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Originally Posted by Maynard
Square setups are fine if everything fits OK - the wider staggered rears may add some marginal extra grip (i.e. understeer) but mostly a cosmetic improvement. As long as the tires for a given rim width are w/i it's safe parameters, you will get better handling response from the narrower tire (taut sidewalls), softer ride on the wider one (sidewalls are more flexed or bowed). And if you are driving all year, I'd put snow tires on the 17's - shaker is right in the snow belt isn't it? I lived in Westpark for over a decade, and even over there the snow tires were very helpful.
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Your comments on narrow v. wide seem to be exactly opposite, unless you are using narrow to mean low profile and wide to mean bigger profile.
