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As a weekly reader of your column I often see you advise people to change wheel sizes to avoid a certain problem. Would this not affect the speedometer reading, thus making it illegal unless the gearing was altered to compensate?
Asked on 24 July 2010 by TS, Newark
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You have to keep the rolling circumference within 2.5%. Smaller wheels allow the fitting of deeper profile tyres. Go to: www.etyres.co.uk/tyre-size-calculator.htm and you’ll find that 225/45 R18s are approximately equal to 215/50 R17s, which are approximately equal to 205/60 R16s.
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