Must the tires change in winter?

The question that we rise to ourselves in this engine blog it can have a very rapid answer, according to whom he answers it. There will be the one who says flatly that yes, since they are supporters of using a few tires in winter and others in summer. But before the question: must the tires change in winter? there will be the one who says that it does not need. Then: what do we do?

The practice of changing the tires in winter is a habit that has not spread in Spain, but there are sectors that advise to do it, and give you a series of reasons for it, which happen for a better conservation.

Precisely as for conservation of the tires in winter, if finally you decide to change them, there is a series of advices that you must continue:

- They must keep clean: it is necessary to wash and to allow to dry the tires and the rims before storing them. The light of the sun can accelerate the life of the gum turning it fragile and fragile. Also it is important to avoid any contact with oil, gasoline, fat or other dissolvers.

- To increase lightly the pressure of the tire during the storage period.

- To mark the position of the tire: it is suitable to mark the position in every tire with a chalk piece in order that, in the following change, every tire is mounted again in the same wheel in which it was (DD = right forward, I GAVE = left forward, etc.).

- To verify the profile of depth of the tires: the European law passes that the legal depth minimum is 1.6 mm.

The practice of changing the tires and some have for the winter and others for the summer it is advisable, since the changes of temperature and the climatological conditions can affect to the life of the tire. Nevertheless, although it is an advisable practice, very few drivers realize it, since he supposes an expense of tires (you must have at least eight) and of time considerable, since every six months it is necessary to change them.

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1. How to Take care of the Tires
2. Motives for changing the tires
3. Maintenance of the tires of the car