Stock Tire PSI

[OntarioMedic]

According to the guide with my 2006 Accord with MXV Michelin tires, I should be running 32psi front and 34 psi rear wheels. Today I put the PSI up to 36 for both front and back and I find the ride much better in my car, especially on the highway. What do you all run your tires at in the spring, summer and fall?

Nick

[stiller fan]

for the warmer months, i ride around 40-50 psi, depending on how daring i am.....

for winter, run 40psi or less, depending on snowfall

[darkriver4362]

Originally Posted by stiller fan

for the warmer months, i ride around 40-50 psi, depending on how daring i am.....

for winter, run 40psi or less, depending on snowfall

Stiller dont lie, you fill yours with concrete.

[stiller fan]

maybe you should watch what you say, after what you told me with the "fling" with the geo storm......

[honda761]

I run 34 all around. Most likely stick with that year round.

[RTexasF]

Originally Posted by OntarioMedic

According to the guide with my 2006 Accord with MXV Michelin tires, I should be running 32psi front and 34 psi rear wheels. Today I put the PSI up to 36 for both front and back and I find the ride much better in my car, especially on the highway. What do you all run your tires at in the spring, summer and fall?

Nick

HMMM, my '04 says 32/30 but I run 35/33. Wonder why they changed it two model years later with the same size tire?

[hooked]

What kind of pressure gauge are you sticklers for tire pressure using? Is there a pressure gauge that the "Professionals" use similar to the Porter Cable 7424 polisher?

[jermy4]

I've been running 40/38 and the car rides better and the tires are quieter.

[RTexasF]

Originally Posted by hooked

What kind of pressure gauge are you sticklers for tire pressure using? Is there a pressure gauge that the "Professionals" use similar to the Porter Cable 7424 polisher?

I use a digital that I got from Radio Shack a few years back.......ten bucks as I recall. I like it because it's self calibrating with a five year battery.

[OntarioMedic]

I use a standard PSI gauge. I always use the same one as most of the ones attached to the air pumps are way off.

Nick

[BenjiBoy650]

As long as you use the same gauge it's fine. It's not so much a hard number that matters as much as relative numbers ie. 36PSI on my gauge feels about right, I'll use that from now on.

[SSMV6]

I got mine at 34/33 now for no particular reason.

Actually, I has a car full of people for a trip to NJ on a warm spring day (past weekend) and I just want to soften the ride up a bit. I filled it to 38psi all around, then on the trip back to Boston, it went up to 44psi so I let out 5lbs of air.

As for the tire guage, I use a digital tire guage made by Accutire or something like that... It has its own case.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...nce&n=15684181

[BenjiBoy650]

Originally Posted by SSMV6

I got mine at 34/33 now for no particular reason.

Actually, I has a car full of people for a trip to NJ on a warm spring day (past weekend) and I just want to soften the ride up a bit. I filled it to 38psi all around, then on the trip back to Boston, it went up to 44psi so I let out 5lbs of air.

As for the tire guage, I use a digital tire guage made by Accutire or something like that... It has its own case.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...nce&n=15684181

I use the same gauge.

[SSMV6]

Originally Posted by BenjiBoy650

I use the same gauge.

I got mine for $9 from sears a while back.. It's still working perfectly.


I had this one before, but I didn't like how it doesn't come with a case... ...so I gave it to my sister.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...nce&n=15684181

[hooked]

Besides the change in ride quality, are there other repercussions to using higher pressures? Like premature/unusual tread wear, risk of blowout?