aight, heres the deali-o. buddy wants to sell me a practically brand new set of hummer tires, 36x12.50x16.5. and i have a lead on some stock 16 inch wheels. keyword being 16, not 16.5, how big a deal is that .5?

 

what kind of tires are they?

not that that matters to it fitting or not. i dk if it will. just wonderin whats considered 'hummer tires'

 

Most tire manufacturers state explicitly on the sidewalls of 16.5" tires not to mount them on 16" rims and vice versa. Correct me if i'm wrong, but I doubt you'd even get a good enough seal on the bead of tire for it to hold air, at least not for very long. The other thing to consider is tire shops have to cover their own *** and for liability reasons alone, won't mount mismatched tires and rims. Just a thought.

 

now that i think about it even if the 16.5 to 16 would work, which i dont think it would, 12.5 to 7 (width) wouldnt work. so no, it wont work. get some new rims.

 

Good point, you'd need at least an 8" or 9" wide rim to fit 12.50's.

 

12.50's will fit fine on a 7 inch wide rim. there are people on pavementsucks.com running 17 inch wide tires on 9 inch wheels, so its not a big deal.

16.5 inch hummer tires will not work on a 16 inch rim. at all.

 

i dont know if the 16.5 will fit on 16s, i doubt it, but 12.5 wide will definately fit on 7 inch wide rims.

 

deffenitially won't work. there's 16 and 16.5 for a reason.

 

yeah like the boys said no go with the 16.5's with 16's

and i thought real hummers came with 37's ?

 

theres two different tires that came on hummers... dont know the exact names offhand, but ones a 37" tire which is more or less an all terrain type. the 36" is much, much nastier and is used offroad.