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Old 08-16-2012, 05:58 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by ashtray View Post
How much taller is a 255/40 over the stock? Looks a lot beefier in side profile. I'm thinking of going with 225/40 on an 18" gold RPF1. (unless I go for pure lightweight, in which case I'll keep stock tire size on 17x7.5's.)
Using this calculator I got that it was 10mm (1.6%) taller, meaning that my road speed is 1.7% faster than what the speedometer is indicating.

225/40/18 would put you at 11mm taller, road speed off by 1.8%.
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