As the title suggests, what's the best wheel size if you aren't going to drop your box? By "best," I mean the size that fills up the wheelwell gap. We often have lots of people/stuff in the back of ours and ground clearance has been an issue at times.
Thanks,
David

 

If you increase the tire profile a bit, you'll fill the wheelwell better and see a cushier ride.

 

If you try to fill the wheelgap by using taller tires you gear ratio and speedo will be off.
For the best ride 17"wheels or smaller will yield the best ride quality. Use a 215/45/17 on 17X7 or 7.5 wheels with 40 mm ish offset and you should be golden.

 

So, 205/55-16s would also be a good option? I assume that 16s would have a little more "cushion" for potholes and the like?
Thanks for the help!
David

 

You can use this tire/wheels size calculator for coming up with the right combo for you needs. It gives you a bunch of info. http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_specs.jsp?postId=906