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SL/R231: Calibrating Speed Sensor for Increasing Tire Aspect Ratio

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Old 02-23-2019, 10:16 PM
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Question Calibrating Speed Sensor for Increasing Tire Aspect Ratio

Hi, the time has come for me to replace the tires on my 2014 SL550 with 255/35/R19 tires up front and 285/30/R19 tires in the rear. I would like to change the tires to 255/40/R19 and 285/35/R19 to improve ride quality. I have two questions. First of all, will anything rub or collide? second, how could I get the wheel speed sensors re-calibrated, and how much would it cost if it's possible?

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If sized right the wheel will be bigger but the outside diameter of the tire will stay the same and no recalibration should be necessary.
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By my math (possibly incorrect) you will read 67-68 at 65 with the change. You are basically gaining ~1cm of sidewall. Given that speedometers are usually conservative(read about 2-3mph fast at 65), I suspect the speedo will actually read pretty close to dead on with REAL mph. Given that, I"m not sure I would get it calibrated. But to get the correct sizing (I believe) you would have to go to a wider tire....which suspect is not your goal, which I assume is more sidewall, better ride. Why not go to a -1 wheel?

Not sure on the rubbing though.
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By my math (possibly incorrect) you will read 67-68 at 65 with the change. You are basically gaining ~1cm of sidewall. Given that speedometers are usually conservative(read about 2-3mph fast at 65), I suspect the speedo will actually read pretty close to dead on with REAL mph. Given that, I"m not sure I would get it calibrated. But to get the correct sizing (I believe) you would have to go to a wider tire....which suspect is not your goal, which I assume is more sidewall, better ride. Why not go to a -1 wheel?

Not sure on the rubbing though.
Thanks for your help! I don't want to change the rims and the larger tire diameter does fill up the wheel wells much better too.

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