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What You Need to Know About Tire Size

by Will Treps

It's important to know even just a bit about tires and tire
size. After all, you wouldn't want to get the wrong sizes
for your car. How do you find out your tire size and what do
the size figures stand for?

Size Importance

It's dangerous to use the wrong-sized car tire. A lot of
things can happen. At the very least you can reduce the
performance capacity of a car that would ordinarily work
fine with the right tires. You therefore get less for what
you bargained for. More importantly though, ill-fitting
tires can be the cause of accidents and on-road mishaps.
These can result in injuries and life threatening
situations. You should never underestimate the value of
proper sized tires.

How to Find the Size

You can identify your tire size in many ways. The most
logical place to start is to look into your car manual. You
can however also find the size of the tires on the placard
on the driver's door or on the sidewall of the tire itself.
If you are online and you do not have your car beside you,
you can log on to some websites that will allow you to enter
your vehicle type and model to find the size that will fit
it.

What the Figures Say

You will see a series of letters and numbers if you look at
your tire's sidewall. These constitute your complete tire
size information. It may seem like a foreign language but
the letters and numbers stand for important information that
you may have to keep in mind.

- The first letter stands for what kind of vehicle the tire
can be used for. It could be intended for a passenger
vehicle, light trucks, heavy cargo trucks and European cars.
Some tires can also be designated as temporary spares.
Following its intended use will be numbers that stand for
the tire's width in millimeters.

- You will also find other important pieces of information
like aspect ratio, tire construction, tire and wheel
diameter, load index and speed rating from your tire's
sidewall.

Asking Your Dealer

You may feel that information for your tire's sidewall alone
isn't enough. You may also be uncertain that you can
interpret the information correctly. If this is the case,
you should consider asking your tire dealer.

Not every tire dealer will do however. You need one who has
had considerable tire knowledge. A good tire dealer will
look into your type of vehicle, brand, driving conditions
and your personal performance preferences before giving you
some advice on the right tires to use. This means you need
customer oriented employees who are more than just
salespeople but tire and car experts as well.

You can never be too sure with your tire size. When in
doubt, the safest route is to ask experts for advice and
help. - 15668

Find where you can get varying
(http://www.wheels-and-tires.info/) tire sizes. Find
(http://www.wheels-and-tires.info/Tire_Store.html) tire
dealers online.

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Title: What You Need to Know About Tire Size
Author: Will Treps
Email: jbgalindez@gmail.com
Keywords: tire size,auto,car,vehicles,product reviews
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