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Old 05-07-2012, 10:31 AM
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What tire pressure do you folks do your daily driving with ET streets at?

I found 35 is to high lol... the entire tire doesnt touch the ground and it seems to sway a little side to side...


I don't want to go to low since they will heat up and wear a lot quicker... but I also want to feel safe when daily driving... so what PSI do you guys run at or what is good? (and cant huurt to say what you run at the track too?)
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35psi seems high. I think stock tires should be at 30? I run 27psi on them now but will be switching to the MT's next and am looking forward to seeing others answers as well.
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I run mine between 26-28psi and 18 at the track
Old 05-07-2012, 12:45 PM
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around 27 on the street, there soft so they will heat up just driving so it will bump the air pressure on its own so just keep an eye on them.
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I found that 26-27 on the street works well and 18-20 at the track is the ticket.
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~25 on the street and ~19 at the track. 30+ and you will wear out the middle of the tire.
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mine stay at 17-19# all the time.. havent had an issue on the street at all except in when i got caught in a rain storm... even then it was fine 95% of my 30 mile drive.. only a few areas of standing water got sketchy..
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Originally Posted by robertaj
What tire pressure do you folks do your daily driving with ET streets at?

I found 35 is to high lol... the entire tire doesnt touch the ground and it seems to sway a little side to side...


I don't want to go to low since they will heat up and wear a lot quicker... but I also want to feel safe when daily driving... so what PSI do you guys run at or what is good? (and cant huurt to say what you run at the track too?)
Hey buddy, what are your driving impressions with these tires? Night and day difference? Has handling been compromised?

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Getting ready to place my order for M/T 305/35/19 tires this week and was wondering how they are wearing? Please note I understand completely that this information may include a couple of trips to track.
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Expect 6-8k out of a set.
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Originally Posted by WhiteLightning_
mine stay at 17-19# all the time.. havent had an issue on the street at all except in when i got caught in a rain storm... even then it was fine 95% of my 30 mile drive.. only a few areas of standing water got sketchy..
Thats definitely where they work best. I just don't like the DIC barking at me about low tire pressure every ~15 min.
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Well so today I almost crashed... put the tires down to 27psi... drove about 25 miles.. it turned out to be 80F out ... pressure went up to around 32-33psi

I tried a little pull... second held perfect.. third gripped perfect... only went to 70mph.. .and then tried to slow down.... boy was I surprised when the ABS kicked in... the car was sliding back and forth a bit... it just wouldn't slow down.... LUCKY for me active handling came on the dash and BAM the car auto straightened out (it was amazing actually) and although I still had some trouble slowing down I was no longer going to die!@


I dropped the pressure a bit more to around 25psi when HOT and it handled MUCH better.. I tried some aggressive breaking and it didn't want to kill me that time.
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20 psi on the street, 16 at the track.
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25 rear / 31 front on the street

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