SO convinced my parents that I must get new tires and therefore it would be a good time to get new wheels too. My dad is telling me that my speedometer will not display the right speed if i get a bigger wheel. And you know these dumb old people expect me to keep the same 13" size rims. So what do i do about the speedometer since im going to 16 or 17"??? thanks for any help.

 

Go with 15" wheels. 16" and 17" is too huge. If I absolutely had to, 16" I can go with for a short while.

 

in all honesty, it will not affect your speedo. I used to have a 98 ex, it had stock 14s i was a bit younger so I got 17" rims. the speedo was fine. I recommend a 16" rim, its a great size.

 

do not get 17's those are way too big, i would go with 15's or 16's but it's your car, so do whatever you want to do.

 

we just covered this....
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1023804

 

If it will let you in, here's a link to Team-Integra'a tire calculator.

http://www.team-integra.net/se...s.asp

It calculates the difference in speed with tire sizes.

 

Tire Calculator. That's better. Figure it out mathematically rather than just guestimating.

 

my brother went from 18 to 19 on his porsche and it made no difference in speedometer

 

Were the 19" tires even more low pro than the 18"s?

 

ok guys, here is the real deal.

1. go 15" or 16", 17" too big
2. it wont effect your speedo and here is why:

When going to larger sized wheels, the engine requires more torque to push to a certain speed. though the engine rpm is the same w/ the gear ratio, the engine is pushing harder to get it to do so, so it is essentially leveling out any gain in "speed" the wheels will get you. the only way you will see a difference is if you have like 17" on ur front and 13" on ur back, but that would be gay....just real gay

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Apocolipse269 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok guys, here is the real deal.

1. go 15" or 16", 17" too big
2. it wont effect your speedo and here is why:

When going to larger sized wheels, the engine requires more torque to push to a certain speed. though the engine rpm is the same w/ the gear ratio, the engine is pushing harder to get it to do so, so it is essentially leveling out any gain in "speed" the wheels will get you. the only way you will see a difference is if you have like 17" on ur front and 13" on ur back, but that would be gay....just real gay</TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed all around.