cowboydan said:
...i don't need to google stuff for common sence things such as
reading the tag on the door and why it's important...
Sounds to me like you've simply decided that the door tag is the answer
to all inflation questions and anyone who suggests otherwise doesn't
have common sense... :snooty:
Again, consider some other "common sense" concepts.
YOUR van, is 14 years old. Mine is 22 yrs old. The technology and materials and experimental data
about inflation of tires has, or may have, changed in those 14/22 yrs.
IF we're running the same size, same brand, same construction style as the original OEMs,
then I'd suggest that it's a pretty reasonable approach to use the door tag suggestion, which surely
agrees with the sidewall suggestion. But once you change any of those parameters,
you may certainly have to change the inflation suggestion.
I'm using the TIRE manufacturer's suggestion as a starting point. THAT
is common sense to me.
If my door sticker says 35, but my tires say 50 lbs max, I'm
going to start at 50 and work down.
If my door sticker says 35, but my tires say 20 max, I'm not
going above 20, with the exception of 2-3 lbs for the difference
in hot vs cold (I add 2-3 lbs when the tires are hot).
Look at your typical designated spare donut. It's recommended PSI
is something like twice what a normal, full size tire is. Surely we
wouldn't drop that from 65 to 35 because the door sticker said
that 35 was max.
Lump