Everything you NEED to know about Car Tires!

A Professional car mechanic shares everything you need to know about Car Tires from tire basics to how to choose the best tires for your car and tire problems you should know about.

In this video I share with you everything I learned over a long career with Toyota on Car Tires. Tires have the biggest impact on how a car drives. Most people take tire decisions lightly but it is one of the most important decisions for a car. From driving experience to flat safety! This is the kind of information that I believe every car owner should know. Even if you don't work on cars this information will give you knowledge to navigate your way through shops.

These are things you need to know about Car Tires before you buy tires, While you own them and before you service them.

We'll start the video with some tire basics. Explaining the tire sizes, speed rating and weight rating. Then we'll dig into the main dish of the video. How to choose the best tires for your car?

Later in the video we'll cover some common tire problems including ones you might have never heard of before.

Then we'll cover some tire service information.

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0:00 Intro
0:31 Tire Basics
3:37 Tire Age Identification
5:24 How to choose the best tires for your car?
9:42 Winter Vs. Summer Vs All season tires
12:17 Tire Problems
22:00 Tire Service
25:46 Where should you buy your tires?

[quimiqenglish]

He called me "an awesome viewer".
This deserves an awesome like!

[harryrichardson]

Never thought I would spend 30 minutes watching a video about tyres (English spelling), however you made it really interesting, thank you.

[spyderlogan]

I thought I knew most everything about tires: Wrong. The best 30 minute presentation on the subject on the web. All content, no fluff. Thanks Mr. CCN~!

[mrnoedahl]

I remember driving a 1970s Chevy Chevette. No air, no power anything. No power steering. And I had bias tires on it. I went to put new radial tires on and it was like a miracle. It’s as if I installed power steering. It was so much better in every way. Radial tires was a gigantic leap in performance and safety.
Thank you for your video. Monster mechanic.

[BruceLlE]

CCN has a good heart educating all uneducated for free. Just bought my 2023 Venza and I’ve been binge watching your videos. God bless you!

[NoName-tzji]

The absolute best tires I ever bought were black and round. I will definitely buy again.

[BartMan]

I drive a 2006 Lexus LS430 and I am on my 2nd set of 's Discount Tire brand Yokohama YK740s and I LOVE them. IMHO, these Yokahamas rides are just as good as any high-priced Michelins.

[graham]

I used to work at a large tire warehouse and we always stored them stacked on top of one another, e.g. 3x3 stacked 4 or 5 high on pallets (varied depending on tire size). For out of season tires (e.g. winter tires in the summer) we'd stack the pallets directly on the pallet below in 50 foot high wobbly towers of tire pallets. So the tires at the bottom would have hundreds of pounds of weight resting on them. We'd occasionally come to work in the morning and find one of the towers had fallen over and we'd have to restack them.

Additionally, all of our tires would arrive in containers, mostly from overseas (China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, etc). They would be "laced" together to fit the largest number per container. Since the transport takes months, they'd often come out warped and take a couple days to get back to a normal shape, especially if it was really hot out and they had been roasting in the sun for a while. AFAIK tire lacing is the standard way to transport tires as it's more efficient and they're much more stable. Works best for car tires.

For tire stores, they only store tires on a rack for presentation or ease of access. Tires they aren't going to use right away will be stacked out back or offsite. When a shop has hundreds of tires they can't afford to have a massive area dedicated to racks of tires stored as shown in this video.

The idea that a tire would be manufactured and then stored upright on a rack at the factory, in the shipping container, in the warehouse, on trucks, and at a tire store seems extremely unlikely.

[tonynguyen]

You are the man! I send all of your videos to my friends and family. I was changing my oil on my rav4 v6 at every 8K to 10K, now I'm doing it at every 5K you make a lot sense.

