When off-roading, it is customary to reduce tire-inflation pressure to enhance grip. This practice also increases the possibility of instant and unwelcome tire deflation due to an accidental loss of ...

When people talk about tire condition, it feels like most of the focus is on tread patterns and sidewall strength. However, the tire bead is just as critical to your vehicle's tire safety. It's the ...

Q: What do you think about the need to perform buffing of alloy wheels, at $25.00/wheel to stop slow leaks from tires? The tires on my 1998 Honda Accord are about 17 months old, and have been driven ...

Rim protectors, rim guards, whatever you want call them-those seemingly innocent rubber ridges present on many late-model tire sidewalls that are supposed to keep the wheels from getting scuffed-may ...

We usually carry spares. Tires that is. We hope they always remain spares and that we never have to use them. However, there's always the chance you have no spare or already damaged one tire, and now ...

Avoiding tire problems starts with you, the vehicle driver. The problems listed ahead have unique reasons that cause them.

Truck tires are designed to combat extreme road stresses, so it’s easy to conclude that when a repair is needed, almost any repair technique will do the job. But tires are fragile in many respects.