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    Posted: 24 May 2020 at 3:18pm

Sorry that I haven't been able to make any of the events. I had some family issues come up and then someone started a pandemic just to keep me from having fun.


I do have a nube question though. Since the tires for my Jeep are after market, the contact patch is bigger than the stock tires. How can I figure out the proper pressure for them? I'm talking about highway pressure and not on the trail.


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There are different ways to do it, but what I have found with my TJ and JK is: lower pressure drives better, but higher pressure gives better fuel mileage and tire wear.

What brand / size tires do you have?
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Read the sidewall of the tire, it will have max load at pressure cold.  I have always tried to run about 5% less than max cold pressure. 

Too much pressure (as long as its under max cold pressure) wont hurt the tire unless you have wide tires on narrow rims, then it will wear the center of the tread faster than the outside since the tread will be somewhat bowed due to the beads being closer together than they should be.

In my experience at the racetrack, my Porsche tires would grow about 9PSI from cold to when they just came off the track after a run, which is almost 20%.  So the "PSI Cold" ratings on the sidewalls take that temp growth due to heat into account.  This temp growth is substantially reduced with N2 instead of air.  I think CO2 temp growth is better than air, but not better than N2.
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Hello Bruce, 
    You will find that this will have nearly as many answers such as what oil is best, and which tires are your favorite. Generally the sticker inside your door will get you close. Now, since you have a much larger contact patch over stock generally you can go lower and still be safe with the tire. When I had 35x12.50s on an 8 inch wide wheel on my old XJ I ran 25psi on the road. My opinion with your 2 door wrangler would be set the front at 32 and the rear at 28. That might set off your TPMS though. Its just something you will have to play with.  Remember that tire flex will warm them on the road and raise the pressure like alabamatoy said.
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In my CJ, I typically run 35psi on the road, and my tires are 36x13.50s. I would imagine you would be fine anywhere from 25-40, just choose whichever feels best to you, and allows even treadwear.
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