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TIRE GUY

Hi! Welcome to tire-information-world.com™.

Around here, I'm known as "Tireguy," and I'm here to tell you what you want to know about those round black things on your car's wheels.

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tire guy lftNot everything here is serious, straight laced information. There are some fun areas, too. Some of my favorites are:
 

  • A place for you to show-off your favorite vehicle. I'd love to see your vehicle so I've made a place where you can create your own web page on this site with a photo of your special set of wheels.
  • Fun Facts about tires. A collection of tire trivia, where you can add your own bits of tire lore.
  • Want a laugh? Visit our tire funnies page

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Table of Contents

Tips on buying tires
buying tires can be a difficult thing at times even for the professional and a horrifying experience for the first time buyer. This guide will help you simplify the job and inform you of what you need to know

Tire advice on Care and Use
Tire advice: How to make your tires last and keep your car safe.

Tips on tire types
tire types: Should You Purchase Discount Rims

About buying tires online
tires online: Things you may want to know before you shop for tires online

Tire information and tips
tire information: Articles about an assortment of tire-related topics and information not generally found in other places. If you've looked 'there' and haven't found it, it's time to look here!

Tire Humor -- the lighter side of tires
Tire humor: not everything about tires is black

Tire Forums
Tire Forum cover a variety of topics from the very serious to the light-hearted.

4x4 truck tires
4x4 truck tires: big boys that still like to play in the sand

Deciphering tire terminology
tire terminology: Tire terms and what they mean to a tire user

Kansas City Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Kansas City

Los Angeles Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Los Angeles

Mesa Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Mesa

Milwaukee Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Milwaukee

Minneapolis Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Minneapolis

Oakland Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Oakland

Oklahoma City Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Oklahoma City

Philadelphia Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Pittsburgh

Portland Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Portland

Fresno Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Fresno

Houston Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Houston

Tires-facts and trivia
What is a tire...Do you really know?

Tire history in brief
tire history: Where and when were tires invented

The Essentials of tire traction
Tire traction: understanding how your tire holds the road could save your life

Bridgestone Firestone
Bridgestone Firestone

Continental AG
Continental AG

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

DOT codes
DOT Codes --Code Sort

DOT codes
DOT Codes --Company Sort

DOT codes
DOT Codes --Location Sort

Dunlop Tyres
Dunlop Tyres

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Maxxis
Maxxis Tires

List of tire makers
tire makers: A list of companies that produce tires.

Belshina Tires
Belshina Tires

Corker Tires
Corker Tires

Daehan Tires
Daehan Tires

General Tire
General Tire company

Gislaved däck
Gislaved däck

B.F. Goodrich
BF Goodrich

Hankook Tire
Hankook Tire Group

Michelin Tire
Michelin Tire Company

Kumho Tire
Kumho Tire Company

Tips on tire balancing
tire balancing: Most everything you need to know about keeping your tires in great shape

The components of a tire
tire components:

Tire Brands
Tire Brands: A listing of tire brands to identify manufacturers.

Tips to controlling inflation pressure
Tire Information World's guide to inflation pressure

Your Tire Experience -- Tell the great stories and encourage others to give us great deals and service by telling what we like
Great tire experience stories

Tire treadwear -- evaluate tires before and after purchase
Treadwear rating a valuable tool. How to use tire treadwear in comparing tires for purchase or performance evaluation, price comparison, and expected mileage

Tire Trivia
Fun facts and tire trivia tire trivia: A collection of miscellaneous tire-related stories, ideas, thoughts, musings, even music, if you wish!

Yokohama Tires
Yokohama Rubber -- 7th largest tire manufacturer in the world

Tire sidewall deterioration -- a tire's silent killer
If you love your tires, keeping them in the dark will prevent tire sidewall deterioration

About your Passion and about Site Build It
Build your own website like tire information world? Use Site Build It!

Levels of tire protection
Consumer tire protection comes in different guises. Learn what they are and increase the value of your tire purchases.

