If you are shopping brake rotors and keep hearing about two-piece designs, the short version is this: a one-piece rotor is cast as a single solid iron piece, while a two-piece rotor splits the design into an outer iron friction ring and a lightweight aluminum center hat. For most street-driven cars the one-piece rotor is … Read more
If you drive 90 percent or more on pavement, highway terrain tires are the better pick for daily driving: they are quieter, they roll further on a tank of fuel, and their tread lasts longer. If a regular slice of your year is spent on gravel, snow, or dirt, all-terrain tires buy you traction and … Read more
To tell how old a tire is, find the DOT code on the sidewall and read the last four digits: the first two are the week of manufacture (01-52) and the last two are the year. A code ending in 2419 means the tire was built in the 24th week of 2019. Tread depth tells … Read more