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Can we recalibrate the speedo?

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Old 05-20-01, 08:24 PM
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I want 18" wheels and want the speedo to be right.
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If your tires are properly "plus sized" (bigger wheel/lower profile tire) then you shouldn't have the need because the overall diameter of the tire will still be the same as the OEM tire.

If the proper tire diameter can not be attained, I know that the Nav unit can be recalibrated. Not sure about the speedo, since the odo is electronic I suspect it can be.
Old 05-21-01, 10:34 PM
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Is there anything I could buy to do it?
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I glad other are thinking like me now. I would like to know too about recalibration of the speedometer on the RX. I assume it would be a computer recalibration - thinking that the speedometer is electronic and not cable driven.

Silversport01, tell me how the wheels go if you decide on some. I am interested in, eventually, changing mine to lexus OEM 17's or aftermarket 18x8's. I just wonder about spacers which would probably be necessary. They worry me.

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The parts manager had TSW 18" and they fit without spacers and is selling them for $900 rims and tires with only 2000 miles on them.
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Silversport01, do you know the width of those 18's or the specific wheel?

I think I found the right web site at www.tswwheels.com
Old 05-24-01, 09:25 PM
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They kinda look like the Alpine, but I don't see them.
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