| Tire Care Tips and Tricks |
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| You can extend the life of your tires by keeping your wheels properly aligned. Alignment drifts out of spec during ordinary driving, and hitting bumps and curbs speeds that up. If your tires are wearing unevenly, bring your vehicle to our shop, where we are equipped to diagnose and correct alignment problems. |
| Because each tire sits in a different position on the car, each one wears differently. To even out that wear, the tires need to be rotated — that is, swapped from position to position on a regular schedule. A good rule of thumb is to rotate them every other oil change, or roughly every 5,000 to 8,000 miles. |
| Always tighten a wheel's lug nuts in a star pattern. Doing so seats the wheel firmly and flush against its mounting surface. On a five-nut wheel, tighten one nut, skip the next, tighten the following one, skip another, and continue until all are snug. On a four-nut wheel, tighten them in opposing pairs. |
| To get the best performance and longest life from your tires, keep them inflated to the manufacturer's specifications (about 32 psi on average). Too much pressure wears out the center of the tread, while too little wears out the edges. You will usually find the correct inflation level on a label inside the driver's side door of your car. |