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Originally Posted by shuvc  The concept is that just having wider tyres does not necessarily ensure more contact area. You could even have less if you inflated them with a much higher psi. |
Got it the first time around dude. I've had my "eureka" moment like the writer said
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Originally Posted by shuvc Well, you could increase the contact area by reducing psi on your existing tyres as well . |
Contrary to what it may appear, I was NOT trying to argue for the sake of doing so. Where I was coming from is that when we upsize our Tires, don't the OE recommendations get invalidated and we are thus
supposed to reduce the psi.
I believe that the OEM does a lot of research to come with appropriate psi figures - I realized this a couple of years back while getting air filled in an Accord - Honda has recommended a different psi for EACH of the tires - varying from 28-33.
This may be OT, but I'd really appreciate if anyone could advice if there a scientific method that tells us by how much the psi should change based on the changes we make to tire sizes? Ishan, you there ??