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Keys to Choose Long-Lasting Tires for All Seasons
Choosing the right tires ensures longevity, safety, and cost savings for car owners. As seasons change, selecting durable tires becomes even more crucial. This guide covers tire materials, seasonal options, maintenance, and top brands.
1. Tire Materials and Durability
Wear resistance is key to durability. Modern tires use materials like rubber, natural rubber, silica gel, and polymers. These affect grip, fuel efficiency, and resistance to damage. Natural rubber enhances flexibility, while silica gel improves wet traction and reduces rolling resistance. Polymers boost durability against road hazards.
2. Technological Advances
Innovations like RunFlat technology allow driving up to 80 km on a damaged tire. Many brands reinforce rubber compounds with fibers to extend lifespan. Studies show silica-infused tires last 20% longer and reduce carbon emissions, making them eco-friendly.
3. Winter vs. Summer Tires
Winter tires use softer rubber for flexibility in low temperatures and deep treads for better traction on snow and ice. Sipes (small cuts in the tread) further enhance grip, reducing winter accident risks by 30%.
Summer tires, in contrast, are denser to withstand heat. Special tread patterns prevent overheating and improve wet grip, ensuring better control and shorter braking distances on hot roads.
4. Tire Maintenance and Storage
Proper tire maintenance ensures both longevity and safety. Start by maintaining the correct tire pressure to avoid uneven wear. Regularly check the tread depth, as shallow tread increases the risk of aquaplaning. Look for visible damage like cracks or bulges that could lead to a tire burst.
It's important to switch tires at the right time—summer tires aren't suitable for winter conditions and vice versa. Using them out of season shortens their lifespan and can be dangerous.
When storing tires, keep them in a cool, dry place, away from sunlight and chemicals. UV rays and harsh substances can make rubber brittle. If mounted on rims, hang tires to prevent deformation and flat spots. Using covers can also protect them during storage.
TPMS Tools
Autel 1-Sensor combines both 315MHz + 433MHz frequencies into one TPMS sensor with the highest industry vehicle coverage. Allowing rubber and metal valve stems to freely interchange by hand, without requiring a tool for sensor head fitting. Built to match or exceed OEM sensors in frequency strength and durability, MX-Sensors are 100% ID clone-able with no relearn required and offer latest model vehicle coverage.
Autel MaxiTPMS ITS600 is a wireless, 5.5-inch touchscreen Android-based TPMS diagnostics and service scanner. The Autel ITS600 scanner not only has the essential complete TPMS diagnostic, sensor programming, sensor relearning, sensor activating/ reading functions but also added user-friendly tire functions, VINscan for quick vehicle identification, TPMS module retrofitting, four common maintenance services, etc.
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