wheel size

BW · rice boy Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Posts: 16

just wondering what the consequences are with changing the wheel's diamater, would it effect the speedomoter and stuff like that?

peteymate · tinkerer Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 306

if u go up one inch in wheel size, u can decrease ur tire size by one inch to counter-act this. U can go up two wheel sizes before u need to re-calibrate ur speedo.

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: wheel size

anymore the 15" is illegal anyways
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BW · rice boy Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Posts: 16

I've acquired some good looking mags that 14", at the moment I have 15" but I want to put on the 14"

Soop · backyard mechanic Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 748

Get some 15"s and fat tyres on a low profile.

I have a set of 15" speedys on mine on wide low profile tyres and most people mistake them for 16"s. I think they look ok.

SAM 180 · tinkerer Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 482

I'm getting 17" for my gemi, how do i recalibrate my speedo???

Reddez · tinkerer Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 353

I've got 17" for my Gemi at the moment, but i havent got em on yet. I know a lot of Auto Elec places can do speedo calibrations, from memory about $50 or so, or you could get a new guage also. With 205/17/40 tyres the overall diameter is changed by somewhere round an inch... Hope that helps

Loz · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 943

gemini speedos are mechanical so you'll need to change the gear in the gear box. thats only a guess though as ive never bothered to acully have it done.

Loz