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Q V
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Tire Load Index Question

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I know everyone likes light cars here, but has anyone run a 91 load index tire (1,356lb load rating) on a 4,100lb car as either daily or autox/track tires?

I referred to the load index chart on Discount Tire, but that only talks about maximum load-carrying capacity, which is well above what the car will ever see passenger & cargo wise.

My concern would be in hard braking/turning situations where one or two of the tires can get overloaded.

The only reason I'm even considering this is because I have extra tires from my orange car which is no longer a daily driver that I can potentially use on my new car.
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Mike Shin
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Re: Tire Load Index Question

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It should be fine.
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Your car weighs 4100 lbs, QV?!?!?!? :o :shock: :lol:
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Re: Tire Load Index Question

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Kurt Rahn wrote:Your car weighs 4100 lbs, QV?!?!?!? :o :shock: :lol:
The new daily driver does. :)

And thanks for the reassurance Mike, it's party time!
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Re: Tire Load Index Question

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Quoc-Viet Dang wrote:
Kurt Rahn wrote:Your car weighs 4100 lbs, QV?!?!?!? :o :shock: :lol:
The new daily driver does. :)

And thanks for the reassurance Mike, it's party time!

the the heck is ORANGE and weighs 4100lbs!!!!
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Re: Tire Load Index Question

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Jason Flores wrote: the the heck is ORANGE and weighs 4100lbs!!!!
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I can see QV pilotting that thing
~Lily
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