Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Tire Pressure for Aftermarket Wheels

[LS (lashdeep]

...and get a proper alignment first...

----- Original Message ----
From: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:40:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Tire Pressure for Aftermarket Wheels

Go on a hard, curvy drive and have someone with a pyrometer check temps across 
the tread...when they are withing 5 degrees from inside to outside, you have 
the right temp.

LS

----- Original Message ----
From: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2007 9:09:06 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] Tire Pressure for Aftermarket Wheels

What is the list's opinion on picking a tire pressure for aftermarket
wheels where the wheel differs signficantly from stock?

I ask because of my TR. It had the metric wheels when I bought it, so I
bought a set of 18" HRE wheels from Karl early on. They are obviously
very different from the stock wheels in both sidewall height and
construction, so I always picked the tire pressure by looking at the max
rating on the tire and backing it down some (like if the tire said 51
psi max, I would run them around 44-46. This is very unscientific. I
haven't seen uneven tire wear, so by that measure I assume it was OK.

Is there a way to calculate the best tire pressure? Should I pick the
factory recommendation from the 512TR since its wheels are nearly
identical to my current ones in terms of size?

I did Google the subject but only seem to get car-specific wheel
recommendations.

-- charles




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