Originally Posted By: 2civics
My car's pressure recommendation is 32psi. If I run them at, say, 35psi...what might be a long term effect? Will the tires wear the same and will the chances of something going wrong (sidewall cracks, etc) increase? Or do tires have that ability to be inflated higher with no issue? Haven't had to concern myself with this before so this is all new. Thanks.
I'd run them at like 37 or so personally. You won't see any ill effects in terms of wear. You need to go up quite a bit in air pressure to see anything like center of the tread wear or anything like that. I ran my old DWS 8psi above recommended and never had any wear issues.
If at normal pressure, you go into a corner at decent speed and feel the front of the car list to the outside a tad before gripping and rounding the bend, that is a symptom of a softer sidewall. Whats happening is the sidewall is folding under the wheel and causing a later shift of weight of the car. Another issue with softer sidewalls is that they bubble easier when hitting potholes.
The 'soft sidewall' issue with these tires is not anything like what it is with some KNOWN issue tires. I wouldn't worry at all. Run 4-5psi high and forget about it.