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Old 07-03-2008, 12:12 PM
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This is true but remember that inflating tires to MAX side wall pressure is NOT, I repeat NOT over inflating.

Lets look at the sport tires, the max side wall pressure is 51 psig. So, if one inflates the tires to 51psig then the tire is NOT over inflated. However, if you inflate to 52, 55, or 60psig(anything above 51) then it would be consider over inflated.

The manufacture of the tire is has established operating ranges for tires.
The manufacture of the "car" has established operating ranges for the "car's" tires.

NOTE: the manufacture is subjectively concerned with comfort not necessarily performance. Notice that the recommend tire pressure by the manufacture does not take into account the type of tire that you have on your car, therefore, one must rely on the information from the tire manufacture.
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