Originally Posted by willhave8

My thoughts -- I used 245s on my 18X8 OEM wheels this summer and found that I could not get the all the tire on the road at track events and wonder if squeezing them onto the OEM wheels caused that. I know there is a lot to that but my feeling is that 8.5" wheels might actually help the tires to spread and 'breathe' so you can use all the tread...Therefore, 255s on the 8.5" wheels might also squeeze them...