widest wheel width under gt flares, max width Options

[morph]

getting a 74 in with gt flares im gonna keep this one (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif). what is the max width of wheel you can get under them.also looking for photos,ill prob buy fuchs for it.so i wanna know how wide i can go.any input would be great thanks

[marinmcgreevy]

I am running 285/40-15s on the rear on 9" Fuchs. The car has factory steel flares and the tires do rub on the inside sidewall, on the outside tire, coming out of a turn under power. Under normal driving the tires only rub as the suspension is compressed by a large bump. The clearance (when the car is siiting with no one inside) on the outside sidwall to fender is less than 1/4". This will get better as the suspension compresses.

I plan on mounting narrower tires when these wear out. There has been no visible wear on the inside sidewall. The main drawback is the high pitched squeal as you come out of turns. It appears to be difficult to find high performance tires in the 245/45-15 size these days. My tires are never used, ten year old P7s. They are not cracked, just hard. They still have the mold flashing on them. I am curious as to what people are running on the rears that have been purchased in the last few years.