Friday, April 1, 2016

Tire size re-calibration, gearing re-cal, FlashCal, etc.

If you read my last post you'll see I got screwed by a Jeep dealership.  What I've learned since then is that the dealership can't re-calibrate for tires over 32" (or somesuch).  I expect the dealer, you know, understands this.  I have 35s, a fact made clear to the dealership as we discussed re-calibration of the speedo.  I wasn't born knowing they couldn't do it.  They should have told me they couldn't do 35s.  But they were all "Ok, sure, we'll do that for you."  When I picked it up a day later and paid them $120, they said they calibrated it for "the largest tires they could".  I'm repeating myself now, but suffice it to say I think they should have told me they couldn't accommodate 35s and saved me the $120 I gave them to essentially do NOTHING to my Jeep.

So my advice for the 2 people in the world that don't already know that the dealership isn't the best place to service your mods, research first how to do these darn things yourself.

I recently got turned on to the FlashCal by Superchips.  The more robust product, the FlashPaq, isn't available for 2015s yet, so I got the Cal.  It plugs into your Jeep via a remarkably accessible port under the steering wheel.  With this device you can set the tire size up to 42" and re-cal your gearing.  I'm learning new stuff every day, I'll try to keep this blog up to date with what I'm learning now that there's actually something happening in my Jeep world. 

Tah for now, got someone waiting on me.