Questions tagged [tires]
A petroleum based rubber mounted on the wheels of vehicles to provide a higher friction coefficient between a vehicle and a road surface.
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Is it established for winter tires and wheels to be narrower to accommodate slush build-up?
On fat bicycles — those with 4" tires, meant for riding on snow — you'll occasionally hear someone saying that 5" tires will fit with no difficulty in a given frame. Yet I'm inclined to ...
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Filling of tires rather than air if putting vehicle on blocks as long-term display
I have an old rigid circa 1960’s truck that I’m putting on display on permanent blocks. The rear tray will be made into a stage/decked area with a roof over it for entertainment.
It will be blocked up ...
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Looking at a new 4x4, just after some advice about the rear wheels
I'm about to get a new 4x4 which is the one in the image. The car is a 2016 Holden colorado with a 2" lift and then the mud tyres on that. The Person I'm thinking of buying it from is gonna get ...
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What metrics do I need to consider when changing rim size, and how can I find out what I have?
I have a 2017 ford edge sport. It came with the 21 inch tires which apart from being super expensive also don't give quite the same cushy ride that 18 inch tires with a similar diameter would. I'm ...
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Thumping in rear wheel when driving 80ks
Hello I have a Holden commodore an it makes a thumping noise on left rear side by the tyre can some one help me an tell wat it is please it only comes when u driving 80/100ks
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Different tyre manufactures on each wheel
I just bought a used car. When I inspected it, it still had winter tyres and the seller said he would find some summer tyres for it. Now I noticed that the summer tyres are not the all same brand. ...
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Are low profile tyres more susceptible to underinflation, sidewall damage and balance issues?
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I own two 2008 Ford Fiestas (region UK / Europe.)
The injector seals failed on the first in May last year (parts cost is nothing but labour cost for garage repair is prohibitive, I may try ...
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Both rear tires are wearing prematurely on the inside, despite regular alignments and tire rotations. What could be the cause?
Could it boil down to just needing more frequent tire rotations?
Or something like worn suspension components?
Alignments have been performed regularly so that seems unlikely to be the cause.
Which ...
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Is this uneven tire wear due to not rotating the tires?
I know questions about health are off topic, but how suicidal would it be to keep driving this?
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Currently running 235 35 R 17 tires. Will 215 45 R17 tires also fit same rims?
Are these tire sizes interchangeable for the same set of r8ms?
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Hit a curb pretty violently while making a turn, doing 10 mph. Don't see a bubble on tire. Is there still a chance of internal damage to the sidewall? [closed]
Any chance a wheel bearing might've been damaged? I was going slow but, did hit it pretty hard.
Although these wheels (18's on low profile tires) have cracked before from potholes, the rim and tire do ...
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Which range of size fits my wheels with 265/55 R 19 tires?
I am trying to find all terrain tires for my landcruiser with stock aluminum 19 inch wheels.
This is what it says on the side:
I want all terrain tires again, but can't find anything on the german ...
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Car pulls left, rattles very hard, steering wheel not straight when going straight
I recently noticed several problems with my 2019 Diesel Land cruiser J150 (called Prado elsewhere):
When I go straight and let go of the steering it goes left fairly hard, have to constantly apply ...
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Automatic Car cannot drive forward, but will move in Reverse
Hey so my car was serviced last Wednesday, got an oil change and replaced the brake rotors and pads. And it was driving fine all of Thursday and then for whatever reason late Friday the car would ...
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Flat tires after relacing 3 times and 2 rims later, still keeps gokng flat
My front passenger tire keeps going flat. This is the third tire and second rim. What is happening?
