Centre of tyres worn 3-1-3mm

[Sootchucker]

So is there a definitive thought on what a GTI fitted with 19" alloys and the 225/35/19 tyres should be run at please ? I'm currently running them at what it says on the sticker, which I think from memory is 41psi all round on the stock Pirelli's, but always thought this was a bit high ?

Obviously running at slightly lower pressures (say 36psi) will increase ride comfort somewhat (although I do already run the DCC in comfort mode most of the time), but will also slightly increase fuel consumption (but I seriously doubt this would even be noticeable), but what what about even tyre wear - better, worse or about the same ?

[fredgroves]

Hard to say what the effect would be... as others have said VW will suggest higher pressures to decrease CO2 figures.

Whether 36 is low enough to cause increased wear, I don't know.

Probably somewhere there is a formula based on kerb weight and tyre size from BS...

[fredgroves]

Kwikfit suggest 33psi...

https://www.kwik-fit.com/tyres/information/tyre-pressure-search

[Sootchucker]

Thanks Fred, just been on the Kwik Fit website and entered my Reg Number, and now I'm no wiser 

[mcmaddy]

Do you really want to trust Kwik Fit 
I've found three different values on three different sites so I don't think anyone knows haha

[2007GTI]

Exactly, ignore Kwik Cr@p, just use the values as per VW, which are in the inside of your petrol filler cap, depending on wheel/tyre size and carrying load.

[Sootchucker]

Thanks guys. If you read my reply above you will see that I am currently running the pressures as specified on the data sticker on the car, however as I don't have a set of Winter wheels and tyres to go on the car, (at the moment) it got me wondering if lowering the pressures a little (to say 35-36psi), would very slightly improve grip in these cold condition over the 41psi I'm currently running them at.

[Finglonga]

Kwikfit suggest 33psi...

https://www.kwik-fit.com/tyres/information/tyre-pressure-search

They also suggest you need front brake pads & discs and rear shocks.

[SRGTD]

Kwikfit suggest 33psi...

https://www.kwik-fit.com/tyres/information/tyre-pressure-search

They also suggest you need front brake pads & discs and rear shocks.

I only ever went to Kwik Fit once, many years ago in the 1980’s to get my wheels balanced. They told me my tyres had been flat spotted due to emergency braking and the wheels locking up, hence the imbalance. I was the only person who’d driven my car and I knew my tyres didn’t have a flat spot through any form of emergency braking manoeuvre. They also tried to sell me shock absorbers - told me mine were leaking; they weren’t, as I’d had them replaced just a couple of months earlier! 

I told them not to bother balancing my wheels and I went to an independent tyre place and got them done without any attempts to sell me anything I didn’t need and hadn’t asked for.

I’ve never been back to Kwik Fit since and don’t plan going back any time soon .

[fredgroves]

Like any chain of stores, the experience can vary massively. The idiot in your local Curry's might be not as good as the guy you get in another branch. I find the same with all of these, Kwik fit included. It's not the company, its the individual staff...