Car Tyres in Colchester – Top Tips
Did you know that incorrect tyre pressures can reduce your tyre ilfe by up to 25%!
- Try and check your tyre pressures about once a month
- Make sure you always use a reliable pressure gauge, most petrol stations now have tyre pressure gauges. portable tyre pressure gauges are also available online and are quite inexpensive
- Make sure to increase your tyre pressure when the car is fully laden, when you go on holiday for example and have a boot full of suitcases! Your drivers handbook will contain the specific tyre pressures for your car or van.
- When you are checking your tyre pressures be sure to inspect the tyres for bulges, cuts or tears as well as wear on the tyre itself
- Always check all of your tyres, this includes the spare you may have in the boot or underside of your car. Some new cars come with space savers or do not have a spare at all.
- Its best to check your tyre pressures when they area cold, usually before travelling less than 2 miles – this is because when warm they can expand and give false readings.
- If you’re in doubt seek the help of an expert!
Tyre maintenance
Quite often car tyres end up needing to be replaced before their normal life expectancy has been reached, because of un-even or rapid tread wear. Below are a few of the avoidable causes of tread wear.
- Incorrect wheel alignment (Tracking) – this can cause issues with the front tyres such as rapid wear of the inside our outside edges of the tyre. The delicate settings for your tracking can be easily changed from hitting a kerb or a pothole. Its advised to get your tracking /wheel alignment checked every 6,000 miles.
- Over inflation of tyres – the sign of over inflation is rapid wear on the centre of the tyre.
- Under inflation – the sign of under inflation is rapid wear along the edges of the tread.
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