Lincoln Tire Care: Maximizing Safety and Performance

As a Lincoln owner, your daily driving will remain safe, responsive, smooth, and blissfully quiet as long as you take good care of your tires. Diligent tire maintenance needn’t be a hassle, especially with a well-planned schedule at your local Lincoln dealership. Let’s look at the absolute musts of proper tire upkeep in any car.

Rotate Your Tires Frequently

Steering, braking, and accelerating each put a different kind of strain on particular tires. This leads to uneven wear patterns that can cause problems over time unless corrected with tire rotations. For most drivers, twice a year rotations will keep their tires safely uniform in wear and size.

Always Ensure Optimal PSI

Tires also tend to gradually lose air pressure, which is potentially hazardous and tough on your suspension and connected components. Regular monthly air pressure checks will make sure your tires never become under-inflated. Over-inflation is also a danger to avoid, particularly during our swelteringly hot Texan summers when the heat expands air inside tires.

Measure and Correct Tire Alignment

As you drive, little bumps and jolts slowly accumulate, pushing the suspension slightly out of position. This misaligns the tires, which can possibly hinder handling and steering. To combat this, it’s advisable to have your tire alignment measured twice a year and fixed whenever necessary. 

Balance Your Tires as Required

Tires often come with or develop minor imperfections in how evenly they’re weighted at every point of the treads. You can fix this by asking a technician to balance your tires, which involves attaching tiny weights to the rims at certain points. 

Inspect Your Tires for Damage

Sharp objects on the road can cut or puncture tires. Sometimes the damage isn’t immediately apparent, but the tire is still weakened. With this in mind, regularly inspect your tires for gashes, bulges, large cracks, and other signs of damage. 

Keep an Eye on the Tread Depth

Each time you check your tires, also measure the tread depths. The depths of your tire treads should never be allowed to drop below 2/32 of an inch. Once a tire nears 2/32 of an inch, it’s time to replace it. 

Need Urgent Tire Maintenance? Visit Our Lincoln Dealership Today

When it comes to inspecting tires, nothing beats an expert eye. Whatever kind of tire trouble you’re experiencing, our technicians can promptly diagnose and remedy the issue, installing a new set of four if needed. Given how crucial tires are for overall vehicle performance, comfort, and safety, it’s best not to delay having problematic tires rotated, aligned, balanced, or replaced. 

Visit Bayway Lincoln in Houston, TX, today for quick, courteous vehicle servicing. We believe in delivering a luxurious customer experience, whether you need maintenance, repairs, or a new all-American luxury car. 

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