Alright fellas.

First the facts:

Current wheels are 17x7 et 45 with General Ex UHP 205/40/17.

No rubbing, pretty much ever, so vertical room is fine. Ive got prolly 7-10mm of horizontal clearance in the back before the the tires in the lip of my fender, so fine back there.



The issue:

I want to get a meatier look for the tires. My first inclination is to go with a 215/40/17. The only problem, is that that size will put me 1.4% too slow. Will this be fine? I think that it's recommended to stay within 2%, is that correct.

How much wider can I expect the actual wheel to be?

I figured it might also clear up some of the wheel gap.

Also of note, I may run 5mm spacers all around, but that wouldn't be till after I got the tires.

Please advise.

The tires I'm looking at FYI: