Re: Radial tires on old rims
As far as running wide 5s with radial tires, this is my experience. My avatar has had them on since just before I left for the LA Father’s Day roadster show in 2016. Absolutely no problems from blazing hot temps, over some pretty bad roads and at a top sustained speed of 85. Fronts are 4” running the Austone taxi cab 175/80-r16 tires. The rears are just a tad wider and run 235/85-r16 Dunlops I bought used @ Spring Carlisle of 2016 (and they are still on the car now). I am tubeless and they are balanced using Dynabeads. I run the fronts @ 28 psi., rears at 30.
The look may not be what you want but you can do it with no problems .....
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