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Originally Posted by hail2thetheif
Won't a 9in width kind of take some of the fun out of the car? Granted grip can be great fun as well but I would hate to fully get rid of the "loose end" you can get out of the car.
Also regarding a 9in width, can you even run something that wide on the stock suspension without modification? I'm sure at some point down the line I'll invest in a nice suspension setup but that day is far away.
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If you're talking about the responsiveness, the wheel width has less to do with that than tread width and sidwall. You can easily fit a 9" wide wheel on these cars, too. I'm not sure of the highest offset that'll clear the front perch, but somewhere between +30-40mm offset is fine. And while I haven't played with sizing much on mine yet, from reading other peoples' experiences it seems that keeping the tire width below max for the wheel is a good way to keep that tight feel. It keeps the sidewalls slightly stretched, rather than flared outward, as this keeps limits the skewing of the tread to the wheel (less side-side movement, if that makes sense).
On fully stock suspension, I had used my leftover set that is 17x9 +28 with 235/45 Federals. Those run wide, and that's a bit taller than stock size and I had no clearance issues, although the front had more poke than I liked. I added camber bolts, but can't remember which wheels I was on at the time. One of these days I want to put them back on to see how they fit with a bit of negative camber and the RCE Yellow springs. It was a really meaty look and I kind of miss that.
I think next I'd like to try a 17x or 18x9 with a 245 tire. But my MPSS have a ways to go yet, so I'm in no rush.