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Widest slick tyre on a 5.5J rim?
alistairolsen - 10/3/09 at 09:55 PM

Two sizes available:

16/53-13 and 20/54-13

only rims available are 5.5j x 13

Would you be happy running the wider tyres on a rim that narrow?

I know plenty of people run 195 road tyres on 5.5j rims, but I have no experience of slicks.

Cheers

aka Keith - 11/3/09 at 08:28 AM

Alistairolsen,

I cannot answer your question, but i was always told that ideally you want the thinnest width tyre for a rim, for best road holding. If you need wider tyres, can you not go up a size in rims?
cheers
Craig

alistairolsen - 11/3/09 at 10:21 AM

im aware of that in an ideal world. this is for a one off, i have some rims and buying more would be prohibitively expensive!!

Andy D - 11/3/09 at 11:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
Two sizes available:

16/53-13 and 20/54-13

only rims available are 5.5j x 13

Would you be happy running the wider tyres on a rim that narrow?

I know plenty of people run 195 road tyres on 5.5j rims, but I have no experience of slicks.

Cheers


I'd stick to the 16/53s. According to the Michelin fitting guide HERE they're OK for 5.5" to 8" rims.

phelpsa - 11/3/09 at 02:00 PM

I had 16/53 michelins on 13x5.5s and they were too wide for the wheel tbh. Too much bulge!

alistairolsen - 11/3/09 at 02:15 PM

How did they work on track?

phelpsa - 11/3/09 at 05:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
How did they work on track?


Never actually ran them, they're still sat there in my garage! Got hold of a cheap set of worn A048Rs so they went on instead.