My wheels sit nicely flush with the fender,just barely to the inside. They are Torq Thrust II's, which have a fairly unusual backspacing of 3 3/8ths. For whatever reason, your typical aftermarket 15X6 wheel with a 4.5 inch bolt pattern has a 3 3/4 backspacing (probably fits peachy on a Mustang/Mopar) but that is too much on a PV. Mine fit on properly without spacers. I originally had 205/65/15 tires on, which I replaced with 205/50/15's. I'd say the lower profile tires lower the car slightly. The original springs were badly sagged, one of them finally broke and I got some new OEM springs (after having no luck finding any neat progressives like you can get for 122-on Volvos) and was surprised by how far up the front end sat. I waited for a few months for them to settle before finally cutting half a coil off them.
As for other suspensions, I dunno. You could try putting on a 144 front crossmember - I think you could probably squeeze some wider tires on it - at least the suspension pivots are more compact and don't interfere with the rim. Or the old tried and tru hot-rodder's Mustang II style front end - along with niceties like rack and pinion, vented discs, cheap custom springs, cheap performance shocks, etc.
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