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Old 04-23-2009, 03:22 PM
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my accord has 15 inch steel wheels and i would like to put some alloys on it. my question is, how much would the speedometer be affected by say, 16 or 17 inch wheels?
 
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Old 04-23-2009, 03:38 PM
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Won't be affected at all with correctly sized tires.

215/45/R17 is a popular size for 17 inch wheels, not sure on 16 inch.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
 
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Old 04-24-2009, 05:12 PM
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yeah just as long as you compensate in the tire youll be ok..
 
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Old 04-25-2009, 02:47 PM
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so the lower profile tires offset the larger wheel diameter?
 
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Old 04-25-2009, 03:56 PM
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yep pretty much..in a sense...jus measure the overall diameter of the wheel/tire of the new and old...or actually find the measurements...if they are around the same then yeah you should be ok..thats the lazy way of findin out...lol
 
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Old 06-18-2009, 09:49 PM
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Can someone please tell me:

I currently have 15" steel wheels, and I will soon have 16" alloy rims.

What size tires will I need for the new 16" rims, to avoid speedometer descrepancies???

THANKS!!
 
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Old 06-19-2009, 07:29 AM
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check your other thread...
 
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Old 06-24-2009, 08:38 AM
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Hey,

17 inch wheels is fine.
 
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