17 By 8 Wheels, Exactly How Wide Are They?

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bead to bead they should be 8" wide. outside edge to outside edge, they may add another 3/4" at most. if yours are 9 1/2" wide at the edge, then likely you have 9" wide wheels, not 8".
 
I been driving this car for 10 years like this, and it doesn`t rub that much. It looks like with the fenders rolled front and back i could run a 225/45/17, this sound anywhere in the realm of doable?
 
I been driving this car for 10 years like this, and it doesn`t rub that much. It looks like with the fenders rolled front and back i could run a 225/45/17, this sound anywhere in the realm of doable?

if the rubbing is minor, then yes it is quite doable. make sure its just the fenders thats rubbing, other wise you may need to do a bit of hammer work on the inner wheel wells as well.