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L 200 saturn tire pressure -2002

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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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Default L 200 saturn tire pressure -2002

The placard on the door is gone (just glue where it was) on my 2002 L200and the book tells me to look on the placard.

Could someone either tell me what it says or take a pic of placard, so that I know what I'm suppose to put the tire pressure at? I have a tow hitch, so I may need all the numbers.

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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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Back in the day there used to be a load range B inflation chart that you could calculate tire inflation pressure based on the tires size and the weight the tire is carrying in it's present application. That proved to be very valuable at the time and made a big impact on handling depending on the car.
I have yet to find something equivelent in todays world for current radial tires. If there is something I sure would like to know too.
Other than that, most door stickers seem to give a number of 32 - 35 # pressure for the tire recommended for your car or a number in that range. Carrying extra weight and taking a long high speed run I would be sure to stay about 35#. I can not answer any better than that.
And I realize that some tires will say inflate to 45# max, but I have no clue as to why I would want to.
I can say I had a tire pressure gauge that was supposed to be very accurate. It was though 5# off so I was inflating things high and wearing centers out long term. I have since calibrated it and no longer do that.
I have also read that because radials bulge, if you inflate until you can just see the bulge start to decrease that is a good number and it seems to work, but it is hard to see.
I wish there was something like the Load Range B inflation chart available for todays radials. If there is I have not found it.
 
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