Tyre Inflation Pressure?

Kiwi66 · Post by **Kiwi66** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:14 am

G'day. Can you help pse? What are the correct tyre inflation pressure for my 66 Beetle running 165 15 radial tyres pse. Many thanks

couion · Post by **couion** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:50 am

I run 25 psi. in the front and 32 psi in the rear. Not sure what the metric converson is.

Kiwi66 · Post by **Kiwi66** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:43 pm

Many thanks. Much appreciated. I dont have an original hamdbook aand none of my repair manuals provided the information.

larryho · Post by **larryho** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:56 am

couion wrote:I run 25 psi. in the front and 32 psi in the rear. Not sure what the metric converson is.

The Bentley Official Manual recommend front 16 psi (1.1 kg/cm2) and rear at 24 psi (1.7 kg/cm2) for 5.60 x 15 tires.
Obviously using radial tires we should increased the pressure but by how much and are the ones quoted by Couion correct ? I am using 165 x 15 radials and my tire pressures are way lower than Couions.
Thanks Couion, I better increase the tire pressure. Will be glad if we are told the correct pressures both for the radial and the bias tires.
Could this be included in the Technical information for all to see since most of us (me included) do not have an official 66 VW manual.

couion · Post by **couion** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:47 am

These are just what I prefer. The tires you run and the handling characteristics you desire will dictate what you will run as well.

Kiwi66 · Post by **Kiwi66** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:31 am

Hi Guys. I too didn't have a 66 Owners Manual. So I searched the internet and found a free download for an official 1966 VW Beetle 1300 manual. The site is http://www.vw-resource.com/1966manual.html if you want to look it up. The manual is for the Australian made vehicle ( the same as mine) so there may be some minor variations compared with US models but should still provide some great info. There are around 70 pages of the content of the manual. Really great to find.
I will start a new topic to tell others about the manual. Cheers. Richard

Blue Baron · Post by **Blue Baron** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:57 pm

couion wrote:I run 25 psi. in the front and 32 psi in the rear. Not sure what the metric converson is.

This seems a little high. I like to run 22 front and 28 rear.

The factory recommended lower tire pressures because they assumed Americans wanted a soft ride, but this was at the expense of handling.