What PSI are you guys running in your 1LE tires?

[FINALLYSATISFIED]

I noticed my tire pressure yesterday. Dealer apparently put 30psi in the front and 35 in the rear. The max psi on tires say 51.

What are you guys running?

[slick rick]

I'm curious about this as well since I put 1LE wheels on my 2010.

What does the Tire and Loading Information Label say the pressure should be?

A vehicle-specific Tire and Loading Information label is attached to the vehicle's center pillar (B-pillar). With the driver door open, the label is attached near the door lock post.

[SumWhite1LE]

Recommended psi is 32lbs each tire.

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by SumWhite1LE

Recommended psi is 32lbs each tire.

Is that per the Owner's Manual?

I just ask because I haven't gotten the chance to read a ZL1 and/or 1LE Owner's Manual. I wonder why they aren't recommending 36 like the rest of the Camaro 20 inch wheels?

[bannonm]

Originally Posted by The Stig

Is that per the Owner's Manual?

I just ask because I haven't gotten the chance to read a ZL1 and/or 1LE Owner's Manual. I wonder why they aren't recommending 36 like the rest of the Camaro 20 inch wheels?

Its going to depend on the tire. I switched to 285/35 20s and running those with a shorter sidewall at 36 is too much. I found the ideal pressure is 32 on the street and even lower on the track.

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[SumWhite1LE]

Originally Posted by The Stig

Is that per the Owner's Manual?

I just ask because I haven't gotten the chance to read a ZL1 and/or 1LE Owner's Manual. I wonder why they aren't recommending 36 like the rest of the Camaro 20 inch wheels?

Cold Tire Pressure as per my driver side door jamb says 32lbs. But I have my owners manual open now to double check..

[Doglife1LE]

My onstar app recommends 32psi all around.

[SumWhite1LE]

Originally Posted by Doglife1LE

My onstar app recommends 32psi all around.

Yep!! I knew I seen that somewhere... I thought it I had seen it on the DIC.

[FINALLYSATISFIED]

Interesting, I hadn't checked the owners manual as I'm out of town for a few days. Thanks for the info! With 32psi being the recommended pressure now I'm curious to know why the max is 51psi for the 285/35/20 OEM tires 51psi is just insane.

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by SumWhite1LE

Cold Tire Pressure as per my driver side door jamb says 32lbs. But I have my owners manual open now to double check..

Originally Posted by Doglife1LE

My onstar app recommends 32psi all around.

Originally Posted by SumWhite1LE

Yep!! I knew I seen that somewhere... I thought it I had seen it on the DIC.

Awesome thank you. Always good to learn something new. And now I'm off to go update the Camaro5 Wiki Page

[jadatis]

For determinating tire-pressure-advice, the tire-and car-makers use a formula that I got hold of once and went running with.
For normal cars the European formula , wich is also used in America for normal ( P-tires) and XL( reinforced,extraload) since 2005, is proven save .
But before 2005 in America a formula was used that came to lower pressures and so more deflection of the tire then it can savely stand.
So you see that there is more to tell about tire-pressure.

But now the formula. In this formula the actual load on the tire is used, also with the maximum load and maxloadpressure ( wich is not the maximum pressure) of the tire. This maxloadpressure is called the reference-pressure in the formula( further Pr).
Pr has to be highenend up for higher speed then mostly the reference-speed of 160km/99m/h. Seldomly used is the camber angle( alighnment tires like this on the axle/-\ instead of |-|) wich also highenes up the Pr but only above 2degr .

So If you can give me the GAWR's ( gross axle weight ratings) and type of tire for the Pr, I can calculate a save lowest to use pressure for fully loaded.
Also maximum speed of the car ( or fastest you ever ride) is usefull.
And if you have low aspect ratio tires ( =AR the 40 in fi 235/40 ZR 18 92 W) the Pr has to be highened up to , or the maximum load of the tire has to be lowered.
This is a thing I lately discovered, so also give the exact sises like written above with the Loadindex ( 92) and speedcode letter ( W). Ten I can judge the correction for low AR.

If you can give the empty weight and weight devision front/back , and the way you normaly load the car, I can calculate a normal-use advice.
Mind then that the actuall weights are easyly misyudged, weighing would be the most shure.

[Brian 1LE SS]

I would run 32 in front and 45 in back and see what happens. Since the car has a little understeer this might balance it out a little. I admit I am just guessing here.

[Dropspeed]

Originally Posted by Brian 1LE SS

I would run 32 in front and 45 in back and see what happens. Since the car has a little understeer this might balance it out a little. I admit I am just guessing here.

...and the first crashed 1LE is in ....3....2......1....seconds after you enter the first turn on the street with cold tires

[tramtwo]

30 cold... I like it a bit squishy. They climb to about 34 with a few minutes of interstate driving.