5 QUESTIONS POUR VOTRE DÉTAILLANT
Are my current tires the best tires for my vehicle?
What are the best tires that match my driving habits and my price?
Can you give me a pricing tier of my tire type with three choices.
What is the mileage warranty (if any) of my new tires.
Is the tire manufacturer highly reputable.
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TIRE UPGRADE
Tire upgrading, or plus-sizing, is a practice where performance-minded drivers upgrade their original equipment wheels with wider, bigger wheels. Why? It can make the vehicle look sportier. Plus, it offers better handling when done properly. There are two ways to plus-size:View more -
MIXING TIRES
There may come a time when you replace two new tires instead of four. If you decide to go that route, be sure that your new tires are the same size and tire type as your current tires, and that your dealer always installs the new tires on the rear axle of your vehicle (as shown in the pdf below).
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ALL ABOUT PERFORMANCE TIRES
If your car is high-performance, doesn’t it make sense to have tires that are just as high-performance? The main benefits of performance tires are higher speed* capability, improved handling and maximum dry road grip. (The negative is lower tread life.) But you need to know that all performance tires aren’t the same, which is why many high performance car owners own multiple sets of tires. (They often switch to all-season or winter tires in the fall and winter for improved winter grip.)View more -
SEASONAL TIRES
Some tires are created with a unique tread for specific weather conditions, while others are built to handle year-round conditions. Some excel in winter, some in rain and some off-road. There are positives and negatives for each tire, so be sure you understand them.View more -
TIRE WEAR AND DAMAGE
How worn is too worn? There are several ways to check for wear without even getting your hands dirty: You can either look for visible, excessive wear, you can perform the Quarter Test to check proper tread depth, or you can check if the tread is worn down to the wear bar indicators (typically located in the circumferential grooves of the tread).View more