MGB GT Wider wheels?

[MGB Boy]

What is the widest rubber I can get away with on a MGB GT with standard wings?

I've been looking at the following wheels but haven't had chance to do any measuring (I am 100% sure they wont fit)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MGB-Sebring-Style-15x8-Silve...

What should I be looking at? Wider Minilites / Wolfies?

[SB - Nigel]

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[alfa pint]

They will fit, but you'll have to do some serious inner wing / outer wing adaptions. Even the 7.5 J wheel requires a little work.

After that, it's down to personal choice. I prefer minilites over wolfrace, although the B I've inherited has got some godawful 1990s MGOC barry wheels on it. Which will be changed when finances can justify it.

[MGB Boy]

I was hoping someone would know the widest I could get away with without modifications

[Moikey Fortune]

good info here on wheel sizes as well as other info you may find useful

http://www.kewengineering.co.uk/upgrades4mgs/Drive...

[alfa pint]

MGB Boy said:

I was hoping someone would know the widest I could get away with without modifications

7J wheels. 185/70 tyres. Or 195/65s if you go to 15". IIRC!

[davepoth]

http://www.mgexperience.net/article/tire-sizes.htm...

http://www.mgexperience.net/article/wheel-xref.htm...

6" wide with the correct offset, without rolling the rims. I think the standard ones are 5.5".

[SB - Nigel]

This might also help you http://www.kouki.co.uk/utilities/visual-tyre-size-... – note at the bottom the Tyre Width Equivalency Table for tyre to wheel sizes

Also for you – http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible_pg4.html

[MGB Boy]

So many numbers, I'm sure I'll work it all out eventually!

Thanks for your helps, I'll see what I can work out from this and see if any such wheels exist

[jellison]

davepoth said:

http://www.mgexperience.net/article/tire-sizes.htm...

http://www.mgexperience.net/article/wheel-xref.htm...

6" wide with the correct offset, without rolling the rims. I think the standard ones are 5.5".

Sounds about right. 7J with carefully (subtle rolling and pulling the wings a bit).