The Way To Know If A Car Needs New Tires

The Way To Know If A Car Needs New Tires

Ever wonder when to replace your worn car tires? The overall performance of your car tires is essential to the safety, performance and efficiency of your vehicle. The majority of tires are meant to deliver similar performance over their lives. However, one day they start to lose performance in regards to their traction and braking capability.

The tread on your tires must not fall below 1/16 of an inch (1.6 millimeters) in depth. In the event that routinely drive on slick, wet land, you'd be even better off with twice that much. You should purchase a gauge to check the tread depth the way the technicians use.

Place a penny head first into quite a few tread grooves across the tire. If you continually see the top of Lincoln's head, your treads are shallow and worn. If perhaps this is the problem, your tires should be replaced. If part of Lincoln's head is constantly covered by the tread, you could have at least 2/32 of an inch of tread depth remaining.

Tread depth isn’t the only reason to check when replacing your tyres. Tyres contain moisture and oils that help to keep them supple and assist in dispersing heat. As a tyre ages is loses it’s overall flexibility as the oils evaporate out. Generally speaking a tyre will be replaced after 5 years though it still has enough tread depth.

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