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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: workhorse '90 8v on 20 November 2003, 16:16

Title: TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: workhorse '90 8v on 20 November 2003, 16:16

one car on 14 185 60
the other   15 195 55

anyone out there tinkered with different pressures?

currently running 30psi in the front and 28psi in the rear..

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: Gambit on 20 November 2003, 16:35

im running 32f 30r on 195/50r15's

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: workhorse '90 8v on 20 November 2003, 17:54

cheers.. no one else seems to know whats in theirs.  shame, you can get a lot of extra grip with the right pressure...

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: Dizzie on 20 November 2003, 17:59

30psi all round on 195/50/15 yokes

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: m4nesh on 20 November 2003, 19:31

33 psi all-round, do loads of motorway driving on 195 50 15s on yokohama a539 which are decent in the dry but bollocks in the wet

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: jedi16v on 20 November 2003, 20:01

32 psi allround using pirelli drago's p5000 wicked tire wet and dry . highly recommened. sorry about my spellinf . sorry spelling  ;D

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: workhorse '90 8v on 21 November 2003, 09:36

So why not a little less PSI in the rear?   THere's a lot less weight back there!!

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: Dizzie on 21 November 2003, 10:08

Quote from: m4nesh on 20 November 2003, 19:31

33 psi all-round, do loads of motorway driving on 195 50 15s on yokohama a539 which are decent in the dry but bollocks in the wet

I run them and they're awesome in the dry and wicked in the wet! I've been round corners doing 60 in the wet when 'normal' drivers take it at 40 in the dry. I'm on my 2nd set they're so good.

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: m4nesh on 21 November 2003, 10:44

Hello Dizzie


The Yoko A539 is good looking, very good in dry conditions but i have to say they are bollocks in the wet because once you have used a set of Goodyear Eagle F1s they are bloody fantastic and anything else just seems inferior - A539 in significantly inferior on in the wet.  However, it is my second set of A539 too, and i hear you cry why buy them if you think they are bollocks in the wet?  Because they have a very high tread wear which means they last me ages about 20,000 miles, look at the side wall on your tire and it will tell you that the tread wear in 280, Goodyear Eagle f1 have a low tread wear about 160 and they only lasted me 9000 miles but bloody good wet handling!!

Im thinking with my wallet, and so are you for choosing Yoko coz they last ages.

Yoko have a new tyre out , have you seen it? Cant remember the name but its got a phat pattern, looking for reviews of tyre, but no luck

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: Gambit on 21 November 2003, 10:44

your front should be higher than the rear in order to compensate for the increased weight of the engine

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: Helios_Blue_Valver on 21 November 2003, 14:33

Quote from: Dizzie on 20 November 2003, 17:59

30psi all round on 195/50/15 yokes

I'll Second that.

Title: Re:TYRE PRESSURES????
Post by: workhorse '90 8v on 21 November 2003, 14:54

Your spare wheel weighs a lot less than your engine, you might as well drop a couple of psi at the back for extra grip!