Thread: 17 inch wheels?
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Old 14 Sep 2009, 04:20 pm
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Default Re: 17 inch wheels?

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Originally Posted by 808 View Post
Well on top of what Chromenut stated, the extra sidewall of the 225/55 17 all around will definitely throw off the accuracy of the speedometer and odometer.
My speedo is 2 mph slow. I set up one GPS and ran at a constant 60 mph, the GPS read 62. Borrowed another to compare, same readings, so I'm pretty comfortable with 2mph slow, I can factor that in without having to take my shoes off....
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