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To answer the question a 215/40/18 will work, apparently nankang offers a 205/40/18 now, which they didnt have when I had 18x8.5's on my VW. Either one will give you some sort of stretch, but the brand/model tire will really decide how much stretch you actually end up with.
Would I bother stretching a tire on a 8.5 on these cars, absolutely not.
small stretch on 8.5 215/35/19...these cars came with 6.5" wide wheels from the factory.
This is exactly how I want mine to look; I know 8.5 is really narrow but with a little bit of stretch it should be fine. I actually want this exact set up lol but different color schemes and rims. Thanks guys =) and I will definitely rethink about it a couple times but I'm almost set on ^ that look. I have 32 offset; what do you have?