Hey guys,
I don’t have an owneers manual, or anything like a tire info placard in my glove box, so I just wanted to ask, what’s the factory recommended tire pressure on S13 hatchbacks?
I’ve been thinking that I’ve got too much pressure since I can lock up the tires so easily, so I wanted to know what the proper amount of pressure should be.
Thanks
im thinking its probably 30 - 32
I thought so too… The thing is, I’m running 32 psi right now… I’ve been reading around and seen 29 psi come up many times, but is that all around, or just for the fronts or rears?
tire pressure isnt a big deal unless your on a track. anything around the 32 mark is good.
32 in the front and 30 in rear i believe
I know, I know, but I want to know what Nissan originally recommended for our cars 
32 is definitely not OEM tire pressures.
They are at least 35-38 psi.
That’s what most shops will inflate a tire to.
32 psi is geared more towards performance tires.
35-38? Wow… That’s definitely high… I’m asking for Nissan’s tire pressure recommendation, not the tire’s. For what they are, BFG Traction T/A tires are supposed to be pretty good DD tires, but when I had them on my other car, inflated at 32 PSI, I noticed that they still seemed to be hard… Just after a small shower, I can easily lock up the front end with only mild braking… I’ve seen a lot of 29 PSI suggestions going around on a bunch of other forums, so I just wanted to know…
Either that, or someone pull out the owners manual for an S13 and just type out word-for-word, what it says about tire pressure.
I may be missing something, but that makes no sense.
Nissan’s Tire Pressure recommendations? but not for the Tire?
How can you recommend tire pressure but not for a tire?
I’m totally lost here.
someone slap me
“Nissan’s recommended tire pressure” is based soley on the type of tire is on the vehicle, which is the OEM tire. Of course there is the universal 35-38psi as I mentioned for normal passanger tires, and then there is a set PSI range for performance tires.
Yes it’s true that if you run 32psi rather than 38psi you will indeed get more grip if that’s what your asking. But if you run 32 psi on a shitty tire that flexes enough as it is, you’ll be counter productive.
lol
put them to 35psi
you are locking up ur tires easy because its COLD out… no traction
geez
WRONG Peter lol
He’s locking up his tires because
#1 No abs or does not know how to brake properly in the cold/snow
#2 He has crappy tires.
lol motomaster se tires
This situation I’m referring to was this September, when it was still comfortable out.
I had BRAND NEW BFG Traction T/A’s in the front, and those ghey Hercules P4000 tires in the back.
depends more on the tire then the vehicle.
38 PSI is fairly high, when the tire warms up, air expands blah blah blah, I dont need to tell you. Wherever I’ve been 32 is the set pressure.
^^ The max PSI that is set on tires which is usually 50-52 psi already takes into consideration of the air expanding when hot.
Imagine if they didn’t take it into consideration and people read the max pressure on the tire and inflated it to 48 lets say, I don’t think 95% of the population would know anything about the range that hot air could increase tire pressure and how much it would increase it.
I’m almost 99% certain the max pressures accomodate the hot air factor, of course, to a certain degree.
That max pressure you mentioned on the tire is just to seat the bead, no? And yea, the max PSI’s printed on the tire is the cold inflation limit.
what you are saying is actually correct… there should be a vehicle tire inflation recomendation on the door when you open it up… and in the glove box as well…
cold and warm tire inflations… these are the recomended tire inflations for the vehicle, now of course if you have some crazy performance tires refere to the tire…
i geuss its by weight or somthing… so if you are going to be having a shit load of heavy stuff with you all the time then inflate an extra 2 to 5 psi or so…
side ways got it, but unfortunately, I don’t have that sticker or whatever in my glove box, nor do I seem to have the recommended tire pressure on my door sill 
i think for average use this is over kill. yea there should be a oem pressure but i guarantee, your not running oem rubber.
i use to work at active green and ross and they said to put the pressures close to max on the tires for winter.
Now this whole thing is all about how you feel. What pressure on the tires is the range the tires will perform best. These ratings sometime are not even close with what your car will perform at the best. So its all about do you want your tires to work well, or a soft ride. Most cars the ranges do average the same but some times they dont.
Ex: i have a buick le sabre, tires are rated for 40-52 and the buick spec’s say put them at 32psi front and rear. So i picked and average 40psi.
Tire pressure rating:
If tire pressure is to low, theirs going to be loss in fuel economy and bad ware. same thing if to high, you wont be able to stop and bad ware.
So when in doubt put them at 32psi or whats on the tires.
i checked the service manual, and its says set the pressure at what the service center recommends.
remember a few psi here and their doesnt matter for street. put them all the same with the same gauge is what matters. The average gauge is accurate to within +/- 2 psi anyways.
The tire label is located in the glovebox – each of the 240’s we have had lists 29 PSI front and rear . Not saying any of the previous comments are not correct but this is addressing the original question.