what’s your tire pressure at? When it gets cold out the pressure dips down. In the winter I usually have to put more air in them to keep the pressure where it should be. Under inflated tires don’t protect the rim as much

 

I just run 17” 245 Bridgestone Turanzas on past & present E’s & won’t go near the 18”, 19” low profile tires.
Even test driving the 18” low profile AMG tires was uncomfortable!
i had researched enough here to know I didn’t want any part of that pseudo-sport tire bluster & performance failure!

 

totally agreed. the current fascination with skinny sidewalls is insane.. earlier this year I was shopping for a large SUV to tow our camp trailer, and it was nearly impossible to find late model Ford Expeditions with /65 or /70 series tires, the ones that had the options we wanted came with 22" wheels with /45 tires, on a 7000 lb SUV. cray-cray. I bought one with those 22's, and swapped them for 18's, and flipped the 22's to some kid for his f150 truck (same offset and bolt patterns and tire ODs)

before, w/ 22's


after, with 18's



way nicer ride on a rough road. 35 PSI instead of 40 PSI, too. 275/65R18 instead of 285/45R22...