"How to inspect your winter tyres for damage and if they are safe"
"Dunlop Tyres Birmingham, Car Tyres Birmingham ( 650+ words)"
[ "How to inspect your winter tyres for damage and if they are safe to use?Although winter tyres are used for just a few months in ayear, they can last for very long and require less replacement. Beforeusing these tyres during the winter months, you must check the tyres thoroughly.This will ensure whether your tyres will work well or not. If your winter tyresare not in good shape, it is useless to install them for winter use.This article depicts some aspects to check for ensuringwhether you winter tyres by brands like;Dunlop TyresBirmingham are fit to be used or not.Damage to Sidewall The overall tyre performance will be affected if the tyresidewall gets damaged even though it is a small nick. Thus, you need to replacethe tyre immediately Your overallvehicle safety will be affected by the tyre condition. Thus, ensuring that yourtyres are fit to be used efficiently is quite essential. You must visit a localgarage with your tyres if you are in doubt whether your winter tyres will lastfor another year or not. They will offer a useful professional opinion regardingthis. Tread barsMany tyre brands offer tyres having tread bars installed inthem. These are used to measure the tread depth easily. These are actuallyridges built on the tyres. These ridges get noticed only when the tyre startswearing. When the level of the tread bars and tyre tread reaches the same level,you need to get the winter tyres replaced with a new tyre set. Depth of Tread Just like all-season and summer tyres, the depth of tread isvery crucial. Your tyre will be incapable of gripping on the road surface if itdoesnt have a good amount of tread. This is even more problematic on snowy oricy roads. Gripping or traction is one of the major factors of the winter tyre.While only 2 mm of tread depth is required in other tyres but, the tread depthof the winter tyres must not fall below 3 mmThe depth of the tread in a winter tyre can be easilymeasured. Finding a small skewer and placing it in one of the tyre grooves is allyou need to do. You need to mark the point where the tread level comes up witha felt tip pen or a pencilVisual InspectionJust by having a glance, a lot can be known about the tyre.If you find your tyres worn irregularly or depicting some cracks, you caneasily identify that the tyres are not fit to be used. If you trace strangerubber bulges or dried out rubber patches, you need to get the tyres replacedimmediately Manufacturing dateEvery tyre contains a manufacturing date imprinted on them.The count of years of the tyres is actually the window depicting the number ofuseful years for which the tyre will work efficiently. After the tyre completesthese years, it needs to be replaced. This count of years alters based on themodel and make of the tyres.Save More Now onBuying Winter Tyres  You can contact a reliable     garage for quotes when you finally make your decision regarding your     winter tyre purchase. You need to do this before you visit the offline or     online store and make your tyre purchase. You will see that better deals     are offered by some garages as compared to the manufacturers of tyres.     Thus, you can save more by purchasing from the one offering good deals.     You must not assume one price offered by a single workshop as a fair     price. You need to visit multiple garages.  While buying winter     tyres, you must first look into different loyalty schemes. The opinion for     converting your points into vouchers to be spent on tyres is offered by     many providers of loyalty cars and supermarkets. You are restricted to     the brand of tyre you purchase by using these schemes. But, you can save a     huge amount of money.  You can do thorough     research and compare the prices online. Sometimes, you can find a more     profitable deal online rather than at a garage.  If you purchase your     winter tyres from the garage where you are going to get the tyres     installed, you can save money on your tyres. If these garages know that     you will pay to get your tyres installed at their garages, they will offer     a better price for the Car Tyres     Birmingham you would purchase from them. But, this is not so every     time. Thus, you must be cautious. ConclusionVisit Rikfit Autocentre for more details. It is a reputedgarage in Birmingham with long term experience in the tyre industry." ]