Re: another question on tyres

Diesel Damo wrote:
> On Apr 28, 5:05 pm, Daryl Walford <dwalf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Pit wrote:
>>> Another set required
>>> thinking of changing from the rather orphan size of 225/50/17 to
>>> 235/45/17
>>> The latter offer more choices and also about $100 a corner cheaper .
>>> as long as load and speed rating v94 maintained    any comments ?
>> The 235/45 is approx 6.5mm smaller in rolling radius than the 225/50
>> which mat affect your speedo accuracy but other than that no
problem.http://www.exploroz.com/Vehicle/Tyres/SizeCalc.aspx
>>
>> Daryl
> 
> That's an extra 10.17 wheel revolutions per km by my calcs. Probably
> end up doing 98km/h when it reads 100 (factory-issued speedo error
> aside).

If your calcs are correct then the difference isn't a big issue, the 
speedo is probably out by more than 2kph anyway.
I'd fit the different size and use a GPS to test the speedo accuracy.


Daryl