Tips on getting along with tire dealer
A tire dealer can help keep your driving adventures where and when you want them

Everything Tires ... tire information for buyers, sellers and others
Tires. Clear, straight tire information for cars, trucks, trailers, golf carts, planes, motorcycles. How buyers get great value, how sellers give great value. Everything tires here

Información acerca Neumáticos
Todo sobre neumaticos

Classic tire wear problems help uncover vehicle problems
Tire wear problems are often symptoms of other problems...

Tire Rotation
Tire rotation not only increases tire life -- it might extend your's too!

Tire consumer table of contents of tire-information-world.com
List of the tire pages useful to the tire consumer such as passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, and others published on tire-information-world.com

Importance of Tire Pressure
Tire Pressure is the most important factor in preserving tires

Tire Pressure
Correct Tire Pressure increases useful tire life

Tire wear problems provide important information to you
Tire wear problems are often symptoms of other problems...

Tire wear problems offer clues to mechanical problems of a car, and serve as an early warning system if regularly inspected
Your car's defects are revealed in its tire wear problems

Tire Tread Tips
Regular inspection of tread is vital to tire care

Nokian Tires
Corporate information about Nokian Tires

Useful tire links
websites offering other infomation about tires and related topics

Alignment the female perspective
Alignment from the female perspective

Tire Balancing
Tire Balancing from the female perspective

Tires from the viewpoint of today's woman
Question and views of tires from the female perspective

Tire inflation
Inflation pressure from the female perspective

Safety and tires: The female point of view.
The safety check of tires from the female perspective

Tire Pressure from the female perspective
How keeping the proper tire pressure can affect your life

Tire Rotation from a female perspective
Tire rotation can lengthen the life span and even out the wear of your tires

Tire Wear
Tire wear from a female perspective

Tread
Caring for tire tread from the female perspective.

Treadwear
The female perspective--using treadwear to compare value

Using Treadwear -- Part II
The female perspective--using treadwear to compare value with a handy calculator tool

Questions the girls ask about tires
Information and questions which female drivers ask about tires

Tire Questions Part I
Typical Questions about tires from female drivers

Typical Tire Questions II
Typical Questions and Answers about tires from female users

Tire Questions part III
Questions and answers about tires

Tire Questions Part IV
Tire Questions and Answers Part IV

The Essentials of Coker tires
Coker Tires

All terrain Tires
Choosing all terrain tires on line can be a challenge which we can help you overcome.

The hot world of ATV tires and wheels
about ATV tires and wheels and the exciting off road world they open up

Special Tips
a collection of special tips and tidbits which are too good to keep hidden away

ATV Mud Tires
About atv mud tires, what makes them special and why they're necessary

Automobile tires
Automobile tires today are a long shot from what they were not so long ago but some basic knowlege still goes a long way.

Tire Humor
Tire repair - Humor

Tire Change Video
A funny video about changing tires

Tire Change Video
A funny video about changing tires

Tire Change Video
A funny video about changing tires

Tire Change Video
How the ladies change a tire

Tire Change Video
A funny video about changing tires

Tire Change Video
A funny video about changing tires

Tire Change Video
A funny video about changing tires

Tire Humor Forum
Tires can be funny too, here's where you can share your chuckles with others

Tire Change Video
How to change a tire according to Angelina James.

Tire Markings
Tire Markings: How to read the writing that's on the wall ... the tire's sidewall

Tire Concerns Forum
Our Tire Concerns forum deals with all matters which matter to you whether it's a question, a problem, an issue which you belive needs social or government action

Dangers Associated with Driving on Damaged Tires
Damaged tires present a variety of dangers for the driver, passengers and the vehicle

Damaged Tires and their Repairs
Damaged tires and the solutions you can use

Solutions to Damaged Tires
Damaged tires don't have to be a disaster. Tips and ideas to keep you safe

Light Truck Tires are used on more than trucks
Making the right choice in light truck tires can be easy when you ask the right questions.

Military tires: A necessary evil or a hugh boondoggle?
Military tires are one key example of changing tire needs in todays ecological environment

Run-Flat Tires
Run-flat tires: are they the perfect solution for people who hate flat tires?

