Max tyre width on 16" blitz rims

[Lang]

Harry,

I suspect the 16 inch wheels were all the same.

If you read my explanations above you will see that the old tyres had a narrow section across the beads and fitted on narrow wheels. The sidewalls bulged out and they called them balloon tyres.

The modern tyres are wider across the beads for the same sidewall width as the old size and require wider wheels.

A 7.50X16 inch old tyre will fit a 5 1/2 inch wide rim legally. A 205 R 16 modern tyre of the same sidewall width will need a 6 1/2 inch rim.

Lang