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More_To_See
Feb 18, 2015Explorer
Let's try this again.
That tire pressure plate on your door only applies to a brand new rig straight out of the factory on day one with original tires. After that in later years it is likely meaningless.
For the vast number of older rigs running after market tires it simple can not be trusted.
But if in fact that door plate remains true for ever and ever then why not just tell any poster asking about tire pressures to just go look at their door plate.
If it's that simple then why is it that threads about tire pressure go on and on for page after page all the time.
Doesn't it always come down to "weigh each wheel" etc, etc.
Nobody ever says "go look at your door plate."
For all those out there in a rage that I suggest not to rely on those door plates I sure hope to never catch any of you looking at a tire pressure chart. On second though, why are they even published.
Regarding my tire pressures, fully loaded I run right at GAWR and I increase the Bridgestone recommendations by 5 or 10 psi as a buffer. And yes my door plate says 65 psi front and rear. And I am running the original rims and tire size. My Bridgestone chart does not even start until 70 psi.
That tire pressure plate on your door only applies to a brand new rig straight out of the factory on day one with original tires. After that in later years it is likely meaningless.
For the vast number of older rigs running after market tires it simple can not be trusted.
But if in fact that door plate remains true for ever and ever then why not just tell any poster asking about tire pressures to just go look at their door plate.
If it's that simple then why is it that threads about tire pressure go on and on for page after page all the time.
Doesn't it always come down to "weigh each wheel" etc, etc.
Nobody ever says "go look at your door plate."
For all those out there in a rage that I suggest not to rely on those door plates I sure hope to never catch any of you looking at a tire pressure chart. On second though, why are they even published.
Regarding my tire pressures, fully loaded I run right at GAWR and I increase the Bridgestone recommendations by 5 or 10 psi as a buffer. And yes my door plate says 65 psi front and rear. And I am running the original rims and tire size. My Bridgestone chart does not even start until 70 psi.
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