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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 02:52 PM
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Got pulled over last night by the ST in Bronte Tx at 3:30AM... Said i was going 84 in a 70 but my speedometer never left 75! My question is.... Do 24s and 305-35 tire really throw the odometer off by that much??
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 04:43 PM
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That sounds about right.. Also the faster you go the more it is off by.
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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Tirerack.com has a handy little tool. You can plug in your stock tire size and your current tire size and it'll tell you the percentage of error introduced by the non-stock tires. You can then apply that percentage to your indicated speed to see what you are "really" going. Of course, this doesn't account for any inherent inaccuracy in your particular speedometer.
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Old Feb 13, 2013 | 04:28 PM
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Ive checked and it says im actually going 2 miles slower then with stock rims and tires
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Old Feb 13, 2013 | 04:50 PM
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Same here. With my stock tire size on my 2005 F150, I have been clocked at 2-3 miles below the speedometer reading. Is that common for this truck setup?
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Old Feb 13, 2013 | 04:51 PM
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Ive checked and it says im actually going 2 miles slower then with stock rims and tires
Sounds like you should fight that ticket.
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Old Feb 13, 2013 | 05:34 PM
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Well what i think happend is that there was another truck infront of me that was going pretty fast maybe he got him in speed but pulled me over?
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