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Ok guys I spend most of my time over in the 2nd gen section but my dad has a 07 ram 2500 cummins maga cab and we just put new tires on it. We went from 265/70r/17 to a 285/70/17 and I was wondering how you change the speedometer to get it back on. I know with my truck all I need to do is change the gear but was told I need to have the dealer do the 07. Is this true? Thanks for the help.
 
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You can get a tuner like Superchips or Diablo and input the tire size to recalibrate the speedo
 
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I check a tire size calculator and it says that when your speedo is at 60mph your actual speed is 62.1 mph... I don't think is worth it to recalibrate the speedometer, imho!!!
 
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The guy a the tire shop told my dad that the abs light might come on. Also what tuner would you guys recommend for a cummins
 
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The guy a the tire shop told my dad that the abs light might come on.
I don't know about that! I went from 16 inch factory rims to an 18 inch after market rim and got no abs lights or nothing wrong going on!!!!
 
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Diablo U7131 tuner. IDK if the Trinity is compatible
 
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Originally Posted by dakota_raven
I check a tire size calculator and it says that when your speedo is at 60mph your actual speed is 62.1 mph... I don't think is worth it to recalibrate the speedometer, imho!!!
Agreed. Not worth worrying about. Just know it reads about 4.3% low. If you have a GPS unit, it can narrow-down the error.
 
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The guy a the tire shop told my dad that the abs light might come on. Also what tuner would you guys recommend for a cummins
Yeah, and a tree might fall on it, or 12/21/12 might really be the end of the world. BTW, I would have guessed a Mega would have larger stock tires.
 
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Cheapest way would have the dealer recal it. The most fun would be throwing a tuner on it.
 
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We are going to watch if and see what happens. He wanted to get the tuner anyway so that is probably what he will do.
 



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