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    Passat Tyre Pressures - running on 18s

    Have a 2007 3.2 passat wagon with sports pack so it has 235/40/18 Pirelli Pzero Rosso tyres.

    What tyre pressures do you guys run in psi? Need to ask as this is my wife's car and the tyres are wearing down the centre.

    I was running 40-42psi as this seemed to stop the tyre pressure warning going off (on partial load) but obviously this is too high or she needs to corner harder.

    Thanks
    Greg
    Last edited by SilverWagon; 28-11-2010 at 03:41 PM.

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    The recommended for a two person load is 38 and I think 40 for a four person load. Mine were set to 42 when I got my car - the ride quality improved immensely when I dropped them to 38.

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    I asked a similar question for our R36 in a previous post. Seems most on this forum recommend around 40 psi as a good compromise. The plaquard for our R36 (wagon) states 280kPa (40 PSI) for partial loading and 320 front 340 kPa (50 PSI!!) rear for full loading. I was running on 50 PSI for a while post delivery as the saleguy recommended keeping TPM on "fully loaded". Subsequently been happy on 40 PSI.
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    For what it's worth, when I recently picked up my 125 TDi Passat Wagon, the dealer recommended running all my 17" tyres @ 40 PSI. So although the ContiSportContact 3's sidewall indicates max pressure allowed is 350kPA (51 PSI), been happy so far running the 235/45 ZR 17's at 40 PSI as per previous R36 wagon posts.
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