Tire Pressure Help
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Yogibear458 posted in a previous post of mine :
"When I got my car from the dealer, I thought the ride was quite comfortable but the next day I checked the tire pressure, it had 26psi in the front and 30psi at the back. After I raised the pressure to spec, it's a much firmer ride."
I have a sport pkg with Dunlop Runflats. I just checked the pressure, figuring maybe he was right. the door sticker says 32/38 with 4 passengers.. i checked the pressure, and it was 40-42 in the front, and 46 ish in the rear!
isn't that VERY high. how could I get such a nice ride with pressure that high!
what do you guys run?
andy
"When I got my car from the dealer, I thought the ride was quite comfortable but the next day I checked the tire pressure, it had 26psi in the front and 30psi at the back. After I raised the pressure to spec, it's a much firmer ride."
I have a sport pkg with Dunlop Runflats. I just checked the pressure, figuring maybe he was right. the door sticker says 32/38 with 4 passengers.. i checked the pressure, and it was 40-42 in the front, and 46 ish in the rear!
isn't that VERY high. how could I get such a nice ride with pressure that high!
what do you guys run?
andy
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Originally Posted by wassy' date='Oct 8 2004, 07:56 PM
Yogibear458 posted in a previous post of mine :
"When I got my car from the dealer, I thought the ride was quite comfortable but the next day I checked the tire pressure, it had 26psi in the front and 30psi at the back. After I raised the pressure to spec, it's a much firmer ride."
I have a sport pkg with Dunlop Runflats.? I just checked the pressure, figuring maybe he was right.? the door sticker says 32/38 with 4 passengers.. i checked the pressure, and it was 40-42 in the front, and 46 ish in the rear!
isn't that VERY high.? how could I get such a nice ride with pressure that high!
what do you guys run?
andy
"When I got my car from the dealer, I thought the ride was quite comfortable but the next day I checked the tire pressure, it had 26psi in the front and 30psi at the back. After I raised the pressure to spec, it's a much firmer ride."
I have a sport pkg with Dunlop Runflats.? I just checked the pressure, figuring maybe he was right.? the door sticker says 32/38 with 4 passengers.. i checked the pressure, and it was 40-42 in the front, and 46 ish in the rear!
isn't that VERY high.? how could I get such a nice ride with pressure that high!
what do you guys run?
andy
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See this post:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...indpost&p=29226
I found I was running VERY low for quite some time :bashwall: . The run-flat structure most likely saved my A$$
as I took some pretty fast corners not realizing the pressures.
NOTE: ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PRESSURE! Even (especially) when new!
I am now running a little higher than "recommended" but that's due to my driving style
. I don't mind a little harsher ride (having had a few M3's) and prefer to keep the tires on the wheels. Higher pressures have been recommended at every autocross and track event that I've been at. I also don't look to squeeze every last mile out of my tires. I typically will wear out the outer edges well before the centers... even with the higher pressure - gotta love the corners! (buy stock in tire companies). :bashwall:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...indpost&p=29226
I found I was running VERY low for quite some time :bashwall: . The run-flat structure most likely saved my A$$
as I took some pretty fast corners not realizing the pressures. NOTE: ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PRESSURE! Even (especially) when new!
I am now running a little higher than "recommended" but that's due to my driving style
. I don't mind a little harsher ride (having had a few M3's) and prefer to keep the tires on the wheels. Higher pressures have been recommended at every autocross and track event that I've been at. I also don't look to squeeze every last mile out of my tires. I typically will wear out the outer edges well before the centers... even with the higher pressure - gotta love the corners! (buy stock in tire companies). :bashwall:
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