Check your tires
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Re: Check your tires (dads01dream)
The manual says to put in 30 lbs all the way around. I put in 30 during winter when the tires don't generally get very hot and therefore don't increase much, if any, in pressure. During summer I put in 28 lbs and the tires will usually get to 30-32 lbs depending on the temperature and type of driving. Apparently the factory feels that 30-34 lbs for overall use is ok.
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Re: Check your tires (FunDriver)
I keep 31.5 PSI all around in my tires. I measure the wear to make sure it it even across the tire and judge inflation on that. If the outter grooves show more wear I increase the pressure and vise-versa. Works for me.
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Re: Check your tires (nu2gm)
A really good way to check your and see if your tire pressures are shall we say "optimal" is to take a piece of chalk and draw a thick wide line across the tread on all four tires. Then drive the car a couple of hundred feet. What will happen if you have the proper amount of air in the tires is that the chalk line willwear off evenly all the way across the tread. If it wears more in the middle than on the edges the the tire is slightly over inflated; more wear on the edges than in the middle, under inflated; more wear on the inside than the outside (or visa versa) you may have an alignment problem. Do this with HOT tires, not cold, then, whe nthe tires are cold, measure the pressure on each tire. This will be very close to the optimal pressure for each tire.
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