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Originally Posted by Ammunition
Yeah I would be upgrading the tires as well, I just wanted to be sure I understand what I'm getting between the two sizes, or where the "gain" from a wider wheels falls off and starts to compromise accelerating, etc if we're talking street use.
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There's no single "compromise" point because virtually every size will be a compromise between one attribute vs the other.
The main thing here is to figure out what you want to address and what tires you will want to go with, then go narrow down wheel width. Just as an example, off the top of my head here's the widths you can run with 8 vs 8.5":
8" - 215, 225, 235, maybe 245 if you want to go 4x4
8.5" - 225, 235, 245, maybe 255 if you are into boat racing
If you want to run a 225 tire, 8" will be best and it will be stretched on 8.5" slightly.
If you want to run 245, 8.5" will be best and 8" will make the tires bulge.
etc.
-alex