Technical 7.50 on a 16 x 4?

I did a search for this, buy struck out.
I have a pair of normal 4" wide-five wheels on the back.
Are 7.50's too much? I have some 6.00-16 tires on there now, and the sidewalls are pretty fat.

 

I have a pair of 7.50 X 16 Firestone Deluxe Champion tires on the back of my 1932 roadster that are mounted on 4 inch wheels. They look absolutely perfect. The 7.50 tires are much taller than the 6.00 tires so the sidewalls spread out just a little bit more. Before I got the 7.50's mounted I was thinking exactly what you are thinking now, that the tires are too wide for the 4 inch wheels. I looked at photos of cars here on the HAMB with tires mounted on them and decided to mount the 7.50's I had on the 4 inch wheels. To me the wheel and tire combination with a hubcap mounted in the centre looks to be the perfect combination and gets that traditional look that everyone here wants to have.

 

I'll try to get a better pic but these are 16x4 kelseys with 6.00's on the front and 7.50's on the rear, i think they look just fine

 

Cool, thanks.
I have a lot to do, but i really need to see what it's going to look like. Tires are moving up the list...

 

This site has a suggested Rim Width: 4.5-5.5"
https://www.millertire.com/7-00-16-firestone-deluxe-champion-hwy-rib-truck-tire-6-ply/
I'd guess a 4" isn't too narrow, considering it's a hot rod hooligan doing this on a light car, not a truck.
@silent rick , nice ride!

 

I have had also 750 tires on a 4" rim many times and works fine.
I guess the theory is tread width to rim width.
In the 1970s with all the creative pot smokers (I quit toking in 1980) building killer Hot Rods it was a 10" rim with 8" tread width.

 

Nope that is what is on the rear of my coupe.

 

I have 7.50s on a 4 inch rim on my 29 Roadster.

 

7.50x16 on a 5" wide wheel

 

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7.50x16 on my '33 Plymouth on 4 inch wide wheels.

Dave

 

Some good pics in this thread when I asked about 8.20’s on 4.5” rims

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/8-20x15-tires-on-4-5”-wide-rim-yay-or-nay.1343377/

 

Interesting. When looking at tires last month, I thought I read that 7.50s could not be mounted on 4” rims. I went with 8.20 x 15, but going with a 15 x 6 wide five rim. Tire wrapped up in tape/plastic looks narrow to me.

 

I have 7,00x16 on 5,5 wide rims

 

750s on 16x4s are like peanut ****er and jelly. It's not even a question. Take it to the bank!