SUV Tires

Overview

When it comes to SUV performance, tires are factually where the rubber meets the road. Regardless of how well your SUV is engineered or how accomplished you may be as a driver, very little will help make your drive safer or better if the tires for your SUV you choose aren’t up to the task. Because of their high weight and the variety of situations they may encounter, choosing the right tires for an SUV is perhaps even more vital than it is for an average car. Proper SUV tire maintenance is an important safety function which is often neglected. The importance of properly maintaining your SUV’s tires cannot be overemphasized. Remember, tires are the only contact between your SUV vehicle and the road.

Here are few rare-known facts about tires. In particular to general highway tires for your daily drive:

1. Understated SUV tires cause the engine to exert harder. It’s like riding a bike with low tires. It’s harder to pedal because of the increased rolling resistance.

2. SUV tires lose air at a rate of about a pound a month, which means if they weren’t checked since the last time you had the vehicle serviced (say 4 months ago), they could be several pounds low.

3. If you are from a cold state, then the cold temperatures affect the air pressure in your SUVs tires. There is a loss of one pound for each ten degrees of temperature drop.

4. Underinflated SUV tires wear faster, and they affect the steering and handling of your SUV vehicle.

5. A tire can lose up to half of its air pressure and not appear to be flat.

6. Gas mileage of your SUV decreases 1% for each 10 lbs of under inflation.

7. You can check SUV tire pressure at any time of the day, as long as the tires have not been driven for a few hours or haven’t been driven for more than a few miles.

8. Be Cautions: Never buy a tire with a lower load index or speed rating than your SUV vehicle’s original tire!

A number of specifics you should know about before you choose the tire for your Off-road ride vehicle.

1. Taller or wider? A taller tire gives more clearance under the differential and chassis. A wider tire (or change in tread pattern) gives you more traction for your SUV vehicle.

2. Four-wheelers frequently put 35″ tires on their trucks because most trails recommend this size or smaller.

3. It’s important to keep in mind that lifting your SUV vehicle also raises its center of gravity, thus increasing your chances for SUV roll-overs.

4. Whenever you go to a larger tire size you should re-gear your front and rear ends to offset the size.

5. Remember when you air down, you are decreasing your ground clearance several inches by reducing the working diameter of the SUV tire. So you will be lowering your gear ratio slightly, as well as making the sidewalls of the tire more vulnerable to damage.

6. Airing down tires is the easiest and most cost effective method of increasing your off-road performance of your SUV vehicle.

7. “All-terrain” (AT) tread performs well under a variety of off-highway conditions and to some extent has closed the street/trail performance gap. The closed tread design is usually quiet on the highway, yet noisier than a street tire, and performs well on rocks, sand, and on the highway.

8. Why do most 4-wheelers drop their tire pressures for the trail? Mostly for increased traction for your SUV vehicle. The downside of low pressure is that your speed is limited.

• SUV Tires PIRELLI SCORPION ATR
• SUV Tires FIRESTONE DESTINATION M/T
• SUV Tires GRABBER HTS