just wondering what tyre pressure people are running ?
i use 26psi fronr and 32psi rear ..is that about right for 185/195s on a L bug?
it occurred to me one day at the landscape yard, watching weighbridge, that if i got a front wheel weight and a back wheel weight i might be able to calculate exact tyre pressure for the front and rear weight differential.....maybe i was thinking to hard!
Im running 17psi front and 21/28 rear with crossply's, on the 56 Beetle.
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I use 18psi front, 24 psi rear on the 70 Beetle. That is with 165 tyres
front 205/65/15 - 20 pound road, 10 pound or less off road.
rear 31/10.5r/15 - 13 pound road, 5 or less off road.
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I was using 18 front and 26 back as per specification. Any more pressure and a beetle is hard to control anyway.
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i guess i will try reducing the pressures a little.....thanks fellas
so.......is 32 all round on my 74 L too much ?
yep
i ran 18 up front and 28 on the ass when i had the stockos on..
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on my l bug
-street - 205 and 195 60r15 i run 28 front and 32 rear.
track - with semi slicks 24 front 28 rear (they do have 2 steel ply bands in the sidewall)
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damn i'v been running 32 all round aswell vern... car handles shit anyways.. needa do my upper ball jionts *rolls eyes* i cbf!
Tagedeezee Heezy
i found mine bounces too much when cornering so im running 24 on the fronts and 28 in the rear and thats on my 205s
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vern74 wrote:so.......is 32 all round on my 74 L too much ?
Yes way too much in the front....
18-20 PSI on the front {very little weight]
26-28 PSI on the Rear [Most of the weight]
Lee Noonan 68Autobug
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im running 135's/165's the 135's would definatley benefit from lower pressure yeah?
Tagedeezee Heezy
You could try 16 PSI in the 135s Damien.....
or 18 PSI Maximum .....
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is it the same for type 3's? im on stocko 165's running 36 front and rear. otherwise on a windy day on the highway i get blown all over the shop.
I can do skids.
In the Wet.
On Oily surfaces.
I can't remember... I did have a type 3 waden variant for many years....
about 18 on the front and 26 on the rear....
they may look like they are way too low but thats what I drove on for over 20 years.....
The windscreen washer bottle connected to the spare tyre always left 18 PSI in the spare....
so VW didn't want You to have a flat on the rears.....
Lee
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I suppose it is all relative to the car, tyres, driver, loads and driving getting done.
I run 44psi front and rear in my EH. Handles ace like that, but they are 45 series tyres.
lowered my pressures and now my car handkles like a dream! (compared to how it was!!)
Thanks chaps!
Tagedeezee Heezy
same.....reduced from 26 to 22psi in the front...4 poundmakes a difference, much better.
I will take Vern down to the Woolies servo with the auto pressure guage thingie and reduce the pressure.
Thanks Guys
steering has become hella heavy now though🙂 but in this wet weather can't afford to be all over the road 🙂
Tagedeezee Heezy
