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Originally Posted by Hauki
....Once aftermarket wheels/tyres go on, the door jam sticker is as much use as a one-legged man at an arse-kicking party.....
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I am going to disagree with that. The load carrying capacity defined by the placard tire size and pressure tells you a lot about what the vehicle manufacturer was thinking - and he has a lot of expertise in this area. You can disagree with the compromises that he made, but you can't completely ignore what basic information is available.
By the same token, the load carrying capacity of the aftermarket tires can be determined as well. So you have some basic infomation to connect those 2 items. It would be better to know what each of those is.
We can discuss the merits of various inflation pressures, but without knowing the basic information about what the vehicle manufacturer was specifying, and how the aftermarket tire fits into that picture - then, indeed we would have a one legged man.