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- Rick
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- 2013 F150 STX 5.0L, 1999 Mustang Cobra
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- Badlands
The Tire Information Placard became standardized for content, format and location in 2003. Prior to that they were kind of all over the place. I know I had Fords out of the '80s that had them in the glove box. But the feds wanted to make that info easy to locate and easy to read. This came along shortly after the whole Firestone / Explorer thing, so I think that there is a correlation there. As far as I can tell, the law dictates where the decal goes and what content it has, and requires manufacturers to follow suit. But I don't think it prevents a vehicle owner from removing or cover it up. Kind of like the air bag or rollover caution labels on sunvisors that no one reads. The only downside to removing it, I would think - other than loosing an easy reference for tire info - comes from resale. A perspective buyer might find it a bit fishy if its gone, assuming they know enough to look in the first place...
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