Car people: Question about tire pressure....

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: DurocShark
Throwing out specific PSI's means nothing. Each vehicle has its own requirements.

QFTFT.

 

[jlee]

'98 Tacoma, 33x10.50s. ~33 front, ~28 rear.

 

[mugs]

Whatever the inside of my door says.

 

[Zenmervolt]

As a general rule of thumb, 32 PSI will be safe in almost any passenger car tire.

I typically run 5 PSI over recommendation in front and 2 PSI over recommendation in the rear. This gives me a little more oversteer and makes the car a little more "twitchy" than normal, but that's how I like it.

Run the recommended pressures from the sticker and make adjustments from there.

ZV

 

[kingtas]

My new tires state 44 PSI and the label on the door panel states 32. The tires always look low with 32 so I put 40 PSI.

When I was younger, I always put the max PSI as per the tire and they always wore even with a comfy ride. As far as safety, I it never gave me trouble and I live in Africa hot weather.

 

[Kaervak]

I usually go 0.5 psi over the MFG spec. 30.5 psi front & 26.5 psi rear.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: kingtas
My new tires state 44 PSI and the label on the door panel states 32. The tires always look low with 32 so I put 40 PSI.

When I was younger, I always put the max PSI as per the tire and they always wore even with a comfy ride. As far as safety, I it never gave me trouble and I live in Africa hot weather.

The tire is max pressure it can withstand...

 

[MulLa]

Mine has a different pressure for "high speed / fully loaded" as to normal driving. I normally have it somewhere in between.

 

[kingtas]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor

Originally posted by: kingtas
My new tires state 44 PSI and the label on the door panel states 32. The tires always look low with 32 so I put 40 PSI.

When I was younger, I always put the max PSI as per the tire and they always wore even with a comfy ride. As far as safety, I it never gave me trouble and I live in Africa hot weather.

The tire is max pressure it can withstand...

I never went over the max PSI. And I'm sure the max rating has a safety buffer.

 

[KDOG]

Well the tires say 44 max and the numbers in the door jam say 30. I'll try it at 35 for awhile...

 

[BoomerD]

The numbers on the door jamb only apply to the original equipment tires. If they've ever been replaced, the tires MIGHT not be the same spec of tires...
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