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Texas_Bob_140
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Oct 31, 2013

Upgrading Tires from 15" to 16"- 2006 Cougar 285 EFS

On our annual trip from Double Oak, TX to South Padre Island, TX we blew out two tires and the wheel opening J wrap, fender and wheel well liner and damaged the wheel. The blowouts were within 5 miles...
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rseymour21
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Nov 01, 2013
I have a 08 cougar RK, upgraded about a year and a half ago from 15" to 16" LT tires and couldn't be happier. I thing I did at first was running much higher tire pressure, around 70 to 75 psi. But after a couple trip, I had a lot of bounce/rough ride. I thought about it and figured if 65 psi was good for the 15", then 65 psi is good for the new tires.

You should certainly go to 16"!

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