tyre pressures ? · Aussieveedubbers

phil · 29 Jul 2005, 10:29 pm

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!

Robo · 29 Jul 2005, 11:37 pm

Im running 17psi front and 21/28 rear with crossply's, on the 56 Beetle.
Rob...

helbus · 30 Jul 2005, 12:42 am

I use 18psi front, 24 psi rear on the 70 Beetle. That is with 165 tyres

helterskelter400 · 30 Jul 2005, 1:17 am

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.
720kg wet incl fat controller... haha

General_Failure · 30 Jul 2005, 10:55 am

I was using 18 front and 26 back as per specification. Any more pressure and a beetle is hard to control anyway.

phil · 30 Jul 2005, 6:14 pm

i guess i will try reducing the pressures a little.....thanks fellas

vern74 · 30 Jul 2005, 7:15 pm

so.......is 32 all round on my 74 L too much ?

h · 30 Jul 2005, 10:39 pm

yep
i ran 18 up front and 28 on the ass when i had the stockos on..

BiX · 31 Jul 2005, 12:34 pm

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)

killakornkobb · 31 Jul 2005, 3:01 pm

damn i'v been running 32 all round aswell vern... car handles shit anyways.. needa do my upper ball jionts *rolls eyes* i cbf!

barls · 31 Jul 2005, 3:03 pm

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

68AutoBug · 31 Jul 2005, 3:21 pm

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

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug

killakornkobb · 31 Jul 2005, 3:21 pm

im running 135's/165's the 135's would definatley benefit from lower pressure yeah?

68AutoBug · 31 Jul 2005, 6:47 pm

You could try 16 PSI in the 135s Damien.....

or 18 PSI Maximum .....

Cheers

Lee

72FASTY · 31 Jul 2005, 7:18 pm

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.

68AutoBug · 31 Jul 2005, 7:55 pm

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

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug

helbus · 31 Jul 2005, 8:11 pm

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.

killakornkobb · 6 Aug 2005, 9:32 am

lowered my pressures and now my car handkles like a dream! (compared to how it was!!)

Thanks chaps!

phil · 6 Aug 2005, 6:01 pm

same.....reduced from 26 to 22psi in the front...4 poundmakes a difference, much better.

vern74 · 6 Aug 2005, 6:05 pm

I will take Vern down to the Woolies servo with the auto pressure guage thingie and reduce the pressure.
Thanks Guys

killakornkobb · 7 Aug 2005, 1:31 pm

steering has become hella heavy now though🙂 but in this wet weather can't afford to be all over the road 🙂