According to experts, choosing the right tires for a car significantly improves driving safety. In addition to the transmission and the engine, tires are an important factor in determining qualities such as flotation, steering and fuel consumption.
Necessary
car manual
Instructions
Step 1
Find out which tire size you want to fit on your vehicle. To do this, inspect the wheels that are already installed on the vehicle. Most often, you can find an alphanumeric designation on the rim. For example, this: 185 / 55R15. In this formula, wheels 185 are the width of the tire in centimeters, 55 is the number of percent of the tire's profile from its width, the letter R indicates the type of tire - radial, and the number 15 indicates the required disc diameter.
Step 2
If it was not possible to consider the standard size of the car's tires (bad weather, erased numbers on old wheels), take a look at the car manual. Please note that the recommended wheel size may vary depending on the season. To find out the required standard sizes of summer or winter tires, you can also use the car catalog or go online to consult a suitable site on the forum.
Step 3
When choosing tires, be sure to take into account the specifics of the car you drive, especially if you plan to purchase wheels of a slightly larger or smaller diameter. Installing tires less than the standard size may affect the safety of the car. The car's reaction to pits and irregularities will become faster, the car will become tougher, it will receive new characteristics of cornering and skidding. After installing new tires, you need to make sure that they are suitable for use.
Step 4
After installing oversized tires, pay attention to ambient noise in the vehicle, especially when cornering. If you notice a grinding or jerking of the steering column, stop the machine immediately and visually check the free steering angles. Wheels that are too large may touch the wheel arches, which at some point can lead to an accident.
Step 5
Choose tires according to weather properties. The profile and tread of the wheels can vary significantly due to the functions performed. For example, the so-called all-season tires have an average tread configuration for driving on clean roads in the temperature range from -10 to +10 degrees Celsius. Experts do not recommend "all-season" because of their extremely average performance.
Step 6
Choose your winter tires to keep yourself and your iron horse safe. You should not be seduced by advertising and buying studded tires in urban conditions. In urban conditions, good winter tires with asymmetric or symmetrical tread are needed, which allows increasing the contact of the tire with the road surface and displacing melt water and snow. Whereas studded tires are indispensable for driving out of town, on icy highways or country roads.
Step 7
Fit summer tires if the average daily temperature is over 7 ° C. Pay attention to the fact that the specifics of the material from which summer tires are made allow them to show their best qualities at high temperatures and in full contact with the road.
