What tire pressures do you guys like?
07-02-2009, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by bay550i' post='929677' date='Jul 1 2009, 09:39 PM
I have the 18" 124s on RE50A RFTs.
They are hard as steel anyway.
Go for the max.
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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='929694' date='Jul 1 2009, 09:50 PM
40 at all 4 corners on my 20's.
38 F and 42 R is better.
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Originally Posted by salaki' post='930209' date='Jul 2 2009, 01:27 AM
Any technical reasons why you choose this setting?
40ish Psi sounds too high to me.
I run 34-36 all around.
40ish Psi sounds too high to me.
I run 34-36 all around.
From my experience 34 - 36 psi gives me the best combination of handling and ride comfort. The roads are pretty rough where I live and tire pressure in the 40's makes for a pretty hard ride. However I only run 18" wheels so I have a reasonable amount of tire sidewall to protect the wheel. When you go to 19" or 20" wheels the tire side wall is much less and you need to run higher pressure to protect the wheels.
My thoughts...
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='930936' date='Jul 2 2009, 12:56 PM
It doesn't matter what pressures you have on the RF's.
They are hard as steel anyway.
Go for the max.
They are hard as steel anyway.
Go for the max.
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36 or 38 all around.
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