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Old 04-16-2007 | 01:20 PM
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Default Speedometer and tire size

yeah ok im only 16 years old and i have a 2005 mustang coupe. and i have saved my money so far to buy wheels for my car. now my dad is a mechanic and he knows well that the tire size will throw the speedometer off if the tires are too big. i was looking at going from my 16"s to 20"s. im looking at getting the rims shown here http://www.americanmuscle.com/verde-...ome-wheel.html would these rims throw off my speedometer alot or not at all. anyone give me an estimate around how much it would throw my speedometer off?
 
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Old 04-16-2007 | 01:39 PM
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The wheels alone won't affect your speedo, the tire size you choose to go w/ the wheels will. What tire combo were you going to use w/ them?
 
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Old 04-16-2007 | 02:08 PM
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yah i was looking at the falken fk-452 tires 255/35 ZR20 97Y RFD Rim-protection

the tires shown here http://www.tires-easy.com/start.html
 
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Old 04-16-2007 | 03:03 PM
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Using the calculater here (http://www.allfordmustangs.com/Detailed/637.shtml), as long as your stock tires were 215/65-16, then your overall tire diamerter would change by .03", which probably would only affect your speedo by 1mph.
 
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Old 04-16-2007 | 09:37 PM
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just so you know 20's are gonna make that thing slow as hell
 
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