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Old 06-24-2009, 01:19 PM
swilson143 swilson143 is offline
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Yes, stock 17" wheels. After seeing a friend's wear out the center of his tires because he always ran his tires at 65 psi and most of his miles were unloaded, I started running my pressures 55/front and 45/rear when unloaded. When I'm loaded or towing I put them back up at 65 psi all around. This has worked out extremely well for me and I'll keep doing it with my new set of tires.

I wish I had some photos of the ones I just replaced. They were worn even across the tread except for a little more wear on the outer edge from tight turns and curves. Best wear pattern I've ever had out of a set of tires.

The tire in this photo is on level pavement and at 45 psi. Measures exactly 33" high.







And I've got a matching full size spare. Just under 1" clearance to the exhaust.

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