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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 02:25 AM
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Just ordered a pair and will be daily driven. Im not worried about hooking as much as i can. I want them to long as possible. whats a good Ps1 to have them at. Ive herd if set too high the center will wear out. what do you guys think
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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personally ive never seen anyone who wanted to buy 555r's and wanted to keep them as long as possible......
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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+1 on the center wearing fast. I run mine at 20.
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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Ran mine at 30 factory calls for 32 or so...ANd i got about 30k out of my before..plus they hook up really well even at 30 psi to me, 20 in my area is too less unless your trying to hook.. with the change in temps and all..
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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i ran mine at 35 during the day and like 20 when i wanted to hook. . mine wore out pretty even ..
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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mine have been at 25psi roughly for tha past 2000miles, even wear
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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25psi for the street, and 16psi at the track for me.

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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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I've been running 25 psi on the street too.
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