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During my years at the service counter costumers who purchased tires often asked me, “Do I have to have them balanced?” followed by, “Does it need an alignment too?” I understand why consumers ask ...

When it comes to auto maintenance, there's a lot that goes into keeping your car in solid condition for the long haul. With regular and frequent service items — like engine oil replacements, tire ...

The most important pieces of real estate on your car are those four small contact patches that grip the road: your tires. Those few square inches of rubber determine just about everything. Tires ...

Being able to road-drive an extreme 4x4 is what separates capable rigs from glorified side-by-sides. However, road-driving any very capable off-road rig with big, heavy, and durable tires can pose ...

Just like camshafts and the super-size-me option at your local burger stand, everybody defaults to "bigger is badder," and nothing abuses that statement more than fat tires and wheels. We'll look at ...

Almost everyone I speak to, save for the most rubber-encrusted track rats, all forget that there is an incredibly simple, virtually free way to tune understeer and oversteer on any car. It isn’t ...

The jury is still out on wheel balancing. We now have certified tests that show a small percentage of improvement in fuel efficiency, and balancing has proven to help prevent certain forms of ...

Wheels and tires are a big investment and having the wrong sizes and offsets can look bad and result in costly damage. Wheels and tires can make, or break, a car. We've all seen the otherwise great ...

Having spent the better part of a year installing tires at the Pep Boys in Fredericksburg, Va., I thought I knew a thing or two about how a tire is mounted to a rim. It was my first job after ...

With over 45 years of experience in the wire wheel business, Truespoke® Wire Wheels has seen just about everything that could go wrong with a wire wheel. A common problem they face are receiving calls ...