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wanda
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Postby wanda » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:34 pm

If I take out size 17" alloys + tyres and put in 18" or 19" would it effect my fuel economy?
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Postby terry_mccann » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:27 pm

with a 1.5 dCi , I'd say you will hardly notice, if any....
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Postby wanda » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:56 am

terry_mccann wrote:with a 1.5 dCi , I'd say you will hardly notice, if any....


Now thats good news :cool:
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Re: Question

Postby Jonault » Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:57 pm

Use a tyre calculator to work out what profile tyres you need on bigger wheels if you don't want to put your speedo reading out too much. Here's one from Rochford Tyres:

https://www.alloywheels.com/tyrecalc.asp
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