I went through the same thing several years ago, on my '90 Westy, when I switched to Michelin XC LT4's (sold by Sears) in size 195/75 14. Someone had one of those little pocket guides that listed every possible tire size/vehicle weight, etc. Using that and the info on the sticker and on the tire, and deciding to keep the front/rear pressure differential, I just sort of extrapolated and came up with 38 front and 48 rear (50PSI is max on these tires). I know, not very scientific, but it has worked for me. I just started my second set of these tires after getting 53K miles on the first. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill H." <starfinder88@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 9:21 AM Subject: Re: Best Tire Pressures?
> For 15 years I've been debating the same question on my 88 GL with 195/75 > tires. The posted pressure always seemed too high. So I wouldn't mind a > similar opinion on the GL. Thanks. > > Bill H. > > --- tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > The little label inside the door has a pressure listed for 185s and > > 205 tires. The 185 pressure is quite high, anad the 205 is lower. > > > > The tires actually on my Westy right now are 195s.... Should I choose > > a pressure somewhere between the two, or go high or what? Has any > > consensus been achieved on this issue in the past, or am I just being > > crazily optimistic here? > > > > --tabe johnson > > xtabe@yahoo.com > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ |
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