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guys,

i got these tires, falken ziex 205/50R16

tires.com told me that pressure should be 36-37 psi, but when i check falkentires.com it says the max psi should be 44, can anyone explain me this?

will this tire last as my stocks?

thanx

 
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36 to 37 is good, it will leave a room in the tire for tire flex and hug the road.

44 is as hard as they recommend going and it will be a little ruffer of a ride.

 
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thanx punking civic

 
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my door says 30 :P
but i dont think a bit more would hurt much.. gives u better mileage.. but depending on how much more could wear out ur tires faster..
I think im right around 32-33..

 
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Of course,the max pressure has some safety factor built into it. Generally as a rule, it is best to consider what the vehicles oem says is the range of psi for any particular vehicle (30 psi for our Honda's). Having said that a good general rule of thumb is keep your TP at app 85% of max pressure. In fact, doing the math puts the PSI at 37.4. This is a good point of departure for your application and preferences.

As I recall, the Falken Ziex 512's are unidirectional, so you will have to alter your rotation pattern a bit. Normally unidirectional tires are rotated front to rear and rear to front. Our Honda's normal rotation is rear X cross to the fronts and the fronts (same side) directly to the rears. All things being equal because you have wider tires you will see a bit less mpg and app the same wear patterns. However the right side will probably tend to wear down a little faster over time.

We tend to do app 26,000 miles per year, so a 3,000-5,000 mile rotation interval seems too much like work! (6-9 rotations vs 3) But I would submit to you a more frequent rotation is probably better in the long run.

I will probably keep the 10,000 mile rotation cycle. This rotation cycle and tire pressure (10,000 mile rotations intervals and PSI of 35/38 front and 33-36 psi in the rear) seems to work well on another front engine front wheel drive vehicle VW Jetta TDI. I have oem Goodyear LS-H's and the consumption level at 40,000 miles leads me to project another 40,000-55,000 miles for a total of 80-95,000 miles on this set.

I can keep on about this, but I just hope what I have said isnt informational overload to you.

 
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ruking,

>>However the right side will probably tend to wear down a little faster over time.

why?

>>Normally unidirectional tires are rotated front to rear and rear to front

should i stick to this? any harm on doing the x pattern??

 
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you can't do x-pattern because unidirectional means that the tread runs in one direction only. i also just got falken ziex 512 205/60/15. my advice is keep front tire psi at 35-37 and rear at 30-32. that setup is proven for better handling in a fwd car.

 
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Why? Because we have a front engine, front wheel drive, (automatic in my case-more weight more pounding on components than a manual) front wheel steering car. So a huge static majority of the weight is on the front's 60/40. In any type of manuvering, the static weight shifts even more to the front. And guess which front wheel the torque is delivered? SOO... using my other example of 80k plus. If I do not use a 5 tire cross rotation, I can almost expect and project the right side wearing app 1/32 faster on the right side than the left. Ths may not sound like much, BUT 1/32 in the example will be between 10,000 and 12,000 miles.

I would stick to the "NON X" rotation or rotation of same side front to rear rear to fronts FOR (uni) DIRECTIONAL TIRES. If I get the Falken Ziex 512's, I would tend to get 3 right sides and 2 left sides for a total of 5 tires. What you're basically trying to do is to have as many tires in the greater wear position as possible.

(There is a way to CROSS (X) rotate left to right & vice versa; but you have to dismount and remount the tires and in effect have the old inside of the tire facing the new outside of the tire . This of course will mean rebalancing also and most likely an extra charge. So from a normal point of view this is impractical from an effort and economic point of view.)