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Old Dec 5, 2003
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Speedometer recalibration?

Has anyone had their speedometers recalibrated after switching to a non-stock tire size? My local Honda dealer said it could be done, though he was pretty vague - something about that it depends on what kind of connection the car has, and nothing to do with the VIN. For cable-driven speedos you just change the gear, and I've seen products to reflash the computer to compensate for non-stock tire sizes, though these are usually for domestics. Has anyone had this done? Thanks all.
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Honda is right... it can be done, but they want to charge you your first born to do it. Just get a tire size within 1 or 2% and leave it alone. There's a tire size for every size rim that is almost or exactly the same as stock, there's no reason to reprogram the computer for it.
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