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Car Forum / Chrysler Cars / April 2007

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Tires and Wheels

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NJ Vike - 26 Apr 2007 18:46 GMT
Greetings all. Besides having a 300M, I also purchased a 2007 TL and
even thoug it's a different car, I'm sure some of you can still
assist.

I have a 2007 Acura TL Type S and want to replace those stock wheels
with something a little nicer. Perhaps in chrome. So far, it has been
hell trying to find out if any wheels fit other than Ron Johns. My
question is that if I do find a nice wheel, will going to a 19" tire &
wheel combo take away gas mileage? What about speed performance like
0-60 or 1/4 mile? Will I need to have my Speedometer recalibrated? I
have 235-45-17 and would like to upgrade to a 235-35-19.

Thanks in advance.
who - 27 Apr 2007 02:13 GMT
> Greetings all. Besides having a 300M, I also purchased a 2007 TL and
> even thoug it's a different car, I'm sure some of you can still
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>
> Thanks in advance.

You want to keep the same OD.
There are a number of web sites that make this calculation easy.
Here is one:  http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp
I get:
Overall Diameter: 25.32 in 643.12 mm
Overall Diameter: 25.47 in 646.93 mm
It's close, your ODO/Speedo would be about 1% lower/slower according to
my calcs.
Getting the lower profile tires may be an expensive problem.

You must like a rough ride!
NJ Vike - 27 Apr 2007 02:28 GMT
"who" <i@notaspammer.net> wrote in message news:i->
> You must like a rough ride!

Nah. It was just a thought. I'll stay with the original size.

Thanks for the link and comments. I do appreciate it.

Ken
Bill Putney - 27 Apr 2007 02:19 GMT
> Greetings all. Besides having a 300M, I also purchased a 2007 TL and
> even thoug it's a different car, I'm sure some of you can still
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> Thanks in advance.

You can use this tire calculator to see effects of tire size changes on
speedometer readings: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Pluggin the two tires into the calculator, they are within 0.6% of each
other in speedometer/odometer readings (tread OD is all that matters for
that).  So when your speedometer shows 60 mph, you would be going 60.4
mph - acceptable error.  Fuel mileage will also be changed by that
amount (insignificant increase of 0.6% - which may be offset by
increased weight of the larger wheel - see next paragraph).

Larger wheels will usually be heavier, and the weight will be
distributed more to the outside of its diameter (IOW - rotational moment
of inertia - resistance to increasing and decreasing wheel rpm - will
increase), so you will have a penalty in acceleration and braking.  And
your ride will be harsher (shorter/stiffer tire sidewall).  So you will
be giving up performance and ride for what you consider better looks and
cornering ability.

Oh - and tire prices go up exponentially with wheel size.

Your only gain will be in appearance (and bleeding edge cornering
ability).  Everything else (tire cost, ride quality, acceleration,
braking) will suffer.  Is that what you want?

Bill Putney
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address with the letter 'x')
NJ Vike - 27 Apr 2007 02:27 GMT
Thanks Bill. I'm going to stay with the same size. After reading the
comments here, I don't  believe there's really any gain other than
appearance.

Thanks again.

Ken

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>> Greetings all. Besides having a 300M, I also purchased a 2007 TL and
>> even thoug it's a different car, I'm sure some of you can still
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> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address
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George Orwell - 28 Apr 2007 00:09 GMT
>Thanks Bill. I'm going to stay with the same size. After reading the
>comments here, I don't  believe there's really any gain other than
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>Ken

Everybody follow Bill's advice.  Changing anything on the chassis can lead
to problems, engineering-wise, legal-wise and a violation of school rules.

As for appearance, its a cultural thing.  My kid's school says no red
shirts because its a gang color for the Bloods.  They say no blue shirts
because the Crips use that one.  I told him red and blue are just points on
the electromagnetic spectrum, that's all, for us white folk.  I hear the
gangs go for those 19 - 22 inch wheels with the skinny rubber, so if you
plan to hand the car down to your kid, the school may not allow him to park
it on the grounds.
 
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