195/50/15... Recommendations for air pressure front andrear?

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com>
> Date: 2004/12/15 Wed PM 05:58:31 EST
> To: Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: 195/50/15... Recommendations for air pressure front and
> 	rear?
> 
> > I have heard of it, but I don't know specifics of how to do it?  How much scuffing is good, etc?  That may be a silly q., I just don't know...  Any good links for the details here?  I will check here in a bit...
> 
> I don't know if there's any specific technique, but you basically just
> take chalk or some sort of light colored ink (white paint marker or
> something) and draw a thick line across your tire tread (perpendicular
> to rotation direction) all the way up onto the edge between the tread
> and sidewall and drive around for a little while like normal until you
> see parts of the line wearing off.  If it wears evenly, you've got
> good pressure.  If it wears off on the edges first, you're
> underinflated.  If it wears off on the center of the tread first,
> you're overinflated.  If it wears in any other goofy patten like only
> on one of the tread shoulders, you've got alignment issues.
> I think they talk about it in haynes manuals.  Might be in bentley or
> such too, I haven't checked.
> 
> -Grant-

Yeah, I see how it works.  I was thinking differently...  Perhaps I should go buy some white crayons...   (Scratches chin)...  Hmmmm....

David

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