Thursday, May 26, 2011

Tyre for your safety

Tyre for your safety

May 26, 2011 by rickliew
Filed under: Helpful Tips

How to choose a tyre for your vehicle?

Tyre is a ring-shaped covering that is fitted around the rim of the wheel. Tyre is a basic component in a vehicle. It is used to provide a flexible cushion that absorbs shock while keeping the wheel in close contact with the ground.

A tire carcass is composed of several parts. There are tread which is the part that come into contact with the ground, tread lugs which provide the contact surface that is essential to provide traction, tread void which is provide space for the slug to flex, rain groove, sipe, wear bar, bead, sidewall, shoulder and ply.

The major tyre manufacturing companies by revenue are Bridgestone, Michelin, Goodyear, Continental AG and Pirelli.

Tyre is a fundamental component in a vehicle. Therefore, a suitable tyre is essential for a vehicle to move on the road. However, how to choose a suitable tyre for your vehicle? First of all, you need to select the right tyre based on the model of the car. For example, if your car model is sporty BMW 3 Series Model , then your tyre need to be tubeless tyre as this type of tyre is sporty and speedy which is suitable for that sporty car. You need to identify the model of your car, whether it is luxurious or sporty car and, you select a tyre that is match the performance of the car.

You need to choose the tyre based on its size. Tyre has different sizes. You can observe a series of number on the sidewall of the tyre. Let’s see an example. The dimension of 205/65R15 94V. The “205” symbolizes the width of the tyre. The “65” symbolizes the aspect ratio. The “R” means construction of tyre. The “15” means the diameter of the rim. The “94” means load and “V” means speed. Therefore, there are numerous sizes of tyre which is suitable for different vehicles. Different dimensions will be used in different performance of the car such as sport, luxury and so on. For instance, dimension 305/30R19 102Y is suitable for high-performance car.

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