Tire Humor
Blown out Tire - Humor

Canadian tire
humor - canadian tire

Antique tires Part II
Where do you find antique tires like whitewalls and redlines?

Canadian tire
humor - canadian tire

Wheelbarrow Freestyle
humor - Wheelbarrow Freestyle

Tire Humor
Changing a Tire - Humor

Tire Humor - flat tire
Flat tire - humor

RollerBlading
humor - RollerBlading

A potential disaster involving Utility trailer tires
Utility trailer tires: They need love and care, too

Tire Humor
flat tire - Humor

Street bike
humor - Street bike

Tire Humor
flat tire - Humor

Tire Humor
Snow tires - Humor

The Essentials of Farm tractor tires
Farm tractor tires: are radials the future for farming or just so much hot air?

Tire Humor
Company Cars - Humor

flat tire
humor - flat tire

Firestone Slogan
humor - Firestone Slogan

flat tire
humor - flat tire

flat tire
humor - flat tire

flat tire
humor - flat tire

flat tire
humor - flat tire

flat tire
humor - flat tire

Canadian tire
humor - front tire

The Essentials of lawn mower tires
are lawn mower tires serious business or a sign of too much spare time?

Spare Tire
humor - Spare Tire

Detroit Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Detroit

Tire Sale
humor - Tire Sale

tire tread
humor - tire tread

The Essentials of Lawn tractor tires
Lawn tractor tires for people with big lawns or big wallets?

The Essentials of Michelin off-road tires
Michelin off-road tires: Is Michelin the King or just a fancy pretender?

The Essentials of off road tires
off road tires: What an enthusistic off-roader says

The Essentials of scooter tires
scooter tires: Some basic tips for slick little scooters

Super swamper tires take the hard work out of mud
super-swamper-tires: What an informed driver needs to know

Tire Humor - big wheel races
big wheel races - humor -video

Tire Humor - flat tire
Flat tire - humor

Tire Humor - flat tire
flat tire - humor

Tire Humor - front wheel drive
front wheel drive - humor -video

Tire Humor - new tires
new tires cheaper than Walmart- humor

Tire Humor - ski jump tire
ski jump tire - humor -video

Tire Humor - new tires
new tires cheaper than Walmart- humor

Tire Humor - Tires save lives
Tires save lives - humor -video

Tire Humor - unicycle
unicycle - humor -video

The Essentials of 4x4 mud tires
4x4 mud tires: for boys who love to play in the mud

Dallas Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in Dallas

Motorcycle tires: The Essentials
motorcycle tires: keep you tail on the seat and off the road

Motorcycle tires for trail bikes
Motorcycle tires: getting your motorcycle tires to stick to a trail is easy

Motorcycle tires for sport and race
Motorcycle tires: Super bike tires for temporary citizens on guided missiles

Motorcycle tires for tourers and cruisers
Motorcycle tires: are motorcycle tourers and cruisers just a sign of a mid-life crisis?

The Essentials of Car Maintenance
Car Maintenance, and the overall health of your tires

The Essentials of car maintenance
car maintenance: What an informed driver needs to know

The Essentials of Mud Machine Tires
Mud Machine Tires: Is mud machining a serious sport or just grown men pretending to be boys?

The Essentials of Truck mud tires
Truck mud tires: What you need to get you out of a bog hole

The Essentials of Truck mud tires
Truck mud tires: Are they really needed or just an excuse for big boys to play in the mud?

Car rims' vital part in Car Maintenance
car rims: What an informed driver needs to know

KISS the rim and tire
rim and tire: Remember the KISS formula and you'll go far

Columbus Tires
Users tips and selected dealers in Columbus

About trailer tires
trailer tires: What an informed driver needs to know to choose and buy them

B F Goodrich Tires
B F Goodrich Tires: A brief overview of the company and the brand

About Good Year Tires
Good Year Tires: A concise overview of one of the world's oldest and best known tire companies

About Michelin tires
Michelin tires: a brief summary of the company and its most well-known trademark

The current state of Rubber Recycling
Rubber Recycling: What do you do with hundreds of millions of dead tires?

