17" versus 14" tires

Darts and demons can clear a tall tire on the front than a duster..I tried my dads 17x8 5.5bs with 255/45r17 on my duster..They will only clear the bottom of the front fender by 1/8 or less…Is anyone running a 225/45r17 on the front ?
While not exactly running 225/45R17 in the front of my Duster.
I am running a little taller 225/50R17's with hardly any rubbing on a 17X7 front tire with 4.25 inch backspace. (for now, I do plan on putting 245/45R17's with 17X8's in the front in the near future).
Also note that in this picture, this was taken right after lowering the jack on the front of my car, so the front sat just a titch higher than normal.

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