put my 19.5s on today
I got fed up with delays and excuses from Rickson and I leave for a long road trip in two days so I canceled and had Les Schwab in Livermore order me 4 19.5 Vision rims and TOYO m143s in 245/70R195 90...
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twodownzero wrote:
Depending on how far you can air down, airing down a tire can triple the size of its contact patch by making it longer rather than wider. 20% is nothing compared to that.
I have run many sets of tires in the 4-7 psi range for rock crawling and playing off road. I have never seen a contact patch triple, unless it's wrapped around a rock or tree.
Airing down is great and does wonders for traction, but the contact patch is just part of that equation the rest is how the softer tire effects traction.
