UrS4

+1 on what rodeoflyer said.

There are some very cheap 255/50/17 tires out there. I'm running an off brand and they cost less than $90 a tire. There is a Nitto 275/50/17 but that is a 28" tire and there are many very cheap 275/40/17 but that is a 26" tire.

What type of driving do you do? If it is a lot of city pothole ridden roads, 20's and 18's might knock you around too much and risk rim damage. If you do only highway and smooth roads, then bigger rims will give you the look you want.

Less side wall can improve turn in and less roll-over, however, you will loose grip if the side wall is too short because it lacks flex.

jayel579

If you are looking for wide tires on the street then a 255 is going to be your best size but that isn't the widest you can go. I run 275/40R17 on my race rims, but they are not for the street. A 275 is not a skinning tire, plenty wide enough for these cars and that size is a the best budget priced tire out there for performance(i.e. R-comp) tires.

I think Hoosier makes performance tires up to a 305 for a 17" rim.

moosestang

275 what? 275/##/17?

gman73

I plan on going to 18x9 to 18x10 for normal driving, but switch back the rears to 17" and run M&H drag radials when I go to the strip.

AshGT

Unfortunately there aren't a ton of 17" wheel options for our cars either it doesn't seem like it. No one makes a 17" FR500 with the right offset for an S197.

03fridge

Thanks everyone for all your thoughts on this. I've decided I'm going to go back to the 18's. It wasn't an easy choice though, but the deciding factor was I wanted to run a wider tire than what the 17's could offer in the style rim I was looking at. The style rim I was looking at only comes in a 17x7 size. That really limited me on the size tire I could run.