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.
Rob...

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.
720kg wet incl fat controller... haha

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

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..

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)

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

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

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

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

or 18 PSI Maximum .....

Cheers

Lee

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'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!

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