Gowde Evening friends, this Halloween eve,.

I'm not out to scare anyone, tonite or any other time, but a reasonable question on max wheel width 15" x 7" with a B/s 3 3/4" and 15' x 8" w/ B/s of 3 3/4".. to fit safely into the wheel wells of my 1971 1800E..

I also have this guide as a tire size reference,,

http://ejelta.com/tiresize/index.html?ws17=1&ws16=1&tiresize=165%2F80-15&minwidth=165&maxwidth=225&minratio=&maxratio=&minwheel=15&maxwheel=18&maxdelta=2

Like all good things ( nearly free ) we WISHED worked ( nearly free ) and those that don't , won't or can't ( expen$ive ).

I'm just asking before Murphy's law kicks in ! .. and if you can say 'yes' will you include a picture please,..
I can be answered, via this link or offline for future flogging,..

Thanks
jim

I went from 165 to 195's and they have plenty of room in the wheelwells but still look a little skinny to my eye.
I was messing around with my Jeep Cherokee last week and found that one of my 1800 steel wheels was almost a perfect fit on the Jeep.
Bob
66S

Thanks Bob ..

Interesting tire chart... looks like my Blackjack players guide book :)

But I like it!

That said, issues are the fenders themselves, upper spring mounts at rear (my experience is with a '65, so slightly different rear suspension, but I think the upper rear spring mounts are about the same), rear part of inner fender (only plays into large diameter tires), front steering.

For a street car, I'd never go wider than a 7" rim, and I would never go wider than a 205 section width. Front or rear.

You could probably go a tad wider... but man, you'll lose more in drivability than what you gain in performance in my opinion.

If your car has it's original wheels, they should be 5.5" wide. You can get away with 205 section width on those. I recently shod the new ES with 205/65-15 on stock rims and it works fine, they fill out the fender area nicely, and it drives fine.

On my '65 1800s, I'm also running 205/65-15 on 7" Jeep wheels with no spacers. That took some modification to those upper spring mounts, as well as that front inner fender area as I recall. And they do rub occasionally on the outer fenders over suspension limiting bumps. But overall, it drives fine.

Keep in mind, brake calipers can be an issue too with some rims.

Don't get crazy, and test fit before you buy if possible.

And happy Halloween!

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-Matt I ♥ my ♂

Very good points Matt. i just remounted my original 9hole heavy steel wheels with 205/65/15's..

I'll just keep on the lookout for a nice alloy set or similar style of the panasports. I got flipped of big time on the hiway because i wasn't breaking the soundbarrier so any lighting of un-sprung weight is a plus..

Speedo cable is broken, and I use the tach for shift points but I still don't know what ' normal hiways revs are in OD ' ( I keep it on the '3' in 3000 rpm ). The engine still sounds pretty wound up under there..

Any feed back will be appreciated !
jim 71 1800E,

Firstly, don't get rid of those 'heavy steel wheels'... if they are the original (stamped number between lugs should end 001), they are the 5.5", and are hard to find.

3k rpm in O/D.. probably about 65mph. Your B20 can take sustained 4k+ rpm...

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-Matt I ♥ my ♂

Matt, responded :
3k rpm in O/D.. probably about 65mph. Your B20 can take sustained 4k+ rpm...

Thank you Matt, You could read my mistype of "I got flipped off Big Time & screamed at by the same moron leaning out of the 4th car back as I took my exit.. I laughed , as I was Still ahead of him..

varoom,
jim

Lets just assume he's a perfectly nice guy that was having a bad day :)

benefit of doubt. People are generally good...

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-Matt I ♥ my ♂