Hard rear supension

Post by **Peter.N.** » 18 Dec 2009, 18:14

Are your front rear tyres exactly the same?

XantiaDaveEire · Post by **XantiaDaveEire** » 18 Dec 2009, 18:17

not too sure peter..what pressures would you advise?

Post by **Peter.N.** » 18 Dec 2009, 18:28

Don't know about the Xantia, but reducing the pressure on the XM from 33 to 30 makes a significant difference, as does the type of tyre.

falling-out-with-my-car · Post by **falling-out-with-my-car** » 18 Dec 2009, 20:37

Just been out in that horrible icey snow for a gander at my xantia doorpillar tyre pressures for the front are 30 and rear are 34
if the car is fully loaded (and I dont mean silly boy racer rubbish all over it) the rear should be 38 psi.

hope this helps

regards Nigel.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 18 Dec 2009, 20:41

shirley you mean 34 front, 30 rear?

DickieG · Post by **DickieG** » 18 Dec 2009, 20:46

Xac wrote:shirley you mean 34 front, 30 rear?

Depends on the model, all three of my Xantia's have different specified pressures.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 18 Dec 2009, 20:51

All the Xantia tyre pressure charts I've seen have higher on the front than the rear

DickieG · Post by **DickieG** » 18 Dec 2009, 21:41

Xac wrote:All the Xantia tyre pressure charts I've seen have higher on the front than the rear

True

Post by **Peter.N.** » 18 Dec 2009, 22:31

Likewise with the XM, hatch 33 front 28 rear. The estate is 33 front and rear, as its considerably heavier

XantiaDaveEire · Post by **XantiaDaveEire** » 19 Dec 2009, 11:25

currently i have the front at 33 and the rear at 30..i might put the rears down to 28/29 and see if this helps me

vince · Post by **vince** » 19 Dec 2009, 11:27

XantiaDaveEire wrote:front hydractive part number 527240

rear non hydractive N45366

Dave, which branch of GSF did you get your spheres from?......

On all AMTEX spheres the part number is written on the sphere itself. Dont go off the number on your invoice or the number on the box. They are easily mixed up.....Customers sometimes return goods in the wrong boxes. These can then eaisly be missed when putting them back in stock...results wrong part dispatched in the right box or vice versa

Double check the numbers if you can on the spheres and call GSF to ask them whether they are hydractive or non

XantiaDaveEire · Post by **XantiaDaveEire** » 19 Dec 2009, 11:37

Hi vince ,i bought them online as there much cheaper than buying them here

..they specified that they were non-hydractive and asked me to confirm it twice..now that i think of it GSF heathrow was on the invoice im nearly sure of it

..the threads and bores were the same as the spheres i took off ..il just have to accept it i guess

falling-out-with-my-car · Post by **falling-out-with-my-car** » 19 Dec 2009, 13:32

DickieG wrote:
Xac wrote:shirley you mean 34 front, 30 rear?
Depends on the model, all three of my Xantia's have different specified pressures.

Nope checked again in dayl;ight and the front is 30 and the rear is 34, mind you mines an estate (shirley).

Post by **xantia_v6** » 19 Dec 2009, 16:52

XantiaDaveEire wrote:.il just have to accept it i guess

You could read the numbers off the spheres, as a second option...

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 19 Dec 2009, 17:40

falling-out-with-my-car wrote:
DickieG wrote:
Xac wrote:shirley you mean 34 front, 30 rear?
Depends on the model, all three of my Xantia's have different specified pressures.
Nope checked again in dayl;ight and the front is 30 and the rear is 34, mind you mines an estate (shirley).

Bizarre, Cassy, Dex, and my old LX, as with my hatchbacks, and all the charts I've seen have higher on the front than the rear. With only 30 on the front they'd look really flat, as it is with 34-36 psi fronts on a Xantia look under inflated anyway.