Tyre pressures

**Stuarty** · 20th December 2007, 19:10

What is the recomended tyre pressures for the sri cdti running 215/50/17s goodyear ncts have been told a few different figures can anybody clarify the correct one for me please.

Cheers stuart.

**parapaul** · 20th December 2007, 20:08

IIRC its 32 front & rear, 36 for load/speed.

HTH

**Stuarty** · 20th December 2007, 21:44

Ok cheers bud thought it would be around that,Kwick fit told me that it was 42psi all round thougtht that was a bit high?

**parapaul** · 20th December 2007, 22:29

flipping heck! the Astras we use at work run 42psi all round on 17's, but they carry a couple of hundred kilos of clobber in the boot and generally go fairly quick....

....so will your tyres at that pressure!

**Big Sig** · 20th December 2007, 22:42

32psi sounds a bit low, but its in the hand book. Rule of thumb is twice the rim size. I run mine at 40/38 but then its got a massive cast iron lump in the front!

**Dwabo** · 20th December 2007, 22:38

32 all round... or 34 /36 for rears under load..

**Dwabo** · 20th December 2007, 22:51

^^^^ to be honest at 32/34, people have said your tyres look a bit flat!!..
40/38 seems high though... would get a lot of uneven tyre wear at that...
mine at 32/34 have lasted at least 20k and even tyre wear all round for f1's so vx must be doing something right