I come from the same Old school Muscle cars era as well. My Mustangs were all staggered and WIDE in the rear end. When I had to go to Imports for MPG I wanted to stagger my Integra but soonfound that there JUST isn't enough room under the fenders to even fit a 8" wide wheel under thereunless i run a lot of negative Camber and VERY stretched tires. So if I wanted a staggered or a wheel with a lip on my car i would have to stretch my tires to fit under my fenders.
I settled for the normal 7" wide wheels and will eventually run a 205/50/16 tire to fit as much under there as possible. Still wish i could fit a 8" in the rear because ANY car just looks better staggered in my opinion... But that's the Muscle car guy in me.