correct tire pressue

[Hubes]

what is the correct tire pressure for all around driving?

 

[Rob94]

Look on the sidewall of your tires. They'll have the correct pressure stamped right on them.

 

[twr]

32 to 35 psi will do just fine, if you have any questions ask your local tire seller.

 

[RStalveyARFF]

NTB sets all tire pressure to 32 cold

 

[fredhurderjr]

I usually do 32psi on car tires. I went to inflate the 89's the other day, and the Michelin (I have a General, Goodyear, and another brand on there now too), had a 33psi MAX rating on it.

Yikes.

 

[Hubes]

the reason why i ask is because my car has been acting up at like 60 mph. it starts to swerve to the right and then back to nromal and then to the right again. i went to ntb today and the guy told me it was because the tire pressure was off. so i got a tire pressure gauge and it read like 31 psi so i put some air in it and went home. i haven't tried it on the highway yet and i am sure i will find out tonight. i am at 35 psi on the 2 fronts which my yokohams say to have and i have to get soem air in the rears, if i remember correctly i think the rears said 40 psi. i have 2 diff brands of tires by the way.

 

[HopefulSHO]

According to the sticker on my car ('94 MTX), front and rear cold pressure should be 35psi.
I always thought the rating on the tires was maximum pressure for that tire, not neccesarily the right pressure for the car?

 

[smcallis]

I run 34 psi all around. You should go by the sidewall cause different cars have different weight. The sidewall is a max pressure for that tire. The manual or sometimes the door sticker tell you the correct pressure. To me 34 gives a good balance between road harshness, handling, and is less than the sidewall max. My dunlop sp5000s are 40 max.

 

[pjtoledo]

Hubes:
what is the correct tire pressure for all around driving?

For low speeds around town I go quite low on the pressures. 32 front and 28 in the rear. Thats with Goodyear RS-As,,225-55/16 on 7" wheels. Even with that low pressure the sidewalls don't bulge at all in the rear. If I'm going to spend much time on the freeway its 34 front, 32 rear. The back of the car is only 1/3 the weight of the front, makes no sense to have the same pressure in the rear. I've had these tires for over 5 years now, still have some tread left, the wear pattern is great, but they have hardened and are now a real challenge on wet roads. Oh yeah, I cross-rotate them. It makes a big difference in pressure if the tires are hot. The sunny side can be 2 degrees higher than the shady side, and freeway speeds can easily add 2 to 4 PSI. Why does Ford want 35 PSI in the tires??? Fuel mileage, with the strict CAFE standards they need all they can get to keep the fleet average up.

Perry Toledo,Ohio

Perry Toledo,Ohio

I must be getting old, seem to be repeating things lately.
lately

<small>[ August 07, 2002, 08:41 PM: Message edited by: pjtoledo ]</small>

 

[SHOZ123]

I've always ran the tire's maximum in the front and 4 lbs less in the rear.

 

[sdpatt]

Rob94:
Look on the sidewall of your tires. They'll have the correct pressure stamped right on them.

No. That is the maximum safe air pressure for the tires and the tires have no idea what car they are mounted on.

The recommended tire pressure is on a placard inside the passenger side rear door jamb. The 215/60-16 tires are listed as 35 psig all around. Tires with a larger footprint may require an adjustment to that pressure to prevent excessive wear in the center area of the tire. After ten sets of tires, nine of which were the 225/55-16 size, I have determined that 31-32 psig all around provides my setup with the best combination of handling and even tire wear. Different size tires and different width wheels may need, you guessed it, different pressures to be at their optimum.