I live where it rains a lot, I been using Potenza RE750s for a while, until they were discontinued. They've been replaced by RE760s and I have them for my front, but I've noticed softer sidewall on these 760s.
Now my rears almost done, I want to get something better than RE750s in the dry.
I drive very conservatively in the rain anyway.

I'd want a bit more than 140 tread wear,
thought about re050 or re050 pp, but they are a bit pricey, and they are rated at 140 which's about the same as S02s.

It doesn't really seem like I have a lot to choose from with these 16 rims.

Fuzion ZRi has pretty good rating on them, but being 320 tread life, I wouldn't really expect too much from them,

Yokohama AVS ES100 also has good rating, anyone tried it ?

I'm running 245/45/16 for my rear, and 205/55/16 for my front,
How wide can I go with the stockies? and which brand?

much appreciated!!!

 

With the 16" there are not a lot of the 245/45R16's left available. The only real options are the Fuzion ZRI and the Hankook. You can also go with the 205/55R16 and 225/50R16 and get a lot more options.
If I can help let me know.

 

I have 225/50/16 front and 245/45/16 rear hankook RS2's and i really liked them on my stock AP1's.