While they’re often a bit overlooked, your vehicle’s tires are among the most important things you need to look after. While monitoring the tread life and the tire pressure are essential, you can’t stop there. Another critical factor that you …
5 Symptoms of Unbalanced Tires & Tire Balancing Cost
How To Read a Tire Size
Buying new tires seems like an easy task until you call your workshop, and they ask you what kind of tires you want. This is when you realize that you need to give them some numbers. But what do all …
Is it Safe to Drive with a Nail in My Tire?
Getting a nail lodged in one of your car tires is something that is likely to happen at some point in your life. While it certainly isn’t a pleasant experience, it’s nothing you should panic over. There are, however, a …
How to Reset TPMS Warning Light at home
TPMS stands for “Tire Pressure Monitoring System” and it comes on your dashboard with a warning light whenever your car tires are irregularly inflated. The TPMS light could indicate that your TPMS is not properly recalibrated or that your tire …
What’s the Correct Tire Pressure for My Car?
Are you going to inflate your car tires, but you have no idea of what tire pressure is correct for your car? Having the correct tire pressure in your car is very important, especially nowadays when you have tire pressure …
How Dangerous is it to Drive Around with Old Tires?
Tires provide the necessary grip while driving. With continued use, the threads wear out and this can reduce the traction between the car and the road. Driving with old and worn tires is extremely dangerous – especially if you are …
What does “Tire Pressure Sensor Fault” mean & How to fix it?
You are driving your car, and suddenly the message “Tire Pressure Sensor Fault” appears on your dashboard. What does this mean, and how expensive will it be to fix it? Will it disappear once I have inflated my tires to …
Run-Flat Tires – Pros, Cons and Information
Flat tires can be bothersome. You are in a hurry to get to a business meeting and suddenly one of your tires has a puncture. To make matters worse, your spare tire is deflated. If you want to avoid this, …
What is a Tire Sidewall Damage & When to Replace the Tire?
If you ever experienced a puncture on your car’s tires before, you know that getting a puncture can be frustrating. Luckily the most punctures are easy to repair and often repaired within minutes with a tire repair kit. Unfortunately, damages …
Why Do Tuned Cars Have Very Inclined Wheels?
If you have a fascination with cars, you have probably encountered very inclined wheels and wondered, “How do you drive around the streets with these kinds of tires?” Japanese motor shows are packed with cambered wheels – some wheels so …
3 Symptoms of a Bad Tire Pressure Sensor (TPMS) & Replacement Cost
The tire pressure sensor measures the pressure in the tires of your car’s tires. It sends the information to the car’s onboard computer, which analyses the information and shows you the pressure on the display, and shows a warning light …
6 Worst Tire Brands to Avoid Purchasing in 2021
Tires are just like your cat’s feet. They have the important responsibility of supporting the entire vehicle’s structure and helping the car grip the road. If you have low-quality tires, your vehicle may lose handling, and you will experience a …
What is Cross-Threading a Wheel Nut/Stud?
Have you ever changed a tire puncture only to have problems with your wheel nut? Maybe the nut cannot be loosened from the stud, or maybe there are problems with the fastening. If that’s the case, your wheel nut or …
How to Remove a Stuck Wheel on Your Car
You have a flat tire, and you jack up the wheel, but it refuses to come off. What could have happened? Changing a wheel should not be this hard, but a wheel can get stuck due to rust accumulation. This …