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Change tyre pressure for different tyres - 185/70/R14 -> 205/50/R15 ?

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Old 05-13-2003, 10:50 AM
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Default Change tyre pressure for different tyres - 185/70/R14 -> 205/50/R15 ?

I'm switching from 14 to 15's and was wondering if I need to run a different tyre pressure than spec'd for the 14's ?

I have a 1988 90Q and it recommends (I think) 34/34 unloaded, and 34/42 loaded. Should I just run the new tyres at the same pressure ?

Also, I've started Auto-Xing, and I've seen a lot of recommendations to up the tyre pressure, but my old tyres were rated to a max pressure of only 35psi. Can you go above the max pressure if you're at a lower than max weight ?

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I woudl base off of 14" OEM size pressures & add +1 psi to that.
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