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I appreciate the advice aardvarcus. I probably should just buy some 205/55R16s that are known to fit fine on the car with stock rims. I am itching to go 205/60 to gain that .8 inches of clearance I would gain over the 205/55. I want to combine that with the 1 inch gain I got from shoving rubber coil booster blocks into the coil springs for a total of a couple inches more clearance for deep snow (live in northern MN, this low rider gets high centered very easily having a little less than 5 inches clearance stock). It will be interesting to see how much mpg I lose, but I'm willing to drop my winter mpg average in trade for being actually able to drive the car at all when it snows.
Looking at how close my bald 195/55 come to the coil base plate I am just amazed the OP didn't have rubbing issues with 205/65. Seems like... Maybe with a one inch spacer on the hub... Or bending that plate up out of the way (lol!) I mean seriously, that's over +2 inches diameter from stock!
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