Are they aware, probably. Do they care, probably not. It's usually either performance or the look here and seldom but sometimes you get lucky and get both.
If you are going to a 245 width, it usually for looks so the penalty will be less performance or not enough to justify going wider. You have to drive pretty hard core on a stock car to
need more tire width when you can just get a stickier tire. If you have the extra power that the 245 would take advantage of, then I'd go for it but no reason to do unless you are needing
the extra grip but again that's just a tire change. You can just push the wheels out with spacers if you want it to look wider. Saves a ton of money that way and is much less of an increase in weight.
I consistently hear in here, with close to stock power, we are fine on 225s so when I wanted more of a flush look but bump in performance, I bought lighter(and even .5" wider) wheels with less offset and even added
a small spacer to push it out even more to make it perfect. I still dropped 5 lbs with a lighter wheel/spacer combo and it definitely looks much wider from the side and in my opinion even the rear too.
It really all depends on where your start point is. If it's a reasonably light wheel/tire to begin with then purchasing a whole new combo will not make much sense to gain 2 lbs a corner unless you are just doing it for the look
which sounds like where you are at. Really comes down to how much money you have to have fun with. People buy carbon fiber hoods in here that are actually heavier that the aluminum stock hood for the look.
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Originally Posted by Leonardo
Gotta pay to play!
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Yeah, that pretty much sums this whole question.