Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Good on you for ignoring his foolish advice
The tire manufacturers have no idea what vehicle the tire is going on, subsequently, they also have no idea what the appropriate pressure is for that tire on a specific vehicle of a given weight, weight balance.....etc. They provide you with what the maximum inflation pressure is for that tire, which should be well above the pressure range specified by the manufacturers using that tire in their applications. This number is put there so that people who might be improperly using that tire in an application that doesn't call for it don't inflate it past that number and end up wearing it in their face, getting seriously injured or killed. If you've got an application that calls for 80psi on the placard and the tire you've got fitted has a max of 50 listed on the sidewall, you know the tire is not right for the application
Considering how harsh the ride was in the Neon I was driving at the time under OE recommendations there was no way I could stand driving at 40psi+.
I recently added a 5th new tire for matching spare to my almost-new tires on the Mountaineer so I can do a 5-tire rotation (Because AWD) and was kinda surprised to see that Wal-Mart had inflated that tire to nearly 45psi as well. Door tag calls for 35. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though, as they only had the wheel and no door tag to refer to.
Good on you for ignoring his foolish advice
Considering how harsh the ride was in the Neon I was driving at the time under OE recommendations there was no way I could stand driving at 40psi+.
I recently added a 5th new tire for matching spare to my almost-new tires on the Mountaineer so I can do a 5-tire rotation (Because AWD) and was kinda surprised to see that Wal-Mart had inflated that tire to nearly 45psi as well. Door tag calls for 35. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though, as they only had the wheel and no door tag to refer to.