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Old 05-18-2004, 12:24 PM
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aftermarket wheels and tires need sizes

I bought a set of aftermarket rims and they are 205 50 R16 and they have messed my speedometer up and i was wandering what profile of tire i needed to go to to equal it back out with my stock rims they were 195 65 R15 If anyone can help thanks
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Re: aftermarket wheels and tires need sizes

u prolly need to take the car to a mechanic and have them adjust the speedometer for the increased wheel size.
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Your speedo will be off by max 3-4Kph.. who gives a shit...
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Re: aftermarket wheels and tires need sizes

What he said ^^
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Old 05-18-2004, 11:24 PM
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Re: aftermarket wheels and tires need sizes

Or you could get some 205/55R16 tires. That's the stock size on most Z24s.
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Re: aftermarket wheels and tires need sizes

with those tires u have now when your speedometer reads 60 mph you are going 57.8. try this link it is awesome for finding out correct tire sizes to maintain as close as possible speed accuracy...http://www.wildweasel.ca/j-body/HowTo/tirecalc.asp
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Old 08-04-2004, 08:42 PM
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Re: aftermarket wheels and tires need sizes

my speedometer is off 6 mph i have larger wheels and tires
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