Have you noticed your tires turning a brown color? They could be “blooming”. Just like tire cracking and dry-rot, tire-blooming is common on vehicles that don’t get driven much. That’s usually because the tire manufacturer used an additive, antiozonant, in the tire’s rubber — Antiozonant protects the tire against dry-rot, ozone, and weather-cracking, but on […]
Every day for 25 years I’ve been helping drivers with slow-leaking and flat tires, from the emergency side-of-the-road flat to the slow leak they’ve been adding air to for months. If your tire looks low or your TPMS light is on, get it checked out the right way — small problems can lead to big […]
If you have seen cracks on the sidewalls or between the treads of your tires, it may be dry-rot and that’s not good. When is it time to replace cracked tires? Check out this handy chart from Michelin — Just like us tires weather and age, their rubber becomes brittle, breaking down and creating cracks […]