We?ve had mixed results. Sometimes Hoosiers have required up to 90 psi on 15x7
steel rims, other times only 45 psi needed. The lower pressure was all that was
needed to mount 226-45-15 tired on 15x6 revolutions. It probably depends on
how much lubricant is used would be my guess
Phil
114 TR4A
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> On Jun 30, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Terry Stetler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> That is really odd as the 15x6 Revolutions I had on my TR3 street car have
> always had 165/80 tires on them.
>
> Terry Stetler
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Bill Dentinger via Fot
> <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 4:52:26 PM
> To: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Mounting Hoosier Speedsters on rims
>
> Tim...
>
> Shouldn?t you be talking to HOOSIER? They used to be great with their
> Customer Service.
>
> Bill
>
> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
>
> On Saturday, June 30, 2018, timmmurphh--- via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> I just had a new set of Hoosier Speedsters mounted on the Revolution rims we
> are using. The first shop I took them to could not get them to seat on the
> rims. They were limited as to much air pressure they were allowed to use to
> seat the tires on the rim. The second shop also had the same problem and
> only got the tires to seat on the rims with 150 PSI air pressure. He set the
> tire and wheel out side around the corner in case either exploded.
> Fortunately, they didn?t.
>
> We have been using the Hoosier Speedsters in 205/60R-15 on these wheels for
> about 10 years and this is the first time we have had this problem. Did they
> change the design of the bead on the tires and has anybody else had this
> problem? The second shop thought it might be the design of the wheel, but
> like I said, we?ve used these wheels for about 10 years with these Hoosiers.
> I?d be interested if anyone has had a set of the 205/60R-15 mounted on the
> Panasport wheels and if they had problems.
>
> For a while there it looked like we wouldn?t make the Kcup because we
> couldn?t get the tires on the wheels! The tires this new set replaced were
> from September last year and they were also the same size Hoosiers. No
> problem mounting them last year.
>
> Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on my problem.
>
> Tim Murphy
> #317 TR4
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