…ask me from time to time about vehicles with all wheel drive is tire matching and tread depth. The manufacturers of all wheel drive vehicles recommend using matching tires as well as maintaining the same tread depth on the matched tires. What happens if a tire blows out or is not repairable due to a…
…do not match, why would you mismatch tires on your vehicle? What if you did wear a running shoe on one foot and a sandal on the other? Not too comfortable and a little awkward. The same idea applies with mismatching tires on any vehicle. Match those tires! Tire Tech Articles: Mixing Tires Matching…
…Tech: Match Mounting to Enhance Tire & Wheel Uniformity Tire and wheel manufacturers continually develop new manufacturing methods to enhance the uniformity of their products because radial runout, lateral runout, force variation and imbalance can affect a vehicle's ride quality. Match mounting…
Few names in the tire industry conjure up as many images of high-performance driving like BFGoodrich. With a racing pedigree that reads like the world's coolest resume, there are few companies that understand performance better. With their most recent entry into the Ultra-High Performance…
How does your tire choice come into play when you experience oversteer or understeer? By matching your tires, you'll maintain the same overall tire grip in the front and back. When you have mismatched tires, you're either adding more grip to the front or more grip to the rear that causes…
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Email Page to a Friend Video Center Testing Tires Designed to Match Today's Pickups and SUVs (03:18) Category: Tires Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Email Page to a Friend Today's pickups, crossovers, and SUVs place higher…
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Email Page to a Friend Winter / Snow Tire Tech: It's Always Best to Match Tires in the Worst Conditions January 19, 2007 Tires tested: * Bridgestone Turanza EL400-02 Standard Touring All-Season P215/60R16 * Bridgestone Blizzak WS60 Studless Ice…
…time so as to meet your vehicle's Original Equipment specifications. If you are matching one tire with your existing three tires that have close-to-new tread life, then that would be OK. If one replaces and matches that one brand new tire with their existing three tires with significantly worn tread…
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Email Page to a Friend Video Center Mixed vs. Matched Tires (01:42) Category: Winter / Snow Tires Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Email Page to a Friend While it was a common practice to install a pair of winter / snow tires…
…Each damper has a specific travel length which is matched with the spring rate of the car's O.E. springs. When you install shorter springs, the O.E. damper may "bottom out" and become damaged. For this reason, it is recommended to match your new shorter "sport" springs with the…
Four-wheel drive is not just for trucks anymore. More and more four-wheel drive, also called all-wheel drive or AWD, is turning up on some unlikely cars. * Mercedes-Benz calls it 4-matic* Volkswagon states 4-motion* Infinity and BMW use the letter X or XI in their name* Audi uses QuattroWhatever the…
…"matched" tires means all four tires are the same brand, design and tread depth. Mixing tire brands, tread designs and tread depths may cause components in the vehicle's driveline to fail." This necessitates that four-wheel drive and all-wheel drive vehicles use tires that are very closely matched.…
Occasionally, I am asked if Tire Rack price matches? While we are very aggressive with providing a competitive price and in most cases we offer the best price, there are times when price alone is not the only factor in making a final decision. Certainly looking for the lowest price is a great goal,…
We think so. Pirelli car tires have always been a strong choice, and receive top marks in their ability to perform. And that's exactly how we feel about the Audi, too. A strong vehicle whose performance levels are always high. The Audi A6 at left features the PZero Rosso. These Pirelli tires are in…
Nice tire, but for the money I would expect them to last longer and get at least some traction in snowy conditions. Keep replacing them one by one to match other tires on the car, but I think it%27s time to purge them all and move on.
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