Tangent
Well-Known Member
I've got the steel 16" wheels with 255/70/R16s on right now. Canceled the new wheels and tires, thinking I'll just put bigger tires on the 16s and see how they fit before diving into wheels and offsets too.Looks like those wheels also come in a 17x8? So you might be ok if you're sticking to the same width as stock and a 30mm offset. If you do end up with some rubbing just remember there's some play in the crash bars and they can be moved forward slightly to give a little more clearance. If that doesn't work, the 2" level worked out great for me. I felt the same as you and wanted to keep most of the rake.
From what I can see, 265/75/R16s should be almost the same size as 265/70/R17s so, if those fit and allow full lock, I can in theory measure and see if they'd fit with 25mm farther out.
The fact that my 6 month car insurance bill showed up today and property taxes due this week totally didn't have anything to do with it haha.
Thanks for sharing your experience!