As mentioned in the post above, I've wondered about the effect of wider tires on our rims in terms of handling - can anyone else put in their $.02 worth that has gone with wider tires on the stock rims? Seems that you would get some side-to-side movement by having a tire wider than originally intended - and that this would affect the feel or handling?? I just noticed that at 23K miles, the wear bars on my tires are about to show - time for new shoes, and I'd like to go wider but not at the expense of handling.