Here's the recommended tire pressure for 265/65/R18 T/A KO2 on an LR3. Might save someone some time..
Seems high but they should know best.
Seems high but they should know best.
265/65/R18 T/A KO2 LR3 Tire Pressure
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Thanks for posting that. I'd just guessed at 52 all four so glad to see that's pretty close. However, I wonder what they'd want to ad knowing of an extra 1000-2000 lbs.
I have a ARB front bumper with winch, Kaymar rear with swing arms, 2nd fuel tank, Rover Specialties sliders which are 100 lbs, each, rasta plates, extra air tank and compressor, very heavy odessey 2150 under the hood and a 1350 for starter, recovery gear but removed 3rd row seats and 2 2nd row but added ARB 40L fridge, high lift....
It's been 7000 lbs non-trip weight and 8200 with rack and RTT, etc. On that trip I actually used 60 psi and could feel the handling tighten up at interstate speeds.
If you tell them how much weight is on each axle they can probably tell you the correct pressure.
Thank you for posting. Since this will likely be useful to LR4 owners as well... The OE tire pressure recommendation for the LR4 is slightly different, 36F and 42R. Not sure why it's a few PSI higher in front as the two cars are virtually identical, my guess is that the LR4's 5-liter V8 engine is heavier than the LR3's 4.4, thus the higher pressure for the front tires. So, I imagine the recommended pressure for E-load Light Truck tires on the LR4 would be proportionately higher, probably around 47-48 front, and the same 55 rear to match OE specs.
Interesting. Is there a chart for this kind of info or are we just going to have to email BFG to find out what they have to say for each individual application? I just mounted KO2s this week. I'm sure the tire shop used the factory PSI when they inflated them, so I'm going to bump it up a bit but I figured I'd just have to experiment. I should be around 7000lbs loaded for a trip next week.
I bet they are all incorrectly inflated. I highly doubt the tire shop bothered to check/adjust the pressure.
I was shocked with a rental Suburban last week. We got a flat coming down an access road on a ski slope in CA. No big deal... changed the tire and then had my assistant check the pressure thinking the full size spare may be over inflated. It was the only one with the correct pressure stated on the door pillar. The other three were overinflated by at least 10psi and not the same. This was one of the large rental companies too.
This shouldn't be surprising. Customers are in possession of rental vehicles 99% of the time, they don't sit on the ground unrented for long at all, especially at airports. Dumb shit that customers do to the cars usually doesn't get caught until it causes an issue or complaint because it's all but impossible to do a 109-point inspection on every car every time it comes back, in addition to cleaning and gassing it.