15" x 6.5" Rally wheels vs tire sizes

[71green go]

I got a great deal on 5   15" x 6.5" rally wheels ...all five for a hundred bucks...with centres no rings.....I havent checked...hmm, at least the guy said they were 6.5" I will double check .....do they make 6.5's?...or are they 7" ?

What I am wondering what is the largest rear tire I could mount on these.......I was wanting to buy 275/60/15.......is this rim wide enough?......

I will use these as a second set of rims along with my 17" ones..

So 275 ok?

[elacruze]

275, probably not.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#rimwidthrange

[71green go]

Hmmmm, then what size would fit correctly?.....what would an equivelant tire size be to the factory size?

[Mike DC]

Yeah, forget about doing 275s on there.

A 6.5" rim width is technically maybe 170mm or less.  The tires would be looking fatter than stock on the rim if you gave it 215s.     

[Scaregrabber]

235X60X15's fit perfectly on 15X6.5's. I think you could run a 255X60X15 but a 275 will bulge a lot.

Sheldon