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Originally Posted by Dojo
Ken,
The stock size 14" wheel is 5.5J/14 with +45 offset.
Yeah, your right about the offsets and that explains why you have some rubbing in the rear of your fit.
Some guys in Japan get wider rear tires to fit by bending and triming the sheetmetal where the rear bumper attaches.
Maybe this picture will help show the problem.
 
But this screw is the real problem that has to be dealt with if you want to have tires that fill out the wheel well or large sizes like 18"s.
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Sheesh.... been there, done that... still having the rubbing on the RIGHT REAR screw that holds up the edge of the bumper. That's about it... RIGHT REAR! And I just found out, I'm not the only one in our group here in the Phi experiencing this right biased rubbing phenomenon.
My last option would be to have a machine shop trim off about 2mm from the rear wheels to make them have an offset of 45. If this fails, I'll have to conclude that there's a difference in the layout of the rear rightside fender/suspension layout compared to the left.
Re Ken's tire choice, I think it's a decision made considering the rallye-stage conditions of the roads here in the Philippines. We kinda need some more sidewall than what's actually recommended because of this reason. That's also why I opted for 215/40/17s when the correct choice should've been in the 205/40s or even 195/50/17 which I saw on one Fit in Hyper Rev magazine, vol. 80.