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Tire Inflation: Proper PSI to run?



I run 32 in front, and 30 in the rear on my Khumos 712
V rate 205/50/15 on 15x7 rims.

my daily driver has 31 in front, 29 in the rear on the
speedline 15x6 on yokohama's 195/60/14's

--- "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org> wrote:
> Ok, how do I know what PSI to run on a car?  Should
> I go by what the max
> psi rating is on the sidewall of the tire?  Somebody
> on vortex said to
> always go by what the car manual says but this
> doesn't make sense if I'm
> running after market wheels and tires.  Once, at
> discount tire the guy
> told me that the kuhmo 712's on my scirocco had a
> lower load capacity
> than stock so they should be running a higher psi,
> also the goodyears
> gsd3's on my bmw says they have a max psi of 51. 
> I've always just run
> around 32psi but should I be doing something
> different to determine the
> proper psi?  
> 
> 
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