Have YOU Run 5x100 and had Failure First Hand?

monstrosities is my concern too. Another member is questioning 17X8 and a 1 inch spacer too. My question ( without beingan engineer ) is
At what point do the wheels apply too much stress to the skinny *** axles, unintended wheel bearings, 7/16 lug studs ?

It doesn't have to be the wheel mounting that fails. Parts behind the wheel could fail.
But anyway...
larger diameter rims shouldn't put any extra stress on anything as long as a person is going with lower profile tires.
It's not like those idiots putting 30" tall rims with 36" tall tires on their 'donks' and then spinning axles off, even if their Caprices still only have the 150 hp or so they came from the factory with.