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Old 06-12-2011, 02:38 PM   #18 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web View Post
The only way larger diameter tires work is to use a GPS speedometer instead of the vehicle speedometer. Use sticky-tape over the speedometer to make sure the GPS reference is used.
The Odometer would be off too, no? But can't they be recalibrated by changing the gear? Or I wonder if it is even possible just to create a new speedometer dial using a computer paint program of some sort and overlay it onto the OEM, having "calibrated" it to show what you need.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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