twodoorgaz Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hi folks. May be a daft question but did the original 127s and 130s come with 750 tyres? (Rather than the later ones that came with 235s) if so, I can’t get my head round why they came with 6.5j rims. Would it really widen the track by that much? Or would it have been more about having more meat in the rim for strength? reason I ask is that I’ve always fitted 130rims to my series builds and have a set in storage replays for my new build and I remember when the last one was finished expecting the track to widen much more than it did with 750s fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Thicker centres to deal with the increased maximum weight & original from new was 7.50 x 16 tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 ISTR the OE rims are slightly deeper dish / more offset too - although ours were also tube-type so we ditched them for Wolfs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodoorgaz Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Thicker centres! Thanks Western that explains it. they certainly seem deeper but with them being wider I wasn’t sure (and visiallually struggled to tell) whether it actually moved the tyre sidewalL out all that much or if it just spread the tyre width a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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