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Old May 2, 2012 | 02:48 PM
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Just put new tires and lift it jeep and noticed the little rubber teats was wearing on the middle so I checked the pressure it was at almost 60 lbs!! Kinda high huh?
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Old May 2, 2012 | 02:59 PM
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Man, you could definitely drop a few pounds, I would start with losing maybe 20lbs psi
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Old May 2, 2012 | 03:02 PM
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Yea I dropped them to around 35 ish. I thought that was kinda crazy
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Old May 2, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by optimuus Prime
Yea I dropped them to around 35 ish. I thought that was kinda crazy
You could probably go down even lower. I run mine at 28lbs and they are wearing perfect
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Old May 2, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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I might do that was looking at the side wall and it said 50 psi cold I think that's still high even for 35s
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the tire shop put 36 lbs in my faulkin 33's and it almost knocked my teeth out. Down to 30 and is much better.
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Old May 2, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by optimuus Prime
I might do that was looking at the side wall and it said 50 psi cold I think that's still high even for 35s
Take another look at the sidewall. That's the max rated pressure at full load. Normal pressure is on the sticker on the B pillar.
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Use the chalk test. Mark a line across the tread with sidewalk chalk and drive straight across a flat parking lot. If it rubs off even you have good pressure. If not adjust and try again.
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My tires are basically duratracs(goodyear teritory's), it states a max psi of 65, what should I run them at for road use,50 psi maybe?
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I have 285/70R17 max air is 60lbs was told to keep it at 35lbs.
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