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Originally Posted by scottmandue

Yes, with my new small sportscar there are a few people who do this with their cars. When I bought new wheels and tires I made up a spreadsheet of sizes and weights. From the factory the first gen. Miatas came with 6"X14", I wanted to go to 7.5"x16" but was told the weight would have a negative effect on the handleing so I 'upgraded' to 6.5"x15". I was also told that at 8" there would be rubbing and the fenders would need to be rolled... now I hear of guys running 9" anf 10" wide wheels

On my old '97, I went from the stock 14x6 to 15x6.5. When we bought the '99 that my wife drove it had 15x7. My MSM came stock with 17x7, and I promptly replaced those with 15x8, but I think the NB could more easily run the wider wheels than the NA.

The stupid small tires on huge wheels are part of the "stance" craze, and I think came about so they could put wide wheels under an over-lowered car without rubbing.