What Is the Best Tire Pressure for Racing?
So, what is the best tire pressure for racing? Getting the right racing tire pressure is important if you truly need to beat your competition. Here’s how to do it and the factors involved.
How long can you drive with a spare tire?
Like all things in life, it depends. If your spare tire is a full-size tire, then you can drive indefinitely, with the caveat that the tire isn’t 5-years older or more. In any other case, preferably it’s advised to drive as little on them as possible, whatever the fix may be. A space-saver spare or…
How to reset the TPMS warning light?
The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS for short) is a mandatory option fitted on all the cars in the US since 2007, so there’s a good chance that you’ve bumped into it in one way or another. Its warning light isn’t a welcomed sight in the slightest, and you can’t seem to be able to…
What is Tire Debris?
Sometimes, your tires may experience shredding and blowouts and leave chunks behind. Unattended, these pieces can cause serious accidents. The road gators are tread pieces from the truck tires and much bigger than tire debris, and therefore more dangerous based on their sheer size. Gators are pretty common on the highway. You see, high speeds…
What Tire Pressure is Too Low?
No less than 11,000 vehicle crashes are caused by tire-related issues in the US alone. Every year 200 people die in these crashes. Did you know that a car is three times more likely to crash in a tire-related accident if its tires are under-inflated by more than 25%? According to a survey by National…
How To Tighten a Tire Valve Stem in 10 minutes
A valve stem allows air to enter or leave a tire. The tire’s inflation and deflation depend on it. However, there are some problems related to the valve. A major one is valve stem leakage. If the stem isn’t tightened, air can leak out of it. So, here’s how to tighten a tire valve stem and fix stem leakage.
How long does it take to get the tires changed?
Well, to answer truthfully, between 40 minutes and an hour, at most. This mostly depends on how big the wheel is, how experienced the respective mechanic, and the most impactful, how packed that certain tire shop is. You can wait a bit until you get your turn, because if it takes 30 minutes to an…