How Old Are My Tires? DOT Date Code Tells You Are you concerned about the age of your tires? This quick guide will help you find the manufacture date of your tire and understand how Tires Easy handles tire age based on the DOT Code. Keeping a record of your tires and understanding their age will help you save money …
How to Buy Tires Online: A Complete Guide
Buying tires online is a significantly different game than going to the local tire store. Fortunately, this task is much easier than you might assume, even if you’ve never bought tires before. Believe it or not, there are all kinds of perks attached to buying tires online, as opposed to doing so at a physical retailer. The key is going …
Types of Tires: A Guide to Help Choose the Best Tires for Certain Terrains
The process of choosing the perfect tires goes much deeper than the type of vehicle you drive and the measurements of your wheels. Every driver has a unique situation, commute, and application for their vehicle. The tires you select need to account for everything including: The types of weather conditions you drive in. How climate changes throughout the year. The …
Why Changing all Four Tires for Winter Driving Is A Necessity
Snow tires used to be just that, tires only used for driving in snow. Unable to survive for long in regular driving conditions (emergency braking and warmer temperatures would devastate the tread), snow tires were reduced to a singular purpose. But things are different now as technology has improved, and drivers’ needs have changed, making the switch to winter tires …
Ready to Roll: Why Proper Tire Rotation Matters
Tires don’t wear evenly, front tires carry more than 60% of your vehicle’s total weight and show more wear over time from left turns. Since we tend to make left turns faster than right ones, the disparity in tire-to-road contact results in more stress on the right front tire. See how easy it is to have unequal tire tread? The …