The 17x8 should fit...people run way wider. I'm thinking of doing that and getting a diff. backspace, like 3.5" so it pushes the outter lip of the wheel out torwads the outside of the car. I have 17x7s on mine now with 215s, and they just look weak. They don't look as wide as the 205s I had on there. I had 205/45/16, and now I have 215/45/17, and I think the 205s looked wider and all....maybe because the wheels had a nice lip to em, and the rear poked out from the fender wheel just a wee bit. Who knows....but the 16s are I dont know WHAT brand, and one of the center caps is missing, and I don't want to run a set of wheels with only 3 centercaps