Forester Tire Question - Yoko Avid Touring

I also have used Yokohama touring tires on my forester. Yes, mine did hum somewhat when the tread was about 1/2 gone but got use to it as the other qualities were so good. I do run my tires somewhat higher than you as I find

Edward,

Thanks for the reply. I see that you inflate your tires somewhat higher than I do. I'm just following the recommended tire pressures listed on the plate inside the driver's door. Do those pressures pertain to any model tire being used on the car? Or just to the originals?

Would you recommend that I inflate them a bit higher? I assume that would result in extended tire life, better gas mileage and less noise, right? I just want to make sure that I don't over-inflate them.

Thanks!

Edward Hayes wrote:

The tire pressure recommended on the drivers door are for all brands of the original size. I found that I'm willing to give up some small amount of ride comfort in exchange for slightly better cornering performance. My city requires me to navigate many corners and I found the tread edges were wearing faster than the tires' center. 2-3 pounds higher pressure is not over inflating as the maximum pressure on the side of my tires is 44 pounds per square inch. ed

Hi,

We had a discussion on this a year or so back, and IIRC, the general practice was to go a bit higher than the door sticker. I generally start mine at whatever the "full load" pressure is, and adjust upward from there if I'm getting too much edge wear. This can run from 2-5 psi over the door sticker numbers. As for overinflation--as long as your COLD pressure does not exceed the Max listed on the sidewall (generally from

Rick