[bear]

At the 9 minute mark:-
hard tyres (I am from Downunder), wear out slower, are harsher to drive on, don't handle well in the wet, are prone to crack more in hotter climates, don't grip the road well
soft tyres, wear out faster, are softer to drive on, handle better in the wet, retain the oil so they are less susceptible to cracking, grip the road better. I used to be a mechanic.
Next time you want to buy cheap tyres and drive at the speed limit, just think this; all that is making an imprint on the road is 4 palm prints, that is all the tyre size is on the road!

p.s. I love watching these vids, as I can never remember what those numbers mean

[kitko]

1. If a tire sits in proper storage (inside), it does not deterioriate. It's the exposure to elements and mostly UV light that makes rubber go 'bad'. But a 5 year old tire from storage will be perfectly good.
2. Car manufacturers often put tires made specificaly for them on their cars. The retail version of the tire that came on the car is likely to be different compared to the OEM tire - even if it sports the same name. There would be tiny differences in thread, compound, etc. but it will be a different tire. Just a set of Michelins and you're good.
3. In most Europe, winter tires are mandated from November to March. Which is why many people, myself included, have two sets of wheels - summer set and winter set. Tire shops would usually store them for you at a small fee.
4. The collateral benefit is that when they swap your wheels they will balance them. So you would always have balanced wheels - it adds like a $1 to the bill.
5. Another collateral benefit - you can easily rotate wheels between the axles. Front tires go to the rear one, and vice versa. Why? Front tires wear faster on a front wheel drive car (most cars).
6. ALWAYS follow the manufacturer's figures for tire pressure, maybe go 10% above. This results in even wear - the thread wears evenly and the tire lasts longer.
7. If you need to replace ONE tire that's been used for a couple of years... replace the other one on the axle too. Combining a new and worn tire on an axle will affect driving, braking, stability....

[daltonknox]

My impression is that manufacturers often put very cheap tires on new vehicles. My 2001 Tundra came with Dunlop ATs which lasted 24K miles. I replaced them with Michelins which were expensive, but lasted 65K miles and improved gas consumption by 1mpg. Looking at my cars, truck, bicycles and motorcycles I seem to end up with Michelin or Continental.

[johntheaccountant]

There was an obsession in the early 2000s for low profile tyres.
People don't seem to realise that:
1) the ride gets harder and often uncomfortably hard.
2) handling might be better but you then get more scrub on the tyres and they wear out much faster
3) they often bottom out on pot holes and damage the wheels (damage rims, crack the alloy) and I have even seen cases where it has damaged the chassis (VW was quite common).

[thomasnunley]

I love your videos! As someone who has worked in the rubber and tire industry for 30 years I need to comment on a couple of issues. Softer rubber compounds handle better but have a shorter life. Harder compounds don't handle as well be have a longer life. The same is true for wet traction. Softer=better wet traction. Harder=worse wet traction. The objective is to find the right balance. The 5 to 7 year age is correct but not always for the reason you stated. Dry rotting does happen but it is due to leaving the tires exposed to the elements and sun. Tires that are in garages or covered usually don't experience dry rot in that period of time. The 5 to 7 year rule is normally because the adhesives used when manufacturing the tire begin to break down in that 5 to 7 years time. That will lead to ply separations. Keep up the great content

[ped]

I appreciate how much info you put into your videos. Lately, I've been watching them like Saturday morning cartoons!

[fakcofee]

Also about the balance:

If you feel the vibration in the steering wheel, it’s your front tires unbalanced. If you feel the vibration in pedals or the bottom of your car, rear tires out of balance.

Also, road force machines can check if you have a serious problem with a tire, but they can’t balance your tire any differently.

Also I would never try to save money on tires on a Toyota

[H.pylori]

Have been driving for 60 years and never bothered to learn this information. Luckily I always bought tires the same as the OEM. Thanks for the video.

[oriondragos]

I remember taking some auto classes in community college and learned about load index, UTQG, aspect ratio, mfr. date stamp, different wear patterns. I think it’s to everyone’s benefit to take a couple auto courses in school, you can learn to DIY and diagnose certain issues and not get taken to the cleaners by dishonest mechanics. Great videos as always AMD!

[GypsyGuyy]

im gonna come back to this when i think need tires. Just got my first car. I'm so glad youtube exists and there's folks like you that have made awesome videos. its so easy

[Starman-ytlj]

Thanks for pointing out an often overlooked fact about tire age. Old tires can be dangerous, even if there’s still plenty of tread. Most experts agree the safe life of a tire is about six years. Excellent video AMD!