TIRE questions,sizes, mounting,pressures ANY tire questions

[Illusive]

Friend just got back to me. $1370 for the wheels you posted wrapped in Kumho AST shipped to Toronto. Let me know.

[Titans]

Price looks good
I will get back to you.
Thanks for the help bro

Originally Posted by Illusive

Friend just got back to me. $1370 for the wheels you posted wrapped in Kumho AST shipped to Toronto. Let me know.

[Illusive]

Originally Posted by Titans

Price looks good
I will get back to you.
Thanks for the help bro

Anytime, happy to help out another Fit owner.

[willmax11]

Someone was asking about the effect diff. tire sizes had on the speedometer.
This site has a Metric and Standard calc. at the btm of the page.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/tools/index.htm

[drknife]

I find it a little wierd that the Honda Fit manual states on the very last page that the tire pressure should be 32PSI even though the markings on the tire indicate that the air pressure should be 51PSI.

This might make a difference is gas mileage.

When I noticed my front tires look a little low I checked the pressure. They were both about 31PSI. I added air so they were around 50PSI. I have only driven one tank of gas on the new inflated tires, so I cannot determine if the gas mileage is significantly better or not (I have not filled up yet).

I think they want the pressure so low in order to provide a smoother feeling ride. Well I can handle feeling the road more if it increases my gas mileage.

Has anyone else brought their tires up to the correct pressure?
Should I leave the tires at 32PSI?

[phil_qc]

Originally Posted by drknife

I find it a little wierd that the Honda Fit manual states on the very last page that the tire pressure should be 32PSI even though the markings on the tire indicate that the air pressure should be 51PSI.

This might make a difference is gas mileage.

When I noticed my front tires look a little low I checked the pressure. They were both about 31PSI. I added air so they were around 50PSI. I have only driven one tank of gas on the new inflated tires, so I cannot determine if the gas mileage is significantly better or not (I have not filled up yet).

I think they want the pressure so low in order to provide a smoother feeling ride. Well I can handle feeling the road more if it increases my gas mileage.

Has anyone else brought their tires up to the correct pressure?
Should I leave the tires at 32PSI?

________50 PSI IS WAY TO MUCH___DANGEROUS_______________

51 psi is the max cold psi that tire can take... 32 psi is the correct
tire pressure for the Fit. I personnally (spel???) like more pressure in
front so I will run 34F and 32R

Philippe

[phil_qc]

I will ad that if you overinflate your tires, you will
worn out the center part of each tires... If you want
to save gas, you will but you will pay for tires... But
anyway, 50 is to much and on hot summer days, it
could reach 60 as you drive... Again, 50 is dangerous !

Stay under 38 if you realy want high psi...

Philippe

[dancingsun]

Yes, read the text again, 51 is the maximum. The tires also has text saying to not exceed 40 PSI.

[kkim]

I have Fuzion 205-50x15 ZRi tires on some 15x7 rims. The difference from the stock 175-14 tires on the base fit is eye opening. Car corners much better without feeling "tippy", but I guess that is more due to the rim width than anything else. Any performance tire with a reputation for stickiness will improve your cornering compared to the stock tires.

As Jim mentions, road/tire noise will increase.... it's all a trade off.

[drknife]

Aha, Thanks for the heads up. I did drive almost 600 miles on the higher psi. OOPS.

I just changed the PSI down to 38.

Again thanks. Silly me did not read all the fine print.

[DewaltDakota]

Note that the spare tire (donut) requires 60psi, for those times when you get really bored, and check the pressure in all five tires.

[drknife]

Yeah, I wanted to get a full size spare but the rim alone costs over $200. That is the rim that would match the four on the car. It is a sport.

[Okietom]

You should check to see if the full size tire will fit in the same spot as you spacesaver will, before you buy a full size wheel.

[drknife]

I am fairly certain a full size tire and rim will fit.

[aziatiklover]

32 all around thats wat we do at acura

[dacalac]

Originally Posted by drknife

Aha, Thanks for the heads up. I did drive almost 600 miles on the higher psi. OOPS.

well at least nothing happened during those miles!

[lyndab5685]

Guys, just put new 80K KUMHO's on my Camry, and had them inflated (at the dealer) with Nitrogen.($45) What ever PSI you select, it stays there, no fluctuation due to external temps, so since they remain perfectly inflated, a 15% increase in tire wear is "claimed" as well as up to 3 mpg increase. I got 31 with a lot of HWY miles. Originally combined, I was getting 26, then 28 with Mobil One,(which I have used since day one), now 31.
If it does that with my 98 Camry, what would it do with a FIT ?
Mobil One and Nitrogen, hey,can't hurt. As they say in NY,"woiks for me"

[moeye]

Nitrogen is overrated. It's better than air just because it has no water in it (which is the biggest factor in pressure change due to temperature). The only application that really need to use it is on racecars where a quarter PSI can really make a difference on a long circuit.

I stay with the cheap route and just keeping checking the pressures, and keeping them a little higher than recommended to save gas and more even wear (with my kind of driving).

[dougiepants]

I run about 35 psi mostly unless on the track and then we start around 40 psi and lower as they heat up

[dougiepants]

I'm running Goodyear GS D3's in 195/50/15 with 3.5-4" Drop in front and 3" in rear and they handle on a dime