I am sure you will get several answers on this, but here is mine.  Assuming you want a good, safe, normal car, a set of 17x7 wheels with 4.00"minimum to 4-3/8" maximum backspacing on all four corners with 235x45R17 tires will give you the best all-around performance and you will be able to rotate your tires.

If you want the maximum tire you can possibly install, you don't care if they rub, and you couldn't care less if they ever get rotated, you can certainly go a more agressive route.  You just have to live with the problems that creates, or you have to develop a solution as many on this site have done to make the bigger wheels and tires fit the car.  That includes making the suspension sit at a very tall ride height, rolling fender edges (probably needed no matter what size 17" you use), installing modified wheel tubs, etc.  Nothing wrong with going that route... You just need to know what you are getting into.  Some of the staggered wheel kits on ebay using 17x7 front and 17x8 rear will fit without too much issue, but you cannot rotate them.

American Racing TT-II wheels are very popular but will not clear big brakes should you ever want to install some.  The decision to install bigger brakes usually follows very quickly the decision to install 17" wheels because the 11" disc brakes and rear drum brakes look very tiny behind the larger diameter wheels.

I have 205/65-15 on a 7 inch rim, 4.25 inch back space front, 225/60-15 on an 8 inch rim, 4.5 inch back space rear. The tire diameter is about 25.7 inches. This would equate to 205/55-17 front and 225/50-17 rear, or 225/50-17 front and 245/45-17 rear. Many more suitable combinations. Steve speaks the truth. Be prepared to roll the fender lips. Check all math before making a purchase.

Be aware that those granada rotors need a bigger pilot hole in the rim then the regular 65 rotors need. Unless you have that hub machined down. So if you want to run a classic steel spoke wheel then you will need to maybe change to a different rotor such as the ones that csrp sales ford their sn95 conversion. You could maybe ask Denis if you could purchase the caliper brackets and rotors

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