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Originally Posted by qx4dude
The question about accepting liability required a yes or no answer.
The maximum sidewall pressure stated on the tire isn't a "hypothetical", it's a fact. The tire manufacturer's designers / engineers put a maximum rating on the tire to keep drivers safe - and to protect themselves from liability from blowouts or accidents should people choose to ignore it.
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I've never tried to convince anyone that they should over inflate their tires. This thread is to showcase the results I experienced. This is my own data, theories, ideas, and modifications. You and everyone else are free to interpret it as you like. If you find it credible and wish to replicate the results you have to assume it is at your own risk. I'm not going to be like a car commercial and add a disclaimer to every post. If you can read my posts you should be smart enough to realize that what you do to your own car is your business, and only you are liable.
What I am doing is not scientific, and I have never claimed so. Nothing you or anyone else has posted is scientific evidence of the opposite opinion, either. All I am doing is exploring different tire pressures to see the effects. If I notice anything I would consider dangerous I'll report back and return the pressure to normal. I can only give you my real world experiences and you can take that as you like. But for you to argue that my real world experiences are incorrect and unsafe is just unfair. The reason I continue to explore the effects of higher tire pressure is because I haven't seen any evidence that higher pressures have the effects you seem to believe. Furthermore, many of the top forum contributors and ecomodders have shared similar experiences to mine. You have a dedicated group of people giving you real world accounts, and yet you choose to believe what a tire company wrote on its website. Tire companies want to sell tires. They want to limit liability. They are biased when it comes to determining what their tires are capable of. Many of the other posted sources simply talk about the issues, and fail to provide any proof or data.