Tyre Education
Learn about tyre history, technology, safety standards, and terminology.
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Car & Van Tyre Load Ratings
The Load Rating of a tyre tells you how much weight a single tyre can carry. The table below shows you how much weight can be carried for each load rating. Load Index Load in kg Load Index Load in kg...
Car Tyre Terminology
There are a lot of confusing names and terms used in the tyre market and we know that these can cause a lot of confusion along the way. To make you more confident in buying tyres online we have compil...
Car Tyre History
Tyres have come along way since their conception back in the days of the horse and cart and really this wasn't the conception, it was more a wooden wheel with a band of iron wrapped around it, not the...
EU Tyre Labelling
Tyre Labelling Explained From November 2012 all tyres sold in the EU will legally have to carry a uniform tyre label like the one below. The Tyre label will compare three key areas of a tyre: The labe...
Tyre Safety
For the majority of people, tyre safety ranks high on their priorities when buying tyres. Tyres.Online displays the EU tyre labeling information for each of our tyres on the site and this will allow y...
Tyre Technology
Although tyres just look like round rubber rings they are actually a very complex piece of kit. Tyre manufacturers are continually investing to make their tyres the best. Run Flat Tyres One of the mos...