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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 03:17 PM
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What does everyone recommend?
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 03:38 PM
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I'm glad someone else asked this. I was considering asking the same thing, but didn't want to seem like a total n00b. I have no idea what to run in these tires. I ran 40 PSI in my street tires and 45 PSI in my AutoX tires on my old car, but those were 225/40/18's and 225/45/17's respectively.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 08:18 PM
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anyone?
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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32 psi all round, tire wear evenly, rides fine
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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i run 30 in the street and and 18 at the track
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 09:30 PM
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I run 22 out back at all times, 32 up front. The back gets a little wavy at times... But I'm used to it. Its obviosly lower than recomended, but the tire wear doesn't seem to be too bad, the outsides of the tire wear quicker than the center. Only thing to watch out for is if you make like a sudden lane change on the freeway or at highway speeds, while you are any sort of moderate throttle, it usually throws you a big wag.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 09:33 PM
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I run 35, which heats up to 40 while driving. Daily driver so life of the tire is important to me. So far I have over 15k on my KDW with PLENTY of tread left
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 11:24 PM
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I run 33 front and 30 rear.
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has anyone tried nitrogen air in their tires?
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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I think the reason for running Nitogen in the tires is becasue it is less prone to change on you when the tires heat up. As opposed to Oxygen where if your car sits at teh track with 1 side facing the sun and the other not, there will be a difference in pressure....
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35 up front on the street tires and 30 in the nitto drags.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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dear god 40-45psi? you want your tires to blow out, never in an american car do you put more than 35 psi which is what i run in the front and 30 in the rear.
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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