Biggest Wheels for Stock Suspension to Keep It Classy
 

I am new to the forum and have had lowered cars in the past and I do not care for the ride. I like the 2010+ Legacy 3.6. I am looking to keep this a classy, family sedan. I want wheels that fill the wheel well with the stock suspension. What size wheel/tire combo will be best? I dont want to deal with rubbing but I want the wheel well to be filled.

The most fill you can get with stock suspension is 19x8.5 w/ 245/40 tires.

Any other opinions out there? The above is just from reading the forums and not first hand experience.

I am running 18x8 with 235/40/18....they look great and ride and handling is very nice....could you go a bit bigger?? I am sure you can BUT the set-up I am running also provides true speedo readings and no clearance issues at all.

Ditto here.

Keep it classy? Anything bigger than 19s would look ridiculous. IMHO, 19s look pretty bad. But it's your car. Maybe stick-on fender vents are classy... I've been out of the loop.

P.S... welcome to the forum. You may want to search and/or check out this thread.

Width-wise I'm running my 18x9s with no fender mods and zero rubbing and that's on coilovers. I think either 18 or 19s in a 9 inch wide is about the width limit for not wanting to worry abOut anything.

All of that information should be taken with a grain of salt as it refers to fitment on a 4th gen.

True... but the only information the OP has provided leads me to believe he has a Honda of some sort.

Offset offset offset ... offset matters to fill the well.

im definitely not looking for the ghetto fabulous monte carlo or impala sitting a 24's to cruise the ghetto with. I am looking for a practical, 2010 or newer Legacy 3.6. Are 18's the best fit with stock suspension then or will 19's work? Ideally I dont want to have issues with camber or the speedo.

what offset and wheel/tire combo would you suggest?

did the 18's mess up your camber at all? or did you just put the wheels on and go?

Hi....don't have any pics at the moment and I am riding on OEM rims with snow tires for another month.

Here is the website to calculate tire size versus speed error.....if you go to 18x8 you want 48 offset or close to it.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

18x8 with 48 offset is straight plug and play.:)

18s are OEM on the LGT. I run +35 offset on 18x9rims with 245/40/18s. My winter setup is with 15mm spacers, OEM +55 offset 18x7.5 rims with 225/45/18s. So equiv offset is +40.

Running RCE Blacks so dropped 20mm.