mookie 0 Posted June 14, 2012 Amazing what a difference having the right tyre pressures makes... :bonk: Found 43psi in one front tyre, 28psi in the other one... no wonder it felt so bad! Never bothered checking since I bought it as the tyres all looked fine and well inflated. Still a firm ride, but I'm not bouncing out my seat anymore... which is nice! :cheers: Onwards and upwards! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
24V Renshaw 0 Posted June 14, 2012 30 to 32 front and 28 rear works nicely on 205/40/17's No wonder yours felt bad. Jay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mookie 0 Posted June 14, 2012 Yeah I was wondering why it was so bumpy especially over the yellow slow down lines on dual carriageways... Think i set both fronts to 34 and the backs to 30 as I wasn't sure what was a good pressure on these tyres. I'll tweak them down a bit to what you say and see how it feels. It needs new front tyres soon-ish anyway so I'm likely to just replace them all with either 205's or 195/45's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted June 14, 2012 205/40/17 is the correct tyre. Using incorrect tyres just compounds the problems associated with aftermarket wheels and suspension. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Human Joist 10 Posted June 14, 2012 I Would say that 16 is big enough and a good compromise between filling the arch and an original car. I fitted 16" Dare DR-RS. They are the same as the lenso, BBS copies and that fills the arch enough and it seems fine even on the ****y cheap coileys that were on when I bought it and are about to be replaced with KW v1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mookie 0 Posted June 14, 2012 Think for now I'm quite happy with the 195/40 and 17s. I certainly don't feel the urgent compulsion to change my wheels now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