Bridgeport Tires
Users tips and selected dealers in Bridgeport

Free portable treadwear calculator
The free portable treadwear calculator from tire-information-world

DIY safety check
safety check: Tips and Advice for safer driving and longer tire life

Tire Review Forum
Tire Review Forum: The place where you can learn what other users say about the tires that interest you, or share your experiences with others

The Essentials of Commercial trailer tires wheels
Commercial trailer tires, wheels and you got yourself a convoy

El Paso Tires
Tire user's tips and selected dealers in El Paso

Tire Rack's website
Tire Rack: Some ideas of what you'll find and what to look for when you visit their website

Will Tire Rack give you a good deal?
Tire Rack: Questions and doubts that need to be cleared up before shopping online, or off.

Siping a sophisticated art or pure snake oil?
Siping a practice used by off roaders, and others to improve tire traction

Rim and tire ... keeping them healthy
The Rim and tire are an important couplet in your car's life and good operation. Here's what you need to know.

Tire ratings and tire reviews
Tire ratings: How can you use them when looking for the best tires for your needs?

About tire reviews
Tire Reviews are an important aid to buying new or replacement tires.

All About plus sizing
plus sizing: If you're going to consider it, this is what it's all about

Shopping for discount rims
discount rims: For the first-time buyer, some tips and precautions for the best deal

Tips on Snapper Lawn Mower Tires
Snapper Lawn Mower Tires: You think just any old tire will work for a lawn mower?

Tire Brands and Makers
Tire Brands and Makers: A quick way to discover what you need to know about the worlds tire brands and manufacturers.

Pirelli tires
Pirelli tires: brief profile of one of the worlds major tire companies

Toyo Tires
Toyo Tires: also operating in the US as Nitto Tires, is one of Japans major tire companies

ATV tires cheap
ATV tires cheap: What to look for, what to get

tire tracks forum
tire tracks: A visual collection of images, designs, and visual concepts related to tires

tire tracks beach
tire tracks beach: Another classic area for producing dramatic photos.

tire tracks dishes
tire tracks dishes: Would you eat off these plates?

tire tracks rings
tire tracks rings: Even jewelry can be dramatically influenced by tire design.

Tire tracks rug
tire tracks rug: Interesting rug design

tire tracks snow
tire tracks snow: Snow and tires can produce some interesting effects.

Tire Show Off
tire show off: The place to show off your hot car, truck or favorite vehicle.

Contact Us
Contact Us: for comments,suggestions or complaints about Tire-Information-World.com

How to change a tire
How to change a tire: a serious video on how to do it.

Tire Stud Regulations
Tire Stud Regulations: Summary Table of Regulations in different Jurisdictions.

Tire suppliers section of tire-information-world.com
Essential information for people and businesses on the supply side of the tire world. Suppliers, retailers, wholesalers, professionals, careers, tools, businesses and services for the tire trade.

Studded tire report
Studded tire report: Summary of an extensive study conducted by the state of Washington on the effectiveness of studded tires.

Commercial truck tires
Commercial truck tires: Maintaining a commercial fleet for maximum profit requires some basic steps.

America's Tire Company
America's Tire Company, Discount Tire Company and Discount Tire Direct: three companies in one.

Discount Tire Company
Discount Tire Company, America's Tire Company and Discount Tire Direct ... 3 operations in 1.

Discount Tire Direct
Discount Tire Direct: The mail order division of Discount Tire Company.

Discount Tire Direct
Discount Tire Direct: Thoughts on ordering suspension modification kits

Tire Warehouse Inc.
Tire Warehouse: A well established regional tire and auto parts dealer

Nitrogen inflation for tires
nitrogen inflation: justified or just-a-waste?

4 wheeler tires
4 wheeler tires: Whether you're talking 4 wheelers, quads, or ATV's tires are an essential to have and to care for.

Discount tire coupons
Discount tire coupons: Ideas of how to use them for even greater value for your money

SBI Experience
SBI Experience: A revealing personal account of experience with a top selling web building package.

About Us
About Us: A look under the lid of Tire Information World.com.

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