Tires
BMW Recalling 2011 X5 And X6
A report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association says that BMW is recalling an unknown number of X5 and X6 SUVs over incorrect tire pressure labels. According to Inside Line, NHTSA claims not only are the pressures wrong, but the wheel sizing is off as well. “The vehicles are equipped with 20-inch wheels, but…
Yokohoma Pumps Up Tire Safety Week With 6-Part Video Series
To help promote Tire Safety Week (which is on right now), Yokohama Tire Corporation has released a series of short educational videos on its website and YouTube. To start things off with a bang, the first video features off-road racing champion and TV commentator Cameron Steele discussing the importance of properly inflated tires. “Consumer awareness…
Toyo Tires Launches iPhone/iPod Touch Tire Fitment Guide
A first in the tire industry, Toyo Tires has just released an online tire fitment guide that’s compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch. The guide includes information on proper tire sizes, inflation pressures and premium replacement products. The Tire Finder program — located at http://tirefinder.toyotires.com/ — recognizes an iPhone or iPod Touch and formats…
Spring For All-Seasons, Tips for Changing Your Tires
Spring means a lot of things. Cleaning your home from top to bottom. Putting the parkas away until the next snow fall. Switching over from the furnace to air conditioning. But one thing you may not have thought of is taking off your winter tires and putting on the all-seasons. You may be tempted to…
Tokyo Auto Salon 2010: Toyo Tires IS-F
Showing off Toyo Tires’ Proxes C1S rubber was a Lexus IS-F sporting a very innovative vinyl wrap. From far the car looked to be a matte silver, but up close the wrap has a brushed aluminum theme. Another interesting piece to this IS-F was the Hamann styling. Famous for tuning European automobiles, it seems as…
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