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roburado · 05-16-2005, 04:36 PM

Say I get 19 or 20 inch wheels. Does the odometer need to be reprogrammed or something? I think I heard that somewhere. Don't know if it's true.

MarkE90M3 · 05-16-2005, 05:26 PM

Nope, it definatly does not need to get reprogrammed.

The reason is that even though your buying bigger rims, you'll be getting smaller tires, so that the overall wheel+tire combo will be the same size as stock. As long as the overall size is the same, then the car doesnt notice a difference and the speedo will be on check.

You can actualy use the calculators on the top of the wheel and tire forum to see how much of a difference there will be in the speedo with your new tire setup. Use the boxes on the right to set in a new tire size

For example, I used 19" wheels with my E46 once, and I put on 235/35/19 tires on the wheels, with that setup, according to the calculator, there is only a 1.53% difference, and my speedometer will read 61mph (when im really going 60mph), not enough of a difference to really matter

roburado · 05-16-2005, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkE90M3

Nope, it definatly does not need to get reprogrammed.

The reason is that even though your buying bigger rims, you'll be getting smaller tires, so that the overall wheel+tire combo will be the same size as stock. As long as the overall size is the same, then the car doesnt notice a difference and the speedo will be on check.

You can actualy use the calculators on the top of the wheel and tire forum to see how much of a difference there will be in the speedo with your new tire setup. Use the boxes on the right to set in a new tire size

For example, I used 19" wheels with my E46 once, and I put on 235/35/19 tires on the wheels, with that setup, according to the calculator, there is only a 1.53% difference, and my speedometer will read 61mph (when im really going 60mph), not enough of a difference to really matter

Cool. thanks.

05-16-2005, 04:36 PM	#1
roburado Lieutenant Drives: '03 Passat, '09 Cayman S Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Troy, MI Posts: 444 iTrader: (0) View roburado's Garage	N00b question... Say I get 19 or 20 inch wheels. Does the odometer need to be reprogrammed or something? I think I heard that somewhere. Don't know if it's true.

05-16-2005, 05:26 PM	#2
MarkE90M3 Administrator Drives: E46 / E90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 3,349 iTrader: (1) View MarkE90M3's Garage	Nope, it definatly does not need to get reprogrammed. The reason is that even though your buying bigger rims, you'll be getting smaller tires, so that the overall wheel+tire combo will be the same size as stock. As long as the overall size is the same, then the car doesnt notice a difference and the speedo will be on check. You can actualy use the calculators on the top of the wheel and tire forum to see how much of a difference there will be in the speedo with your new tire setup. Use the boxes on the right to set in a new tire size For example, I used 19" wheels with my E46 once, and I put on 235/35/19 tires on the wheels, with that setup, according to the calculator, there is only a 1.53% difference, and my speedometer will read 61mph (when im really going 60mph), not enough of a difference to really matter __________________ BMWJOY