Tire pressures for stock tires

Anonymous · June 4, 2004, 09:44

Hi all,

I apologise if the info I require is in another post, but I did search for it and all I could find was info about fancy tires and shocks, etc...

Anyway, all I want to know is what tire pressures the front and back tires should have, as I'm doing a long drive up to Birmingham tonight and I intend to check them before I go.

Thanks in advance.

Dan

Anonymous · June 4, 2004, 09:48

26 front, 32 rear IIRC (for my 03 anyway). It will say in the manual mate.

GSB · June 4, 2004, 09:51

It also says in the bottom of the glove box.

Bongo · June 4, 2004, 10:08

Can i jump in and ask: Does anyone know fo a decent pressure setup for the stock Yoko's on a pre '03 car?

Mr T put new alloys on the other week, checked the pressures - they're correct, and i seem to be getting chronic understeer with any amount of throttle (at one point i felt like i was going to go straight on s:shock: :shock: s:shock: )

Obviously I'm going to change the pressures but can anyone give me a reccomendation of what to go to?

I tried a search and found nothing (tyre AND pressure AND yokohama)

Anonymous · June 4, 2004, 10:12

Thanks for your responses guys.

Dan

markiii · June 4, 2004, 10:12

at this point it's not about absolute pressures.

I wouldn't go any lower than 24 on the front, so if you can drop the fronts by a couple of PSI without going to some silly pressure then do so.

If not increasing the back by a couple of PSI shoudl have teh same effect.

and if your not carrying the spare put it back.

filcee · June 4, 2004, 14:49

Probably what markiii said ...

but, you may want to try carrying less speed into the corners; slower in, apparently means faster out - at least that's what Stiggy says s;-) ;-) s;-)

My experience in an '01 with Yoko's and current '03 with Bridgestones seems to bear this out. I have always run the tyre pressure according to the owner's manual/glovebox sticker on both cars.

HTH,
Phil

Liz · June 4, 2004, 15:02

It does come up on a search - but when you use the english version - tyre rather than tire!

Anonymous · June 4, 2004, 15:45

Quote from: "Liz"It does come up on a search - but when you use the english version - tyre rather than tire!

I tyre of your pedantic-ness Liz!!!

(joke! s:D

s:D s:D

s:D )

Liz · June 4, 2004, 17:51

Quote from: "Stevo"
Quote from: "Liz"It does come up on a search - but when you use the english version - tyre rather than tire!

I tyre of your pedantic-ness Liz!!!

(joke! s:D s:D s:D s:D )

Its ok, just don't TREAD on my toes! s:)

s:)

Anonymous · June 4, 2004, 18:05

Oh come on you two get a grip. s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Anonymous · June 4, 2004, 18:15

With Bridgestone RE040s on an 03 model I've used 32 at the back and 25 at the front. Toyota recommends 32 at the back and 26 at the front. I presume pressures are the same for Yokos since both tyres are factory fit options.

See my comments in the tyres post in the performance section.

The other thing you could try is changing the way you drive - seriously, you can easily quell understeer with a slight lift of the throttle as you turn in - be careful though. Trail braking into corners can also get more weight over the front to increase turn in. The 2 is very sensitive to small inputs and a few small touches can help get that mid-engined c of g working for you rather than against you. The trick is driving the car so that the mass is transferred to the end of the car that you want to respond, if you get my drift.

Liz · June 4, 2004, 20:13

Better leave the jokes now...gone a bit Flat s:? :? s:?

Anonymous · June 6, 2004, 11:18

One thing you need to remember is "never rely on the air pumps at filling stations for decent readings of your pressures". Its amazing how much of a difference I get in readings from the what the pump tells me at the station and what my trusty digital pressure reader[1] tells me.

[1] Available from all good car accessory shops. (and Halfords) s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Sundance s8)

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Anonymous · June 6, 2004, 21:56

Replaced my rears for new Yoko's about four weeks ago and frightened myself to death, it was bouncing about at high speed like a bucking bronco and banging it into corners made me want to check my insurance policies.

When I checked my pressures I found 42lbs in my n/s/r and 37lbs in the o/s/r, so I dropped them to the recomended 32lbs and it's now back to its grin factor self. s:)

s:)

Just goes to show you can't rely on the tyre fitters to set the correct pressures.

Question.

I'm running at 32llbs on the fronts.

Will it make any difference dropping them to 25?

Les

Anonymous · June 6, 2004, 23:23

Definitely s:P

s:P