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Old 09-09-2019, 01:23 PM   #8
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Post Correct Tire Pressures

The ride should have nothing to do with it .

Traction = SAFETY and that is also going to be the best driving pleasure you get out of it .

The soft ride is what caused all those Fords S.U.V.'s to roll over and kill children and innocents ~ the dealers deliberately underinflated the tires, this made the trucks ride like cars and also overheated the tires to their failure point due to excessive sidewall flexing .

Corvairs are well known for spinning out easily and also rolling over in average driving, this too was because no one bothered to accept the front tires required different pressures than the rear tires .

Think about this before you carry your beloved family and friends in your vehicles with cool looking tires .

Most of the original tire pressures were specified for bias ply tires that are thankfully no longer available ~ radial tires always require higher pressures than do bias ply .
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