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Old Dec 5, 2003 | 10:10 PM
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Originally posted by DSpaeth
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As for tire pressure, I'm running 32 psi right now which is the tire pressure recommened on the the sticker in the door.

Darrel
Darrel,
Hi. The door sticker tire pressure is for your normal summer tires. Your reply did not indicate that your were going to change from 32 to 36 psi - so here goes .........

I bought my Dunlop M3 snow tires from TireRack. I asked Wes what pressure they should be run at and he replied 36 psi.

The RX-8 Owner's Manual on page 4-9 says:

"Inflate snow tires 30 kPa (0.3 kgf/cm 2 ,
4.3 psi) more than recommended on the
tire pressure label (driver’s door), but
never more than the maximum cold-tire
pressure shown on the tires."

So the manual is even recommending to you that you put 36 psi in your snow tires, not 32 psi as you're currently at . And those pressures are when the tires are cold - not after the car has been driven enough to warm up the tires.

regards,
rx8cited
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