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Old 10-24-2008, 12:57 PM
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Just put 20"s on my car and it is beautiful but I have a question:

I am no engineer but it seems logical to me that since my tires have to rotate further that this will screw up the speedometer by some amount...and maybe even the odometer.

Any thoughts? ANyone know how much it will be off?
 
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Old 10-24-2008, 01:28 PM
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You can put in your stock tires and your aftermarket ones and it will tell you how far if any it is off:
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

If it is off significantly you should buy a hand held tuner and correct it that way.
 
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Old 10-24-2008, 04:48 PM
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You should of gotten tires that were the same total diameter as stock so this would not be a problem.
 
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Old 10-24-2008, 05:36 PM
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^^ +1


are these the wheels?.. throw up a pic.

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Old 10-25-2008, 01:58 PM
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http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...lbumId=2180908

I can't get pictures to be sized correctly to post them....dunno why nyone have suggestions? Anyway, this is a link to my myspace page to the car pics.
 
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Old 10-25-2008, 01:59 PM
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Oh and yes the Zenettis on the first photo are my wheels.
 
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Old 10-25-2008, 02:02 PM
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It is 1.5% according to that website (so when my sppedo says 60 it is actually 60.9...don't think I'll lose any sleep.....
 
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Old 10-25-2008, 02:11 PM
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as long as the tires measure out to 26" +/- .5" than your speedo will be fine.
 
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