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Offline symsymma

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tyre pressures
« on: 12 March 2011, 21:12 »
Wot pressure r u peeps runnin on low profiles.runnin 225 40 18 on a turbo if that makes any difference.  :s
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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #1 on: 12 March 2011, 21:13 »
fink mine are 31/32 psi
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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #2 on: 12 March 2011, 21:18 »
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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #3 on: 12 March 2011, 21:26 »
Cheers for link.i was thinkin bout 35 checked mine for the first time today an the place where i got me wheels have put 40 in the back and 38 in the front so ill deflate em a bit tomoz i think :smiley:
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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #4 on: 12 March 2011, 21:55 »
Standard pressure as per the handbook is all I have ever done.
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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #5 on: 12 March 2011, 21:57 »
Quote from: Wayne on 12 March 2011, 21:55
Standard pressure as per the handbook is all I have ever done.

My local tyre garage also recommends this whatever size wheels you have  :smiley:
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Offline symsymma

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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #6 on: 12 March 2011, 22:09 »
Think thats wot ill put em at then.cheers peeps. :smiley:
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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #7 on: 13 March 2011, 09:51 »
Doesnt your tyres tell u on them? I have Falkens and they have the Psi rating on them beside size etc. Dont know if this helps.
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Offline houston

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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #8 on: 13 March 2011, 10:22 »
when i bought my car i noticed it was hitting every bump hard, wasnt like that on the test drive the day before, the previous owner had topped the tyres up for me and put 80 psi in them! :shocked: lucky they didnt blow up on the motorway drive home
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Re: tyre pressures
« Reply #9 on: 13 March 2011, 10:37 »
80? WTF!! Were u drunk from the night before? haha they must of been rangerover wheels haha. I once put 42 in by not keeping an eye on the pump haha and it was like driving on a brick haha
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