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Changing Tire Size
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Changing Tire Size
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When it comes time to replace your vehicle's tires, tire size is very important. If you ever switch to a different sized tire, you could damage your vehicle. Before switching tire sizes, do some research to ensure that it can be done safely...
Yes, if you get bigger tires it will say you are going slower than you are, and visa versa, you can go to a mechanic to get it recalibrated
Given online at Nitto? Nitto should know how tall their tires are and publish the right specs for their particular tires, but maybe not. Fbody.org says 25.66 for the new size and 25.64 for the old 16in so that's really really close...
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Yes... Tire Diameter will alter your speedometer and be incorrect. The Drive gear on the Shaft needs to be changed and matched to the cable gear to the Speedo. Below is a calculator to find out what your actual speed is if you change tire s...
http://www.propowertransmissions.com/faq.html
As previous poster has said, as long as there is clearance for the swinging arm it will be ok The difference is only 1cm on the width (5mm each side of tyre) and on the sidewall. It will also make it 'very' slightly lower, but you probably ...
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/132613-post3.html
It can if you substantially change the overall diameter of your tires. Maintaining the original, specified diameters as closely as possible ensures that your on-board computers will function properly and thereby effectively manage such syst...
http://www.millarstireman.com/faq.htm
The first major tire size change in Corvette history occurred in 1965. Tire size changed from 6.70x15 to 7.75x15 ChaCha!
http://www.chacha.com/question/what-year-did-they-start...
As long as the actual tire diameter doesn't change.... you won't need to do that. Remember, the speedo reads about 3-miles per hour faster than you're actually traveling, so there's that margin. If you have a 55 series tire on an 18inch whe...
http://www.clubtouareg.com/forums/f44/changing-rim-and-...
All 17" rims are 7.5" wide, so I would say anything up to a 12.5" wide tire will fit safely (look at all the people runnign 12.5" wide tires on 17" moabs). Once you go wider than stock, however, you will rub on the ...
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f13/what-tire-size-can-i...
while my change also involved a wheel size change to 18s most of the info i learned will apply to the 17s. price wasn't an issue for me, but a good price is always nice. first the stock wheel is 17x8. check any of the tire web sites or call...
http://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/412970.phtml