TIRES TO FILL IN THE VOID ON 17" RIMS-my new tires suck

You can get Nitto Invo's and 555's in 255/50/17 as well.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/nit-203310/overview/
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/nit-211230/overview/

And there's a pretty decent selection of tires in 255/45/17. They'd be shorter (26.1") than your old 255/50/17's, but they'd still be taller than the 275/40/17's (25.7").