Chaps, the MX-5 is wearing 195-50-15 tyres at the moment. They're slightly wider and lower profile than the standard fit items.
What should the pressures be ? I know the original tyres are 26psi all round. Would this be OK for the fatter tyres?
cheers
Mike P
I'd try em at 28 or even 30psi..
Tim. .
I'd say whatever feels right, handles right and wears right.
Lifes full of compromises.
Cheers Tim, After posting here, I found the MX5OC forum, they reckon 26-28, so I'll try that and see how it goes.
Mike P .
It handles fantastically at the moment. Now it needs more power.. I think I'll be checking your site over the next couple of weeks or so and build a nitrous kit for it :-)
Mike P
I run mine around 2 bar on the road, going up to 2.5 on trackdays. I guess I could lower the pressure as the tyres I use have a very stiff sidewall. As I found out when I drove several hundred miles on less than optimal pressure. Oops.
I'd put them at 27psi. Didn't stop me putting it in a ditch earlier :-(
Mike P
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