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Actually for handling/reasonable ground clearance and suspension travel, i'd advise to reduce drop to within inch to not fsck up suspension geometry and reduce wear of rear axle bearings, unless you buy also whiteline roll center correction kit and some diff riser to reduce angles at axles joints. Our cars are rather low and with not that much suspension travel to begin with.
As for tire width .. only functional reasons of going wide are maximizing side transition grip in auto-x within class limits and for cars with forced induction. If car stays NA, i'd probably stay 215 or go for upto 225/45/17 for summers just choosing tire model/compound of right type for use, and 195-205/60/16 for winter tires. With not too wide wheels to reduce weight and to not have tires stretched past reasonable.
Wide tire looks, few will see and notice (how many look under other cars to notice that at all?), that work mostly for owner with placebo impression that fitting as wide tires as on supercars will make car closer to those supercars, bun in reality rather will make car more of tramlining instead of playful, will slightly reduce acceleration, one will need to shell out noticeably more money on tires, that will also be easier to aquaplane .. arguable gain with several drawbacks.
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