You’ve paid a lot for your car’s tires and Interstate Automotive wants to help you to keep them at their best for as long as possible. That means maybe keeping up with some maintenance that you might have overlooked in the past.
Get Your Tires Rotated
Tire rotation helps to ensure that each tire has a better chance at living a longer life. Each wheel or corner of your car has a different weight distribution, which causes tires to wear differently depending on where the tire is located on the car. When you get your tires rotated every 6,000 miles or however often is recommended by your car manufacturer, that helps to give each tire time in another spot for a while.
Get Your Tires Balanced
Tire balancing is equally important for tire wear, because how the wheels and tires are balanced influences how the tire makes contact with the road. An out of balance wheel is going to wear worse on one part of the tire than on another, which throws the whole wheel even more out of balance, making the problem worse. Simple weights can correct those issues.
Get Your Wheels Aligned
Wheel alignment involves adjusting the angles at which the tires make contact with the road. When your wheels are out of alignment, this puts pressure on suspension parts and it also wears away the tire tread unevenly. Your car’s wheels can go out of alignment just from regular wear and tear from driving. Getting your alignment checked every so often helps to avoid preventable repairs.
Check Your Air Pressure Between Services
Tire pressure also matters, and that’s something that you can do a lot about on your own in between other tire services. Whether your tires are under- or over-inflated, that affects how well they make contact with the pavement as you drive. Don’t just rely on your car’s TPMS system to give you information, too, because that can occasionally be wrong and give you inaccurate readings. It’s always best to just take a few minutes and double check those readings.
Let Interstate Automotive in Eau Claire, WI help you to maintain your tires. If you’re at a point where you need new tires, we can help you to find the best tires for your car and for your driving needs. And we’re always happy afterward to help you to keep them in the best shape for as long as possible.