RE: Widest Tires on Stock Rims?
When I bought my '97, it had 245/50-16 Dunlop SP5000s on all four corners. I did not like the way it followed channels in the road. I was in Beaufort, SC where the roads had visable ruts in the asphault. The car was actually hard to drive on those roads as it would squirm from side to side.
After I replaced them with the stock size 225/60-16 Bridgestone Potenza RE730s, it drives much nicer. I like them so much that I bought a set of the newer replacement RE750s for my '98. I like them just as much.
BTW, I was looking for a set of 235/55-16s. But I could never find that size in any tire that I liked.