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 phil
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| posted on July 29th, 2005 at 10:29 PM |
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tyre pressures ?
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!
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| posted on July 29th, 2005 at 11:37 PM |
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Im running 17psi front and 21/28 rear with crossply's, on the 56 Beetle.
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| posted on July 30th, 2005 at 12:42 AM |
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I use 18psi front, 24 psi rear on the 70 Beetle. That is with 165 tyres
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| posted on July 30th, 2005 at 01:17 AM |
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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
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| posted on July 30th, 2005 at 10:55 AM |
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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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phil
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| posted on July 30th, 2005 at 06:14 PM |
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i guess i will try reducing the pressures a little.....thanks fellas
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| posted on July 30th, 2005 at 07:15 PM |
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so.......is 32 all round on my 74 L too much ?
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| posted on July 30th, 2005 at 10:39 PM |
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yep
i ran 18 up front and 28 on the ass when i had the stockos on..
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 12:34 PM |
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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)
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 03:01 PM |
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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!
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 03:03 PM |
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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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 posted on July 31st, 2005 at 03:21 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vern74
so.......is 32 all round on my 74 L too much ?
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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]
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 03:21 PM |
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im running 135's/165's the 135's would definatley benefit from lower pressure yeah?
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68AutoBug
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 06:47 PM |
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You could try 16 PSI in the 135s Damien.....
or 18 PSI Maximum .....
Cheers
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 07:18 PM |
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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.
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 07:55 PM |
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about the same Fasty....
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.....
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| posted on July 31st, 2005 at 08:11 PM |
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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.
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| posted on August 6th, 2005 at 09:32 AM |
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lowered my pressures and now my car handkles like a dream! (compared to how it was!!)
Thanks chaps!
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phil
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| posted on August 6th, 2005 at 06:01 PM |
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same.....reduced from 26 to 22psi in the front...4 poundmakes a difference, much better.
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| posted on August 6th, 2005 at 06:05 PM |
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I will take Vern down to the Woolies servo with the auto pressure guage thingie and reduce the pressure.
Thanks Guys
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killakornkobb
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| posted on August 7th, 2005 at 01:31 PM |
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steering has become hella heavy now though but in this wet weather can't
afford to be all over the road
Tagedeezee Heezy
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