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The Grand Buba (Joel) is right again 
. While catching up on my Corvette Enthusiast there was an article on tires. The writer stated, " That the tire pressure on the sidewalls are for max capacity, and since it's highly unlikely the we will ever load the car to max, we should go with the car's owners manual suggestion".
. While catching up on my Corvette Enthusiast there was an article on tires. The writer stated, " That the tire pressure on the sidewalls are for max capacity, and since it's highly unlikely the we will ever load the car to max, we should go with the car's owners manual suggestion".
I'm going to try 24 in the front, and 26 in the rear. What the heck, for the little amount of miles on put on the car I should be able to see any damage occurring in time to go back to 30/33 Pressure.
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HEY!?!?!? You can't say that here!!!
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HEY!?!?!? You can't say that here!!!
whuts it mean, anywho? I'm jest a dum ol' farm-boy...
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I know this may be an insult to even metion, but many old Beetles used 19 psi in the front and 26 in the rear. Odd by it worked well.
My 28 psi may wear the center due to the loading of the tire, the center may bulge out due to the higher pressures. I would have no problems setting the pressure at 20 or 24. I only run a bit higher due to my oddities. It does ride worse, but corners a bit better. I have acutally been considering trying 24 for a while and see how I like it. but that will wait for spring time.
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Do it matter if'n ya run white air er yeller air?
i got new tires this week , yokohama P255/60 R15 ands the guy at the garage filled them at 23 psi saying the should be about the max
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ok, while on the topic, what about all the hype I'm hearing lately about using Nitrogen in tires?
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