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Airing down with factory wheels & tubeless tires
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:15 pm
by ChickenPinz
What are people's experiences with airing down with factory wheels and tubeless tires? How low will you go? Anyone lost a bead when aired down?
Experiences with LT255/85R16 Falken Wildpeak M/T tires on factory wheels ideal, but beggars can't be choosers!
Re: Airing down with factory wheels & tubeless tires
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:56 am
by VinceAtReal4x4s
There's some discussion covering this. Check out these- I think there's more:
http://real4x4forums.com/PinzgauerBBS/v ... 050#p84050
http://real4x4forums.com/PinzgauerBBS/v ... =15&t=8981
18psi is pretty safe and seems close to the universally accepted range, in general. Makes a huge difference and is my go-to. I've gone lower for certain climbs too.
Re: Airing down with factory wheels & tubeless tires
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:21 am
by JimmyC
I have the aftermarket aluminum wheels and have put Coyote inrernal bead locks in them. I go down to 10 psi. Before I put the bead locks I had trouble at 15 psi. I would drive mud and pieces of wood between the bead and the tire. I really like the internal bead locks.
Re: Airing down with factory wheels & tubeless tires
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:19 am
by hatzlibutzli
My experiences with 255 Toyo open country M/T and Ford Transit rims (those do have a "tubeless hump" in opposite to the original ones) on a 710 MS: 2000 miles in sahara dunes and pistes down to 8 PSI without failure. No need for bead locks. The Tunesian part of the Sahara consists of nasty small dunes, that force you to a constant turning and twisting. Thats the "perfect stresstest" for the bead ... the missing hump increases the risk of breaking the bead unwillingly, so I would not challange more than 10 psi in that combination.
Regards Simon