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Old 06-11-16, 03:43 PM
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Default Whats the ideal tire PSI for our cars?

That is the best in terms of comfort and mpg? Anyone experimented around? I have mine at 35 with that nitrous air right now and it feels way to tight and stiff of a ride..
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It's going to depend a fair bit on tires and your local roads.

With A/S Touring tires and good local roads (no harsh winters here), 36 is the sweet spot on ours for ride/handling/mileage.
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Originally Posted by Oro
It's going to depend a fair bit on tires and your local roads.

With A/S Touring tires and good local roads (no harsh winters here), 36 is the sweet spot on ours for ride/handling/mileage.
That seems way to high Oro lol. I was thinking maybe 32.

No harsh winters here...
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Yeah, it's just a personal thing and what you value. And how the tire behaves. 32 would be on the "comfort" end of the ride/mpg/handling matrix for my tires and usage. Comfort's a lot less important to me than handling and mpg so I pretty much disregard it. So much so that just yesterday, I ordered some KYB to replace the perfectly good but too-soft shocks in my SUV.
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32 psi (full load) as indicated on the owner's manual and on the door panel
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Are all talking about cold tire pressure or when tires are hot?
My costco tire centre does +4 when the tires are warm and so 32 cold and 36 hot (recommended).
If you are doing 36 cold, that is 40 when hot and so might be little high.
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Cold like in the morning when the cars been parked overnight. 32 does sound like the sweet spot...
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I go 34 per America's Tire recommendation, yeah I know a little self serving on their part but so far tire wear has been pretty good and decent handling.
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