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It's not.

My summer setup is 18x9 ET30, rear wheels are 50mm wider than yours, (and stick out 41mm more than stock wheels) and I have no problems so you should be fine

It does when I'm not careful. The front tire rubs somewere on the inner fender, I recon it will be far less once I move the screw that holds it to a different spot, might just give me the 2mm clearance I need.
I am always reading the road for bumps and it's not that bad, just have to be careful ...

18" BBS RS replica's
8J front, 9J rear ET35
215/35/18 toyo proxes
Lowered on AP coilovers

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