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Just want to get opinions. Goodyear Z rated tires that came with the Camaro. Factory set at 30psi when I picked up the car. According to the specs on the tire 44psi. Big difference. So what do you guys and gals all run for pressure? I understand the trade off between ride and gas economy but what about wear and handling?
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quote:Originally posted by CamaroSS2002LE: Just want to get opinions. Goodyear Z rated tires that came with the Camaro. Factory set at 30psi when I picked up the car. According to the specs on the tire 44psi. Big difference. So what do you guys and gals all run for pressure? I understand the trade off between ride and gas economy but what about wear and handling?
30 psi is a bit soft for the OEM F1s. If I remember correctly, I used to run 34 or 35 PSI in that tire when I had them. 44 PSI is not a recommended tire pressure, but rather a number that should not be exceeded for safety reasons.
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I just run the air pressure that the factory recommends on the door jamb sticker. Remember those pressures are set when the tire is cold. Posts: 5682 | From: Dearborn,Mi. | Registered: Feb 2002
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Like to have a little stiffer ride so I set mine at 38 to 40. After getting out of the 2500HD its still like riding on a cloud Posts: 3091 | From: Canton Mi. | Registered: Oct 2002
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for street use factory specs. its what GM used when doing all the validation testing.
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30 PSI is what the factory spec is. 44 PSI is just the max the tire can handle.
It never hurts to play around with a few pounds of pressure to see how it works best on your car. The gauge you use may even be off a little so trying minor adjustments may help more than you think.
-------------------- Mark H.
Whoever said you couldn't run away from your problems obviously wasn't driving an SS. Posts: 942 | From: Santa Barbara and Ventura, CA | Registered: Feb 2000
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Thanks, for the comments so far. Kind of what I suspected. I've run them at 30psi since getting the car. When I was checking the tire pressure at the station today the helpful attendent suggested that 44psi is what I should be running on those tires. I said thank you and left it at that. I decided to check with a few others that actually own the cars instead of taking one persons opinion as fact.
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I always pay attention to the drivers side door recomendations on any car. That's what struck me as being wrong about the helpful attendents suggestion. I always run them at 30psi. Seems to be just fine. Still I was curious about what others might be doing and if so why. Again, thanks for the responses. Confirms what I already suspected. Mr Attendent didn't really know what he was talking about.
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