Ooops!

[hornetrider]

Just giving the motor a once over before our little spin out on Sunday. Bit mucky so needs a clean, oil level fine, then check tyre pressures. Shame on me as I've never checked them from new...<cough>

35psi all round!!

Cheers Mazda

Down to 29 now, looking forward to some more compliance and grip on Sunday

[JFReturns]

A Mazda dealer pumped them to that?

[MX-5 Lazza]

Tyre fitters always over inflate tyres. I always ask for 27psi and I never get it anywhere, it's always 30-35psi - once I had about 35 in 3 tyres and nearly 40 in one!!!
I always check and correct my tyre pressures using my own gauge before leaving and always tell them how wrong they got it but it never makes a difference anywhere.

[hornetrider]

JFReturns said:

A Mazda dealer pumped them to that?

Yup. I've never had the valve caps off it mate, today was first time I thought to check the pressures!

[GravelBen]

Whats the official pressure recommendation for the Mk3? I guess with the lower profile tyres it will be higher than the pressures for the Mk1 & 2.

[hornetrider]

It's 29 fella

[GravelBen]

All good then.

[Pints]

hornetrider said:

It's 29 fella

Is that for the 205/50R16 ?

I don't have the book, is there a sticker somewhere on the car with this info?

[Shaw Tarse]

hornetrider said:

JFReturns said:

A Mazda dealer pumped them to that?

Yup. I've never had the valve caps off it mate, today was first time I thought to check the pressures!

It's a common thing.

[LukeBird]

Pints said:

hornetrider said:

It's 29 fella

Is that for the 205/50R16 ?

I don't have the book, is there a sticker somewhere on the car with this info?

Not for the R16; it's the R17 on the Mk3+.

205/45R16 (at least on my Mk2.5) is 26psi.

[MX-5 Lazza]

It'll be 29, the same as the 17s. The tyre pressure doesn't usually change with wheel/tyre size.
On Mk1/2 it's 26 whether you have 14, 15, 16 or 17.

[Pints]

MX-5 Lazza said:

It'll be 29, the same as the 17s. The tyre pressure doesn't usually change with wheel/tyre size.
On Mk1/2 it's 26 whether you have 14, 15, 16 or 17.

Mucho Graziaz (sorry, my Austrian is horrid).

[MX-5 Lazza]

Austrian?

[Mellow Matt]

I put mine up to 40 PSI for my Car Limits day, made it more fun

[Pints]

MX-5 Lazza said:

Austrian?

Ok, I confess: my grasp of foreign languages is generally atrocious.

[J-Tuner]

I usually run 28 psi all round but it feels like the tyres are going to fall off the rim at anything less than that when cornering

[tuttle]

+1 for running @ 28psi (mk1 with 15"s) Just feels more solid to me.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Depends on the tyres. By the book it should be 26psi but if the tyres have softer sidewalls then a bit extra might be needed. More than 27psi makes GY F1s a bit skittish imo.

[tuttle]

Completely agree Lazza, I religiously kept the pressures at 26 for about 18 months. I changed over to toyo tr1 about 6 months ago & ,for me anyway, found they felt a lot better at 28.

It's amazing how sensitive the 5 is & difference tiny tweaks make.