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I totally agree with you Rocket the door jam sticker is for the regular Explorers !!
Now the Explorer ST 21 inch wheels scorpion low profile tires is an all together deferent animal !! If you know what I mean
Now the Explorer ST 21 inch wheels scorpion low profile tires is an all together deferent animal !! If you know what I mean
Thanks you
Back in the day, I managed two districts of tire stores, 21 stores in all. We sold $120,000,000 in tires in these two districts annually. I've seen most all of it when it comes to tires, the good, the bad and all the dollars lost in tire adjustments that were really the fault of the person running the tires.
Following the maximum rating as listed on the tire? Seriously? With only a few exceptions tires are designed to be installed on from a few to many different types of vehicles. These different vehicles from STs to Teslas weigh and carry what they weigh and the tire is inflated to support the load for that specific vehicle up to the tire's maximum.
Your door sticker plus or minus a couple/few pounds depending upon your load is the best advice I could give anyone. You won't find a tire manufacturer anywhere that will tell you to run a tire at the tire's listed maximum inflation under all conditions. In fact, you won't find a tire manufacturer that would tell you anything other than to follow Ford's instructions. In this case, Ford's door sticker is a good rule to follow.
Many people inside the industry don't understand this. It isn't unusual at all to get home from an oil change and have your tires filled to the max listed on the tire. Check your tires every couple of tank fulls or at least monthly. You'll get the best overall performance/mileage/wear combination out of them. Follow the recommendations for the vehicle not the maximum listed PSI for the tire.
No doubt, that's more than you wanted to read.
Following the maximum rating as listed on the tire? Seriously? With only a few exceptions tires are designed to be installed on from a few to many different types of vehicles. These different vehicles from STs to Teslas weigh and carry what they weigh and the tire is inflated to support the load for that specific vehicle up to the tire's maximum.
Your door sticker plus or minus a couple/few pounds depending upon your load is the best advice I could give anyone. You won't find a tire manufacturer anywhere that will tell you to run a tire at the tire's listed maximum inflation under all conditions. In fact, you won't find a tire manufacturer that would tell you anything other than to follow Ford's instructions. In this case, Ford's door sticker is a good rule to follow.
Many people inside the industry don't understand this. It isn't unusual at all to get home from an oil change and have your tires filled to the max listed on the tire. Check your tires every couple of tank fulls or at least monthly. You'll get the best overall performance/mileage/wear combination out of them. Follow the recommendations for the vehicle not the maximum listed PSI for the tire.
No doubt, that's more than you wanted to read.
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I wish everyone on the forum had the opportunity to go through a tire manufacturing plant. It will completely change one's mind about these round, rubber, and black donuts that live their lives in the conditions we put them through. Tires really are manufactured at white glove standards. I had a chance to go through two (different manufacturing) plants. Seriously made me give a good tire a level of respect that I hadn't previously had.
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Airless tires will soon be mass produced, so we won't be having this argument much longer. In the meantime, please go by the doorjamb sticker, like others have said. It is there for a reason. Also, overinflated tires actually wear out the quickest, although as most us remember why TPMS's became a requirement, underinflated tires can be very dangerous.
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I may be the only one to do so, but I leave the selectable dash display on tire pressure. I just find it interesting to see the pressure changes with temperature. Highway driving on a warm day is about 38 psi from standard 33. Cold day sitting in a parking lot goes below 33. BTW after about eight months of ownership all tires still maintain 33 psi at rest in the garage. I have never had to adjust them.
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You know what your talking about. Unlike some others. Thanks for sharing.
you run 33psi oh big deal. take your Im better then you attitude
The OP will figure out what he wants to run and big deal. its a recommendation not a law. I think he said hes running 36lbs lol you think the tire is gonna blow up or something? you think your better cuz you have 3lbs less than him? what do you think will happen to his tire at 36lbs? I gotta hear this.
Holy crap these responses are hilarious. Slick, please take information at face value. Like many have said, at the end of the day we can't stop you from filling the tires with maximum pressure.
That being said the manufacturer recommends the pressure on weight of vehicle and regular driving conditions. Unless towing or anything out of the ordinary I would highly recommend following the door jam sticker. Unless you desire wearing your tires irregularly/uneavenly there isn't much benefit to going outside this range.
"Fuel efficiency" isn't worth the trade off for tire life when you over-inflate and "comfort" when under-inflating will do just as much damage. One of the most common reasons for premature tire failure is improper tire pressure. Anyone who has ever run a shop or been around them (myself included) would concur.
That being said the manufacturer recommends the pressure on weight of vehicle and regular driving conditions. Unless towing or anything out of the ordinary I would highly recommend following the door jam sticker. Unless you desire wearing your tires irregularly/uneavenly there isn't much benefit to going outside this range.
"Fuel efficiency" isn't worth the trade off for tire life when you over-inflate and "comfort" when under-inflating will do just as much damage. One of the most common reasons for premature tire failure is improper tire pressure. Anyone who has ever run a shop or been around them (myself included) would concur.
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