I have 2004 Honda Civic SD4 . i bought it brand new. I have put 48000 miles on it so far.
When should i get the tyres changed.
2006-08-25 07:01:31 · 9 answers · asked by ashu 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
That depends on how you drive it. My uncle sold a Honda with over 90,000 miles on it and it still had the original tires. He drives very conservatively. I've seen cars go through tires in less than 5000 miles when driven very hard.
Just keep an eye on the tread. One easy way to tell when it is getting low is to put a penny upside down in the tire tread. If you can see the top of Lincoln's head then it's definately time for new tires.
Rotating the tires as frequently as you get your oil changed can help make them wear more evenly and last longer.
2006-08-25 07:06:59 · answer #1 · answered by lepninja 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, you should visually inspect you tires before you drive anywhere... if there are any visual defects or you see anything along the tread like wear bars or something thats NOT part of the tire, change it right away. Ok, tires usually run about 40K - 80K miles before the wear on them is so great that they need to be repalced (Depends on type / value of tire and under normal use conditions). Take a depth guage or short ruler (in the US we also use a penny) and measure in one of the tread grooves to the top of the tread. It should be more than 1/16th of an inch. (about 2 mm). If it's less, go tire shopping. If you can, change them in a complete set (all 4 tires). Hope this helps.
2006-08-25 07:35:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are probably due, but it isn't LEGALLY necessary until you have less than two thirty-seconds of an inch in tread.
Easiest way to see is either the wear safety bars that run laterally across the entire tread (if you can see them across the tread, replace the tires) or place a penny with the head of President Lincoln into the tread, if you can see the top of his head, it is time for replacements.
But beyond that, if they are showing wear, winter is coming in a couple of months, and NOW might be the best time. You have a little while to plan ahead, and look for tire sales.
If you find that you do need to replace them, replace them two at a time (or ALL of them) but match the tire design and preferably manufacturer side to side per axle.
2006-08-25 07:12:00 · answer #3 · answered by Ironhand 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on YOUR driving style, not the car.
Most countries legally you must change the tyres when the tread grooves are 1.2 mm deep. To make it easy to spot, at the bottom of the grooves (at about 4 places round the tyre) there is a raised area this much higher than the rest. Therefore if that is showing it's time to change. If you live in a very rainy area, it's probably better to change a bit earlier, say with 2 mm of tread, to avoid aquaplaning on wet roads.
If you haven't rotated your tyres you may not need to change all of them at the same time.
2006-08-25 07:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by millowner87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a rule you should rotate your tires around every 7,500 miles and keep the air pressure checked and kept up to within 5 P.S.I. of the tire manufactures spec's witch are on the sidewall somewhere. If you run then softer you won 't get as much life but you will get a soother ride,so that's up to you. So as far as when to replace them goes that's when they start showing signs of abnormal wear and getting down to no tread left on them. There is also several places where a tire shop or garage tat knows about measuring tread depth with a tread depth indicator tool,I believe when you get down to 2/32 of tread is when they will fail inspection. Hope that helps you some.
2006-08-25 07:56:41 · answer #5 · answered by T K 32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you are there right now 2/32" TREAD LEFT check in three places across each tyre do you notice the tread wear indicator raised places between the treads when those come in contact with the road tires are really done. If you live where it rains a lot do tires with 3/32 tread to prevent aquaplaining sliding skidding wrecking
2006-08-25 07:11:05 · answer #6 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you need to change the tires now, especially before winter or rainy season I had tires with that Manny miles and when it rained I skidded I don't even want to talk about snow I got the middle of the road tires and they cost me 400. bucks my car is bigger than yours it should cost about 300 bucks for you I had my tires filled with nitrogen had no problems what so ever with the nitrogen it works great ,also a key note ask how many miles each tire has when you buy them I did mine will last 2 years the distance I drive each day.
2006-08-25 07:15:17 · answer #7 · answered by stefania_n2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issue is not the type of car you have but the type of tires you have. With normal use most tired these days can easily get 70,000 miles of use out of them. I probably shouldn't have tried to answer this particular question because I am unfamilar with the exact tire used on this car (assuming you have the original manufacture's - Honda on most of there cars like's to go with Michellene's and you should still have nearly a year of life left on these tires).
2006-08-25 07:09:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at the tire, and on the sudewall there are little diamonds indicating the "wear bar" of the tire is. if you look at the wear bar and it is wearing as much as the tread then you need to get them changed. Don't second guess this, once the ware bars show the tire can not work as designed in the rain or snow because it can not disipate the moisture............be safe
2006-08-25 07:27:37 · answer #9 · answered by george m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