need help - recommended tire pressures?

Good Morning. A search on Tire Pressure should give you all kinds of information.

 

Owners tend to inflate several psi over the recommended tire pressure on your door sticker.

 

welcome!

42f/40r is common, some run a little lower if the ride is too stiff.

 

I do not inflate to best fuel economy, as that is not safe. i inflate to best handling and longest tread life.

Depending on the tire itself, that may be 38 to 42 PSI in front, and I follow Toyota's recommendation to have the rears 2 PSI less.

 

I run 42/40.

 

Keep in mind OP has 17" low profile tires.

Door sticker says 33/32 psi (front/rear). I set our's (215/45R17 Michelin Pilot hx MXM4) at 36 psi, for all four. That pressures seems a reasonable bump, without getting too harsh (it's harsh to begin with) and I find varying front/rear pressures by one pound trivial, and a pain when you're rotating.

 

Passenger-car tires are typically 5 to 15 p.s.i. below the commonly recommended level of 30 to 35 p.s.i. Under-inflated tires add resistance, making your engine work harder to push the car along the road and burning more fuel.

 

In cold non-rainy/snow weather, air up the front tires to the max PSI spec printed on the front tires. Air up the rear tires 2 psi LOWER than the front tires.