I called Michelin and they said to run whatever the manufacturer of the vehicle recommends. NOT what is printed on the sidewall of the tire. They said that is the MAX pressure not the recommended pressure to run the tire on. Sean Garrett 1981 Westy (his) 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers) sean.garrett@asu.edu
> -----Original Message----- > From: Terry K. [mailto:CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:43 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51 > tires! > > > Follow the correct pressure recommendation printed on the > sidewall----- > > Well--not really, because the Yokohama 356 D's I have ask for > 65 psi for > max load of 1850 lbs---but there is no way I'm going to run them tires > that hard-----nor according to Discount Tire is it necessary, > unless I'm > running the Van at the maximum load----- > > So I'm running 40 psi all the way around. > > Common sense, as well as how the Vehicle handles should be a good > indicator-- > > But read the sidewall--it'll tell you all you ever wanted to > know--this > is more than likely why no one responded--- > > Later, > > Terry > > > > E-mail message > > Subject: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51 > tires! > This is a repost because I harbly got any replies. I want to > make sure I > am running the correct tire pressure in my 215/65- 15 Agilis > 51 tires on > my westy. What are you Volks running? Anyone know the Eurovan > or SA Bus > pressures for comparison? > Thanks, > Chris > |
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