Author Topic: what tyre pressures for 215 40 16 rims? please  (Read 1625 times)

Offline Britman

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what tyre pressures for 215 40 16 rims? please
« on: 31 October 2007, 20:35 »
is it the same as standard wheels fro the mk3 gti or less or more? psi/ bar would help as ive forgot as had standard rims for sooo long, my tyres low at the mo even for low profile tyres
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Re: what tyre pressures for 215 40 16 rims? please
« Reply #1 on: 31 October 2007, 21:43 »
28-30 psi.

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Re: what tyre pressures for 215 40 16 rims? please
« Reply #2 on: 31 October 2007, 22:06 »
what 28-30 on all tyres
or 28 front 30 back,
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Re: what tyre pressures for 215 40 16 rims? please
« Reply #3 on: 31 October 2007, 22:14 »
front and back

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Re: what tyre pressures for 215 40 16 rims? please
« Reply #4 on: 02 November 2007, 11:29 »
My garage friend told me to keep mine 32 all round

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Re: what tyre pressures for 215 40 16 rims? please
« Reply #5 on: 11 November 2007, 16:14 »
This is the standard tyre on the Mk3 Anniversary's. The hand book says 36psi front / 33psi back for 3 people and luggage in the car.
The Mk3 Anniversary came with 215/40/16 tyres running on 7" x 16" BBS RX alloys.
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