Im starting to look at wheels, I cant seem to get a straight answer as far as what offset and width I can run on my car without having issues. Id like them to be as wide as possible without rubbing.

Stock ride height, I would like to stay with 15's, maybe a 15x7?

I searched the wheel/tire area and couldn't come up with anything for stock height, everyone is lowered and runs camber to fit their wheels, I just want something a little better than the stock steelies with covers.

There is a local guy here on CL that sells STR wheels for 300$, they are almost all 15x7.5 with a +15 offset. I don't think that will fit my car though.

Thanks for the help.

 

stock height you can run 17's without rubbing easily. i'd go low offset and big tires

 

That's not exactly all that factual or informative, to be honest.

As for your request, D-West:
For a 7" wide wheel, you won't be able to go much lower than +25 for an offset. Ideally, you'll want around +35 for an offset. For a 7.5" wide wheel, you'll be looking at about +32 offset, with an ideal offset for tire fitment being +42. You should be able to run 225/50/15 or 205/55/15's.

 

Yeah I am not interested in a large wheel, I drive my car daily and I like the ride comfort of a larger tire, as well as tire availability, and cost, and gas mileage, the list goes on.

From the research ive gathered, 7" seems to be a common wheel width for a 15". What offset and tire is ideal to match the stock diameter for a 15x7?

 

I mentioned what offsets for a 7" wide wheel would fit the car properly. I also mentioned what tires would fit that wheel.

 

Ok so a +35 offset for a 15x7 wheel, and what size tire to match stock? The tire sizes you gave me were after mentioning the 7.5" wheel. Excuse me if I am confused a little.

 

Well, those tire sizes will work for 15x7's, as well. You could also run 195/60/15's, as well. Any one of those three sizes will work just fine. 195/60/15's would be closest to your factory size, and thus ride the best.

 

Thank you, that's what I was looking for.

 

If you want even softer tires, you could go slightly oversized with 195/65/15's.