ques. about my ccw's
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Melting Slicks
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ques. about my ccw's
Just installed my new ccw wheels, and they have the tire pressure sensors in them. The recommended max psi for the tires is 50lbs. I have them at like 44 cold. My problem is high tire pressure warning keeps coming up. Any quick fix other than continuously pressing reset on my DIC?
Last edited by C5JONNY; Jul 22, 2004 at 03:50 PM.
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46 psi cold??? 
that is a weee bit too much.
Most tires cold are in the 32 to 36 range. What tires are you using first?
Then if you do a search there is the pleanty Tire pressure reset threads.
that is a weee bit too much.Most tires cold are in the 32 to 36 range. What tires are you using first?
Then if you do a search there is the pleanty Tire pressure reset threads.
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Originally Posted by C5JONNY
I have the pilot sports on there, the sidewall notes that 50 psi is the max?????
Mabe I'm mistaken but I think you have way too much air pressure for normal driving. Good luck.
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Do not fill the tires to the max pressure on the side wall. Open the drivers door and use the recommended air pressure on that tag. Our cars should run 30 - 32 lbs. cold tire pressure.
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St. Jude Donor '06-'10, '13
Originally Posted by 16Again
Do not fill the tires to the max pressure on the side wall. Open the drivers door and use the recommended air pressure on that tag. Our cars should run 30 - 32 lbs. cold tire pressure.
Bob
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Pilot sports here also. I run 32 rear 33 front cold. I have played with these pressures over the past many months and this is what I found that I like. Good feel to of the tire to the road.
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I run 28 cold. Went on a road trip and checked them while moving down the freeway. Most of them had climbed to 33-34 and one rear had gone all the way up to 35. Just to be sure I checked again the next morning cold, 28lbs. At 28lbs I get a good wear pattern all the way across the tread of my DS-g3s.
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The max pressure always seems to confuse people. When I explain the difference between max and recommended figures, I point at the max speed and ask if Goodyear/BFG/Kumho is recommending that we drive at a minimum speed of 186 mph on a Y-rated tire, or no faster (maximum) than 186 mph. Isn't the max weight figure what got Ford confused with in the whole Firestone debacle??
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I'm running Pilots, 330-30/18 and 275-35/18. I run 28psi cold all the way around. Good wear patern all the way across the tires, front and rear. Tires give a nice warning just before breaking loose at those pressures, if you are squeezing on the throttle.
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Read the sticker on the door jam to see what chevrolet recommends for the corvette, not what the tire manufacturer lists on the tire. See the ford/firestone situation for ideas of what can happen when the two recommendations differ.