Car tyres are exposed to extreme conditions daily and due to this, they incur serious damages. Even if you drive your tyre cautiously it may incur damages, actually due to old age and recurrent punctures. However, by knowing about the different types of tyre damages, you could easily prevent them from happening, by taking adequate measures at the right time. You should visit the Car Repair Birmingham centre in case your vehicle faces damages. Punctures Even if your car tyre has durable rubber, there are sharp nails, stones and debris on the road, which can penetrate your tyre’s wall and can cause punctures. If these things get deep inside your tyre and cause serious damage, then you will need to replace them as soon as possible. You can also use the spare tyre for replacement. Sometimes, puncture happens when the valve caps are not tightly fitted or they have fallen off, allowing air to escape from the tyre. Therefore, you should always keep spare valve caps to replace them. To prevent puncture, you must keep a regular check on the air pressure level of your tyre. Make sure it is neither overinflated nor underinflated, as both conditions will not be good for your tyres. Cracks When car tyres are exposed to sunlight for a long time, the UV rays present in them makes the rubber compound hard. Due to this hardness, tyres became vulnerable to cuts and cracks. However, one may choose to ignore minor cuts and shallow cracks, but deep cracks can have a serious impact on car tyres. Therefore, if you detect any such cracks in your car tyres, you should visit the nearest service centre. Wearing Of Tread When the car tyres age or if they have been running on rough terrains regularly, their tread patterns gradually start wearing off. This problem can be dangerous when you are going on long trips. Tyre’s tread plays a very important role while driving. They maintain a proper grip on the road and improve traction with the road to provide you with an excellent level of performance and handling. They ensure your safety with reduced braking distance. The optimum tread depth is 1.6 millimetres. If it gets below 1.6mm, this indicates that the tyre’s tread has worn off and you need new tyres. Therefore, you must make a habit of checking the tread depth of your tyres frequently. This wear may happen due to reckless driving on off roads and can cause serious handling and braking issues, resulting in serious accidents. There are different types of irregular tread wear, which you can notice on your car tyres, like heel and toe wear, centre wear and one-sided wear. Heel And Toe Wear - Such wear happens when any one of the tyre’s tread blocks gets worn off due to excessive rolling resistance. One-Sided Wear - This type of wear is caused due to the wrong alignment of wheels. Tread patterns of tyres wear down more on the side towards which the wheels are misaligned. Center Wear - When tyres are overinflated, it causes the wearing of tread on the centre of the tyre. To prevent this wear in your car tyre, ensure that they have perfect air pressure in them. Tyre Burst The most dangerous type of damage is the tyre burst. This happens when the structure of the tyre and its stability is not maintained. In this condition, tyres lose the potential to hold air inside them and eventually burst open to release the air trapped inside them. Tyre bursts happen due to underinflation of the car tyres. Sometimes, because of many potholes on the road, tyre blowouts happen. Moreover, this can also be caused due to serious damages to the tyre’s sidewalls. These are the most common types of tyre damages that you can find on your car tyres. If you see any of these damages on your car tyres, get your tyres replaced as soon as possible at HLR Tyres.