Actually the 35 offset may prevent me from running the 225s. 225 50s may be too tall and rub the fender. Its going to be close, thats why I'm buying the wheels and tires seperately. I have done a very slight fender role as well as other fender mods to get my street wheels to fit. I run 215/40/18 on the street with a 18x7.5 w/ 42 mm offset. They generally don't rub unless I cross a raised intersection at 50 mph.

Here's what I'm thinking, with the 35 mm offset I will run more than nearly 3/4" wider on each side. Wider stance, good. Because of the width, I may have to go with 205 or 215 (stock is 205). With 205 I will atleast have the same contact patch as last year only the patch is kicked out a little bit. Now to make up for not running wider tires, stickier tires (anything would be stickier than the stocks I ran last year). Perhaps 710s.

I got 2 of the wheels this morning and I must say, 12 lbs = nice. I'm really looking forward to getting back out to run.