pressures in buckshots (yes i tried search)

[slowLux]

got some new 31" buckshots for my shorty GQ last week

The fitter recomended 40 psi front and back but i reckon thats a bit high? i was thinking more like 36-38?

cheers,

[havoc_customs]

yeah 40 psi does seem a bit high, i always roll on 35. does the trick for me

[Goatse.AJ]

The dude that fitted my claws had 'em pumped up to farkin' 50psi

They ride so much better around the 26-30 mark.

What is the recommended pressure on your tyre placard? I'd tend to use that as a ballpark figure.

[+dj_hansen+]

Here is one way to calculate it... kind of mathematically...

OK here tis.........go for a drive up the h'way for a bit.....If a tyre increases in pressure (from cold) more
than 3-4 psi it could be considered to low to start with. If it doesn't
increase in pressure or increases only 1 psi then it was too high
to start with.
Even using an accurate guage it's still
difficult to find the premium pressure for a given tyre, load,
ambient temp...etc. etc. etc.
Rule of thumb is that your tyres should gain pressure on an extended
trip, but it should only be 2-3-4 psi.....

Pot stirred....Dave

Perhaps start at 36, and take it from there...

[slowLux]

thanks, ill start on 36 a try the 4psi rule

[dv8666]

I got 31" buckshots on my Bronco, yhe guys who fitted them (both the sales guy and the fitter) said 40psi too... so I do, they are wearing evenly though. I used to run 18psi in the sand on super diggers, but the buckshots need to go low, down to 12 or less (in a Bronco!)

[bogged]

The dude that fitted my claws had 'em pumped up to farkin' 50psi

always take a good gauge with you when gettin tires fitted!!

[badger]

i run 35 in my buckshots


and for what its worth id never go back to a tyre shop if they couldnt even put the right pressure in tyres. if they dont know enough about there job to figure that out id hate to have them fitting and balancing my tyres and doing a wheel allignment

[slowLux]

tried the 4 psi rule, at 40 psi the tyres increased in 3 psi, at 38 2psi and 36 3psi i think from memory. Im getting rather confused

[+dj_hansen+]

tried the 4 psi rule, at 40 psi the tyres increased in 3 psi, at 38 2psi and 36 3psi i think from memory. Im getting rather confused

Based on that 4 psi rule and your results id be running 36, 37 or 38....

[slowLux]

yep thats what i was thinking. Got 38 in em at the moment. Another thing about em when i had em at 36, the car just seemed really sticky in corners. Didndt like that at all!