I just bought an mx5. I'm not a car guy so I don't know the right words, and that really just reveals I don't actually know how this functions. But I live in N

I just bought an mx5. I'm not a car guy so I don't know the right words, and that really just reveals I don't actually know how this functions. But I live in NH and "taco" these rims on our weather worn highways. My old jeep has thick, chubby tires that seem to only smoosh into them, and then deflect back out, intact. I'd love to "downgrade" the wheels on my mx5 and then put tires with a taller sidewall on it - picture the Delorean after Doc55 got it ready for 1885. But I think then, I am messing with the braking surface and reducing the car's stopping ability. Maybe. I did just learn that they're called 'tires' cause they are attire for cars. I think this is literal and not a lazy pun.