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Old 03-28-2013, 01:51 PM   #1062
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The sidewall on the 215/55 will be almost an inch taller (.9 inches) than the stock 215/45/17. You will have less wheel gap and your car will sit off the ground an inch more.

You could try going with a closer-to-stock size tire, but one that's less performance oriented so it has softer sidewalls.
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