Pulled over for bald tyres – advice!

Are you legal? Probably not!

English law requires vehicle tires to have a base track profundity of 1.6mm in a nonstop band around the focal 75% of the tire. To enable you to pass judgment on how much track you have on your vehicle tires, producers regularly form track bars at generally 1.6mm. In the event that you can see these bars your tires are going to end up illicit and hazardous. Well any case, for ideal security, most producers suggest that your tires are changed at 3mm.

Tyre Valves

The tyre valve is frequently the most dismissed and ignored part inside the haggle gathering, yet an effective valve is essential for the sheltered activity of the tyre… Wear on the valve seal, harmed screw strings, soil and coarseness in the valve itself can prompt disappointment of the tyre at speed. Indeed, even an ineffectively fixed valve can cause genuinely consistent under expansion of the tire which will decrease the life of your tire by up to 25%.

As it is difficult to supplant the valve without expelling the tire packaging from the wheel – we suggest that the valves are supplanted EVERY time a tire is supplanted.

Common speed ratings are

Q

for cars with max speeds up to 100mph (160km/h)

R

for cars with max speeds up to 105mph (170km/h)

S

for cars with max speeds up to 113mph (180km/h)

T

for cars with max speeds up to 118mph (190km/h)

H

for cars with max speeds up to 130mph (210km/h)

V

for cars with max speeds up to 150mph (240km/h)

Z

for cars with speeds over 150mph (240km/h)

W

for cars with max speeds up to 168mph (270km/h)

Y

for cars with max speeds up to 186mph (300km/h)