It depends on the tire. Pick a tire and look at the specs for that particular tire. Each tire will work on a range of rim widths for each different size, so do the footwork and see. I've got 275/40 on my mustang's rear end on 17x9 cobra knock-offs and they look pretty good. You could probably go wider.
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RE: Widest tires that can fit on a 17x9in rim.
Hmm, i see. I think ill stick with the 275s for now, they seem to be hooking up pretty good with the hp im putting to them atm. maybe in the future ill upgrade my rims and get some 285s or somthing.. or some drag radials