personally the 18x7.5 should be fine not sure about the 18x8 though for me i've bent my 17's a number of times rolling on nitto 450's but mostly bent them when i got flats and couldnt do anything about it. for me u'll catch me going the long way to everywhere since i dont drive up certain streets in NYC unless i know where too look. the times i dont u might catch me doing 50 (in a 30) and suddenly dropping down to 2mph (in a 30) cuz of pot holes. when it rains its worse cuz low profile tires dont have good wet traction already and most pot holes fill up with water so u dont know till u fall in. with me i can afford that with my drop (no fingers gap)