Your car’s tires are a huge expense, and you want them to last as long as possible. L&D Automotive has some advice that can help you to do just that. Extending the life of your car’s tires can be a lot easier than you think.
Perform Some Super Simple Maintenance Yourself
Even if you do nothing else for your tires, there’s some really simple preventative maintenance that you can do on your own. Make sure to look at your tires periodically. That means looking at the treads, but also at the sidewalls. You’re looking for anything that doesn’t look right, like uneven wear or excessive tread wear. You’re also looking for anything that looks like damage to the sidewalls, like weak spots or cracks. Check the tire pressure, too, just to make sure that you don’t have too much or too little air in the tires.
Get Your Tires Rotated
If you’re ready to level up in your tire longevity game, schedule tire rotations. These should be done every few thousand miles to give your tires the best benefits. Scheduling tire rotations when you get your car’s oil changed helps you to take care of two big maintenance items at the same time, and that helps a lot.
Schedule Wheel Balancing
Want to do more for your tires? Get your car’s wheels balanced. Unbalanced wheels meet the pavement unevenly, and that causes your tires to wear unevenly, too. Unbalanced wheels can also eventually cause issues in your car’s suspension, so you want to avoid problems there as well.
Make Sure You Get Wheel Alignments
For the ultimate in tire maintenance, don’t neglect wheel alignments. Lots of car owners worry that this is an unnecessary expenditure of both time and money, but it isn’t. It’s even more beneficial when you factor in that getting your wheels aligned regularly extends the life of your car’s tires. It all adds up. You can get your wheel alignment checked whenever you have balancing and rotation done, just to make sure that everything is lining up properly.
Want to try your best to keep your car’s tires going for a long, long time? L&D Automotive in Lavon, TX can help you to do just that. Give us a call today and we’ll set up an appointment to assess your tires, as well as look at things like alignment issues and balancing. And if you need new tires, we’ll help you to start them out right so they keep rolling for as long as possible.