Wider tires even on the stock rims really improve the look of the VX (not to mention the handling). I encourage you to look through the galleries at the VXes with wider than stock tires and you'll never go back to the skinny, S-rated low end tires that came on the VX. My fav is the V-rated Pirelli Scorpion that was designed for PERFORMANCE SUVs and perform incredibly on and off road. These tires also debuted on the VX-02