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Offline bob.wills

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #10 on: 22 October 2009, 19:58 »

in that case you can contest the ticket, you can take your car to a garage and get them to test it, they'll write on headed paper that your speedo is wrong, so the speeding ticket will get dropped :wink:
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Not planing on speeding  :laugh:
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Offline VR6-Joe

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #11 on: 22 October 2009, 20:02 »
Read what Shep said!!

Smaller wheels/tyres can make your speedo read incorrectly

For example the speedo may say 30 but in actual fact you're doing 33/34!
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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #12 on: 22 October 2009, 20:18 »
Quote from: shepgti on 22 October 2009, 19:47
Quote from: Cable on 22 October 2009, 19:44
Quote from: shepgti on 22 October 2009, 19:41
intresting wheels, good choice. not sure how they will look but well worth trying them. oh and just so you know a 45/15 profile will put the gearing/speedo out  :wink:

it will but nothing you will notice

well you will notice when you get done doing 33/34 in a 30 because the speedo is wrong. there is a calculator somewhere
Going down a tyre size if anything will make the speedo over read more than it already does, not under read. so when it says 30mph u will properly be doing around 27mph.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #13 on: 22 October 2009, 20:20 »
Don't think they will suit a mk3 to be honest.
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Offline bob.wills

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #14 on: 22 October 2009, 20:22 »
Quote from: Wayne on 22 October 2009, 20:20
Don't think they will suit a mk3 to be honest.

Well we will see soon? 

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Offline bored_Welsh_lad

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #15 on: 22 October 2009, 20:35 »
Quote from: VR6-Joe on 22 October 2009, 20:02
Read what Shep said!!

Smaller wheels/tyres can make your speedo read incorrectly

For example the speedo may say 30 but in actual fact you're doing 33/34!

hes right.. a smaller wheel will read higher.... check the link

http://www.paspeedo.com/calculator.htm
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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #16 on: 22 October 2009, 20:38 »
Quote from: bored_Welsh_lad on 22 October 2009, 20:35
Quote from: VR6-Joe on 22 October 2009, 20:02
Read what Shep said!!

Smaller wheels/tyres can make your speedo read incorrectly

For example the speedo may say 30 but in actual fact you're doing 33/34!

hes right.. a smaller wheel will read higher.... check the link

http://www.paspeedo.com/calculator.htm

back to school for me  :nerd:
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Offline bob.wills

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #17 on: 22 October 2009, 20:42 »
Even better never get done for speeding as i will be to slow lol  :tongue:

Low and slow anyway thats the way to go
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Offline Wayne

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #18 on: 22 October 2009, 20:51 »
More to it than just the speedo being out, gearing will suffer as well.
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Offline bored_Welsh_lad

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Re: New Wheels!
« Reply #19 on: 22 October 2009, 20:58 »
Quote from: Wayne on 22 October 2009, 20:51
More to it than just the speedo being out, gearing will suffer as well.

same could be said for running 16's.. or looking at running 8.5's on the front affecting handling  etc etc..
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