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Hey guys,

I bought an r34 skyline almost 2 weeks ago and yesterday went to check the tyre pressures. The wheels are 18inch and 225mm at front and 255 at back. The front tyres said their max pressure was 50psi and there was no such info on the back tyres (weird?). The pressures were down at 28psi so I pumped them all up to 42psi, was this right? Should the backs be the same as the front?

Also the front left is a Nexen, front right Kumho Ecsta spt, and rears are Falken Ziex. Is this a problem that there are 3 different types of tyre on the car?

Thanks heaps.

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well whoever you bought the car from was somewhere between a super-tight arse and mad. I guess I can live with different tyres front and rear, but different side to side is downright dangerous in my book....you need consistent grip across the axle. and the thing is 3 of the tyres are terrible (nexen, ziex) and the 4th is not too bad.

if you want your car to handle well it is worth replacing at least the front 2 tyres. Not sure where you are based as you didn't fill in the profile, but you should be able to get ok to decent tyres at 200-250 a tyre.

no point buying one of the best balanced, affordable sports cars around and then trying to drive on shit like that. You might as well have bought a camry.

as for tyre pressures, 50 would be a max level, not recommended. I would normally suggest 32-38 (cold) pressure front and rear - lower for comfort and higher for handling. And keep them within 1-2psi front to rear as well so the handling is consistent

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