How concerned should I be with offset and wheel width in snow

[tonyfall1]

i'm looking at replacing my XL Hybrid steelies. Keeping the Contis. I live in Michigan and want to make sure I don't make the performance in the snow worse. How much worse would it be going from a 7" to a 7.5" wheels. I know the wider the worse the snow traction. Also one of the wheels I like has a 45 offset, will that affect snow performance? I have been limiting myself to wheels that are only 7" with a 38 offset, cause I don't want to ruin performance, but that greatly limits the selection of wheels.

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[Darnon]

The width of the wheel isn't substantially going to affect the actual tread width at the point it contacts the road. A 7.5"@45mm offset isn't that significantly different either. It's when you get to real massive positive offset wheels/spacers pushing 1" of poke that you're throwing the scrub radius way out of whack.

 

[Mabcim]

The wheel offset difference is 7mm = 0.275 in.
0.275in * 2 = 0.55 in
Which is very close to the wheel difference of 0.5 in.
So the tire’s center contact point would be the same.

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