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pierrebond
09-15-2005, 06:46 PM
If I put some 18s on my c230 which comes stock with 15s, my speedometer will be off? How do I recalibrate this if so?

marsbike
09-15-2005, 07:40 PM
as long as the OD of the tire is the same, or really close, it should be fine.

pierrebond
09-15-2005, 09:24 PM
Awsome thanks! Seems I'll need something like 225/40/18 for a tire size then.

c55m8o
09-16-2005, 09:53 PM
Try this handy tool...

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html

since it's Javascript, you can actually use IE's save complete or save single file feature to save this locally and re-use it from your local computer.