PplaterSW20
hey guys, how does 16x7 +10 and 16x8 +10 with 205/40/16 for front and 215/40/16 for the back sound? Any issues?

Not ideal 
+10 offsets: Apart from sticking out, with those offsets you could suffer the bad issues that go with excessive scrub radius.
 
To keep the stock rolling diameter with 16's, 45 profle tyres F/R would be better. 
 

okay thanks guys
 

back again with another fitment question, how does 17x7 +38 205/40 and 17x8 +38 215/45 sound? thanks

just picked up a set of enkei rs wheels for a good price, 17x8et38 and 17x8.5et32, front tyres are 215/45 and just fit with 1mm clearance of the strut, the rears are 235/45 and rub the guard a bit, do you think its worth rolling the guard or getting a lower profile tyre as the rear tyres need to be replaced anyway, I like the 'chunky track tyre' look, thanks

Ideally you should have a 40 profile tyre as this matches the factory sizes better. They 45 may even be illegal as it makes the diameter of the overall tyre too large (And throws the Speedo out)
 

okay thanks Pete, should it be 40 on both the front and the rear or rear only?

getting new tyres soon so just need to know if 215/40 and 235/40 is correct?

PplaterSW20
getting new tyres soon so just need to know if 215/40 and 235/40 is correct?

That's what I'm running...

I don't get it - my steering is a little too heavy, the more I turn the wheel the heavier.
The wheels are 17x 8" with 215/40 on them, which fit (just) on a wheel that has approx. 35mm offset.
I would like to find wheels closer to the stock 45mm offset (38-42 would do) and it's a bugger to find a set of 4 staggered with that offset.
 Anyway eventually I found this thread and I see people running less offset than me and yet no-one mentions the steering. I think the popular Nissan GTR and GTST's have 32mm ??  If so, what do people do to move the load to a nice compromise between ease and feel ?  I know I'm old and my muscles are flubbadups...

Hi TwoDogs,

I expect that you must be rubbing against the suspension, when turning, if you are running 17"x8" with 35 offset on the front.

I have 17"x7" on the front with 32 offset, which sits flush with the guard and just clears the suspension, at a -1.0 degree camber.

Another important factor is how your wheels are aligned. I expect that with 8" fronts you must have the top of the wheels cambered-in so that they don't protrude beyond the guard. This will add to your problem, and wear the inside of your tyres much quicker.

I bought my 17" Work wheels new to get the 7"/8" stagger, and get as close as possible to the original offsets and alignment. To get 35 offset I would have to pay a lot more for custom offsets, but it would have been even closer to my suspension.

A wheel alignment may help, but dropping the fronts to 7" is better for steering. If you find that you are needing wheel alignments often, then you may need to replace some front wheel elements, like the ball-joints.

Your local Toyota Service Department should be able to photocopy the relevant page of the MR2 manual that provides the proper wheel alignment specifications. Generic wheel alignment business don't have the correct alignment settings, and you need to tell them what the correct settings are.

Hope this is of some help.

Cheers, M