How to check tire pressure and how to check tire wear

Tire pressure and tire wear are very important things people should know how to check on their car. One because it can save you money and save you from having a blown tire and be broke down on the side of the road. These are a simple thing to do on your car, and today I’m going to explain how to do check them for those people who don’t know how to or have an idea but just want to be 100% sure they have it right.


The first thing you’re going to want to do is go to a parts store or a tool store and pick up two tools and that’s it and those tools are:

1.      Tire Pressure Gauge

2.      Tire Depth Gauge

These two tools are inexpensive I believe the tire depth gauge is 3 bucks and the same with the pressure gauge. Okay once you have these two tools you're ready to start checking your tires out.

How to Check Tire Pressure

This probably doesn’t seem too hard its like filling a bicycle tire but the only problem is you cant see what the recommended tire pressure is for the tire its not on the tire its self but when you open your driver side door there should be a sticker and on that sticker is the tire pressure in KPI and PSI your going to want to use the PSI. Now that you have what your tires should be set at you go around and check all the tires. If they need to be filled up, go to the local gas station and you can fill them up there.

How to Check Tire Depth

Checking tire depth isn't as bad as it sounds you have the tool and there’s a bunch of numbers on it, what you’re going to do is push the numbers down then put it in a grove on the tire tread and let the numbers go up and when its stops you read the number on it and the legal minimum tire depth is allowed to be is 2/32" anything lower than this you legally can't drive it on the road. This may seem silly since when cops pull you over they don’t sit there and check the depth of your tire tread but this is a safety issue anything lower than this and you could have a tire blow out and hurt you or someone else while driving.