a 205 personally. 195's look good

[Stott69]

Mainly the safty and legal side of things. Side wall will be what ever to match factory roollind diameter. That lvvta sheet gives you a fair bit of buldge dont they?

Rims are 17x7. Factory is a 16/60/225 I think

[Dell'Orto]

They would have been 8's factory no? My series 4 RX-7 had 225/50/16's on 8" wide rims, 60 profile would be comical

[Stott69]

Its the spare I was looking at for that size. Its a 16x7.5 factory on the aristo isnt that wide realy. Possible a upsized spare to work with the 19"s too

[Stott69]

Just checked factory specs should be 225/55/16.