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Pressure
Apr 12, 2019 11:59:24 GMT
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Post by franki68 on Apr 12, 2019 11:59:24 GMT
The gt3 is now just over a year old ,5500 miles on the clock (very exciting miles) but the tyre pressure is the same as the day I picked it up,I haven’t added any air at all.
I asked the question on ph as I find this a bit odd ,and the only reply I got was ‘are your wheels black ‘ which they are but what that has to do with the tyre pressure I have no idea .Someone else commented they had black wheels and they to had not lost any air pressure in over 12 months .
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Post by Martin on Apr 12, 2019 12:34:03 GMT
Is that so unusual? I check my tyre pressures fairly regularly, which is easy on the BMW as it has a proper (accurate) TPMS system and I can’t remember the last time I had to top them up. I didn’t have to put any air in the winter tyres this year and I checked the summer tyres when I put them on a a couple of weeks ago and they were spot on. Same with the Golf, although I haven’t checked the summers because they aren’t on yet, that’s a job for this weekend.
The BMW wheels are a mixture of grey and diamond cut face and the Golf wheels are silver.
I’m surprised about not changing pressures in 12 months on the same set of tyres though, as they should need topping up when it’s really cold if they’re filled with air?
5,500 miles in a year isn’t bad either, better than a lot of GT3s, pleased to hear you’re enjoying it regularly.
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Pressure
Apr 12, 2019 12:53:58 GMT
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Post by franki68 on Apr 12, 2019 12:53:58 GMT
Most of my cars I found needed some topping up every 3-4 months.
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 12, 2019 13:50:43 GMT
I've always found that roughly when the clocks go back and forward, the tyre pressures need adjusting. Not sure if it relates the the amount of sunlight or air temperature variations, but it seems to be the way for all the (admittedly few) cars that I've owned over the years.
Other than that, top-ups are randomly spaced, and I can guarantee that when the Fords come back from the dealer after servicing I will need to drop the pressures as they consistently over-inflate them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 14:07:16 GMT
These is generally some degree of seasonal variation for me. But it does see odd (in a good way) to have no variation from year to year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 14:17:16 GMT
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Apr 12, 2019 14:54:30 GMT
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Post by PetrolEd on Apr 12, 2019 14:54:30 GMT
Are they filled with nitrogen?
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Apr 12, 2019 15:06:43 GMT
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Post by franki68 on Apr 12, 2019 15:06:43 GMT
Are they filled with nitrogen? Not to my knowledge. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Apr 12, 2019 16:10:52 GMT
Have you changed over from winter to summer air? I nearly forgot but did the change Wed and the ride is much smoother.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Apr 22, 2019 16:47:04 GMT
I think some alloy wheels can be porous enough to let oxygen molecules escape and presumably the black paint prevents that from happening... I reckon this and possibly also that they may be filled with nitrogen. |
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Post by Stuntman on Apr 25, 2019 21:26:03 GMT
The gt3 is now just over a year old ,5500 miles on the clock (very exciting miles) but the tyre pressure is the same as the day I picked it up,I haven’t added any air at all. I asked the question on ph as I find this a bit odd ,and the only reply I got was ‘are your wheels black ‘ which they are but what that has to do with the tyre pressure I have no idea .Someone else commented they had black wheels and they to had not lost any air pressure in over 12 months . Interesting. The GT4's tyres also haven't lost any pressure in 9500 miles and over 3 years, which surprised me in the same way as your GT3 has surprised you. I wondered if they were nitrogen-filled too, I know some of the OPCs did this for a while. And my wheels are satin platinum so it can't be that! |
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