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My Ride: 550i 2009 Mod. with tints all around. Got Splitter and Spoiler coming. May do an exhaust.
... having max air in your tire to help stop rim Pot Hole Dents? A Local E-Tech mechanic said its Forged or keep the wheels fully inflated to help with Pot Holes. My door rail say something like 32 lbs for 17 x 225 x 50s at Front, but I am sure 19s take more air. Since my Potenza 960s say 50 max psi ; I put 40 in front and 44 at rear. What do you think?
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Originally Posted by DTD' post='830172' date='Mar 29 2009, 10:01 PM
... having max air in your tire to help stop rim Pot Hole Dents? A Local E-Tech mechanic said its Forged or keep the wheels fully inflated to help with Pot Holes. My door rail say something like 32 lbs for 17 x 225 x 50s at Front, but I am sure 19s take more air. Since my Potenza 960s say 50 max psi ; I put 40 in front and 44 at rear. What do you think?
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My Ride: 2008 Silverstone II E60 M5 2012 E70 AW X5 50i Sport w/ LCI Aero Kit and Rocker Panels
I roll in 40lbs of pressure on all my wheels. It already saved me once. The sidewall blew out, so I had to replace the tire, but the wheel was fine. I highly recommend it.
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My Ride: 550i 2009 Mod. with tints all around. Got Splitter and Spoiler coming. May do an exhaust.
Thanks CW and C.... Great Stuff to make life even better! Still working on the H7R xi drop C Bimmer. You said do not mess with Coilovers Right? How but new shocks for a 40,000 mile 530 xi. Sorry I have tried many many times even spoke to Mark the web master too to upload pics. All I can figure is I have netscape. All other forums I can download pics! Thanks for the info. Dan DTD
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Originally Posted by DTD' post='830202' date='Mar 29 2009, 08:23 PM
C Bimmer! When is your NY Meet? This summer? Thanks
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Originally Posted by DTD' post='830172' date='Mar 29 2009, 10:01 PM
... having max air in your tire to help stop rim Pot Hole Dents? A Local E-Tech mechanic said its Forged or keep the wheels fully inflated to help with Pot Holes. My door rail say something like 32 lbs for 17 x 225 x 50s at Front, but I am sure 19s take more air. Since my Potenza 960s say 50 max psi ; I put 40 in front and 44 at rear. What do you think?
In other words, you can locate tires that require 40 lbs. It does not make any difference whether tire is 13", 14", 20", etc. As my g/f never says, size has nothing to do with it.
