This picture is great to prove my point. The width of the tire is not the tool that is preventing the damage but the added distance that it adds inbetween the object and the body. I can run a 2 inch wide tire three feet from the edge of the axle, or I could run it inside the fender not producing any protection buffer. That and that alone is what is saving you body from damage not whether or not the tire is 2 inches or 2 feet wide. You could mount a wider tire onto a vehicle and adjust the backspacing so that the tire does not protrude from the body at all. So if you want to prevent body damage go buy wheel spacers, or different backspaced rims, not wider tires. The rule of thumb I've followed is for every inch you lift it up, you need to make it atleast an inch wider. Besides Eli you need to bury those superwinches some.