195/45r15 Tyre Pressure help

[cairoche]

As the title reads im after some help with finding out the tyre pressure for my 1.6 saxo vtr, currently on 27psi all round. Newish owner

Thank you!

[L33h]

32 psi

[Dany4494]

28 front 40 rear

[McAndy]

Open the door and you should see tyre pressures on the hinged side. Or, open glove compartment and look in the hand book?

Or you can google it, much less effort than creating a new thread... So many options.

Or just pump fronts to 36psi (2.4 bar) and rear to 32psi (2.2 bar).

[MuZiZZle]

three fiddy

[pedromakarachi]

I ignore the door sticker as for me those pressures are way to high, especially for a light car such as a Saxo or Peugeot. I run 30psi front and 28psi rear and I get nice even tyre wear.

Comparing that to the wife's car which is a standard 1litre Corsa C and the handbook for that states 29psi front and 26psi rear. Plus the Corsa is nearly a 100kg's heavier than mine.

And I ran the same 30psi fronts, 28psi rears on my S1 Peugeot Xsi with 195/45r15 tyres and it drove spot on.

[jbrady72]

I go for 28 front and 23 rear! Had 28 front and rear but it was tail happy so lowered rears and seems much better. Maybe I'm imagining it but does seem much better


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[L33h]

23! that's flat as fuck lol.

[jbrady72]

Originally Posted by L33h

23! that's flat as fuck lol.

Not on back of stripped out saxo, they look ok and they've been fine! Grip well and tyres haven't worn!


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[pedromakarachi]

You have to set the pressures correctly in relation to the weight load that is on that tyre. Hence why tyres have a load and speed rating. There is a table that explains the load rating to the respective weight load for that tyre.

E.g a tyre with a load rating of 82 = 475kg maximum weight on that tyre.

Saxo's and Peugeot's range between 850kgs to 950kgs in the overall kerb weight for the vehicle, dependant of engine and spec. So to add four tyres with a load rating of 82 onto a Saxo the total weight load that the tyres can support is 1900kgs, way above the weight of a whole car.

So with a stripped out car and dependant on the amount ofweight you remove, you don't have to run as high a tyre pressure as if the car was still in full trim.

Originally Posted by jbrady72

Not on back of stripped out saxo, they look ok and they've been fine! Grip well and tyres haven't worn!


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Your doing it right pal

To run the standard tyre pressure in the rear tyres with a stripped out rear would bring oversteer when driving enthusiastically. With your pressures set accordingly, your getting the maximum tread contact patch gripping the road