Suspension and Chassis Questions about your suspension? Need chassis advice?

16" rear,15" front

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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 07:39 PM
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16" rear,15" front

running 245/50-16 Dayton ZR's on the back,and painted my 15" wheels same inset color,the 225/60-15s seem the closest on size,but came with 215/65-15s stock??will my speedo be off much with going from 15 stock to 16 stock??anybody else running this combo??
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 08:10 PM
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That is an add combo, but in order to keep your speedo happy, just use tyres that have the same, or close, overall height. I would say as long as you don't deviate beyond an inch from where stock height should be you will be close enough for gov't work.
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 12:06 AM
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Use the calc below to compare the two t see how much your speed differs.
https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/t...ulations.shtml
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 04:14 AM
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I worked out for you that going from the 215/65-15's to 225/60-15's will make your speedo read 2.5% too slow, so at an indicated 60mph you will actually be doing 61.5mph.

Going from 215/65-15's to 245/50-16's gives a reading 1.4% too fast so at 60mph you are actually doing 59.2mph.

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