recommended tire pressure
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Racer
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From: Columbus ga
recommended tire pressure
Need some advice- 01 with michelin run flats.
Tires in good shape only have about 5,000 miles on them.
max according to tire is 51psi. guy I bought from was running 28psi, I bumped all tires up to 36psi.
I want best ride and tire wear, not concerned with performance. What do you recommend for tire pressure??
Thanks guys and gals-
Tires in good shape only have about 5,000 miles on them.
max according to tire is 51psi. guy I bought from was running 28psi, I bumped all tires up to 36psi.
I want best ride and tire wear, not concerned with performance. What do you recommend for tire pressure??
Thanks guys and gals-
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
Need some advice- 01 with michelin run flats.
Tires in good shape only have about 5,000 miles on them.
max according to tire is 51psi. guy I bought from was running 28psi, I bumped all tires up to 36psi.
I want best ride and tire wear, not concerned with performance. What do you recommend for tire pressure??
Thanks guys and gals-
Tires in good shape only have about 5,000 miles on them.
max according to tire is 51psi. guy I bought from was running 28psi, I bumped all tires up to 36psi.
I want best ride and tire wear, not concerned with performance. What do you recommend for tire pressure??
Thanks guys and gals-
Bill aka ET
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My experience with Michelin Pilot Sport AS ZP's is that for the rears, at least, 30 psi or higher will cause excessive wear in the center. I now run 27-28 cold. Comments on this board confirmed my experience. I went to the tire dealer and Michelin USA with no useful advice or relief received.
Melting Slicks
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Michelin told me to add about 5# over the recommended 30PSI
Have Michelin A/S ZP (zero pressure or runflats) and called Michelin before I bought them several years ago. They said to add about 4 or 5 # higher than the 30PSI on the door sticker. Have been doing this for 5 or 6 years and they are wearing evenly. Usually run about 33 to 35 PSI.
NOBODY SANE runs the max rated pressure on the tires. At 55 PSI would feel like you are running on cement wheels.
NOBODY SANE runs the max rated pressure on the tires. At 55 PSI would feel like you are running on cement wheels.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
Have Michelin A/S ZP (zero pressure or runflats) and called Michelin before I bought them several years ago. They said to add about 4 or 5 # higher than the 30PSI on the door sticker. Have been doing this for 5 or 6 years and they are wearing evenly. Usually run about 33 to 35 PSI.
NOBODY SANE runs the max rated pressure on the tires. At 55 PSI would feel like you are running on cement wheels.
NOBODY SANE runs the max rated pressure on the tires. At 55 PSI would feel like you are running on cement wheels.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
If you hang out on this forum long enough you will learn a little bit about a C5. You obviously know little about tires and their design and applications.
Bill aka ET
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Thanks everybody for the advice- I love this forum!!! I think I am going to try lowering my pressure from 36 on all four to 33 on front and 30 on back and see how the ride is.
Thanks again guys!!!
Thanks again guys!!!
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Owners Manual and door sticker is the proper place to determine correct tire pressures.
With this information supplied by GM it should tell everyone that the proper pressure is 30 PSI cold, front and rear,utilizing a quality burdon tube pressure gauge.
My Michelin Pilot Sport Z/P PS2,s have 42,000 miles and are still good for about another 5000 to 10,000 miles. I check them the first of each month.
The Big Guy !
With this information supplied by GM it should tell everyone that the proper pressure is 30 PSI cold, front and rear,utilizing a quality burdon tube pressure gauge.
My Michelin Pilot Sport Z/P PS2,s have 42,000 miles and are still good for about another 5000 to 10,000 miles. I check them the first of each month.
The Big Guy !
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For wear you first need the right alignment. Second is to find the right pressure that keeps the wear even. Center wear = too much pressure. Edge wear = too little pressure.
I've always run 27-28psi cold in my rear PS2's, which are larger than stock at 305/30/19 sized, and they have worn very evenly with >40k miles on them just about putting them on the wear bars. The typical complaint with those tires is that the centers wear out quickly. My car rear alignment was 0.3* camber in the left and 0.5* camber in the right. Same toe on both sides. I can see a slight "angle" to the wear on the right tire. So, watch the amount of camber you use if tire wear is important.
I've always run 27-28psi cold in my rear PS2's, which are larger than stock at 305/30/19 sized, and they have worn very evenly with >40k miles on them just about putting them on the wear bars. The typical complaint with those tires is that the centers wear out quickly. My car rear alignment was 0.3* camber in the left and 0.5* camber in the right. Same toe on both sides. I can see a slight "angle" to the wear on the right tire. So, watch the amount of camber you use if tire wear is important.
Racer
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You are going to get a range of answers. Best thing to do, try several different pressures. Set your pressure, get them heated up, note the max warm PSI and go down a twisty road, bumpy road, smooth road and see which you like. I run mine higher pressures than most, 33cold, and have absolutely no handling issues and even wear. of course depending on your tire, YMMV.
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Check out the Michelin web site - performance tires are not for trucks.
Dude those tires are not made exclusively for Corvettes.. they are designed for multi vehicle applications including trucks.. thats why there is a load rating and a max pressure rating.. that's what DOT requires when a tire is designed.. if tires where made exclusively for Corvettes only, they would cost 24,000 a set like the Bugatti Veyron's tires,
If you hang out on this forum long enough you will learn a little bit about a C5. You obviously know little about tires and their design and applications.
Bill aka ET
If you hang out on this forum long enough you will learn a little bit about a C5. You obviously know little about tires and their design and applications.
Bill aka ET
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BTW have you ever seen tires manufactured? I did while in Akron but don't claim to be a tire expert. El Cheapo tires might have a max inflation pressure of 55 # but on a passenger vehicle, Hi Performance or Yugo, no one in his right mind would run these tires at that pressure driving down the street.
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I agree. In my experience with both the OEMs and my Michelin AS ZPs was that the rears wore in the center at 30 psi cold. That was over a life of 21k for the stock and 25k miles for the Michelins.
I run 28 cold (at sea level in UK). That gives me about 32 warm and no adverse effect on handling.
I now have Toyos running 28 cold and they seem to be wearing normally.
I run 28 cold (at sea level in UK). That gives me about 32 warm and no adverse effect on handling.
I now have Toyos running 28 cold and they seem to be wearing normally.
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Which was most likely just copied or obtained from GM.
It's your call but it seems rather dumb to just blindly run 30psi instead of actually watching your tire wear and making adjustments in the pressures to obtain even wear.
Similarily, you should be watching the operating conditions and adjusting depending on those. It makes no sense to set 30psi "cold" when cold is in your garage and then expect that to be correct for the days you take the car for a drive in 110* air with the sun beating down. Your tire pressure shooting up to 40psi once you're driving will be bad for ride, handling or wear.