What is Tire Installation: Routine tire maintenance is important – both to keep your family safe, and to ensure your vehicle’s long lifespan. Always check your owner’s manual to find the right tire size to fit your vehicle’s year, make, and model. New tires should be purchased in sets of 4, or at least in matching groups of two on each axle. This keeps your tire wear even and extends the life of your new tires. You can shop for new tires on our site by size, brand, or vehicle make, model, and year. Browse our extensive stock of new tires, and compare tire specifications and prices before you purchase, to ensure you are getting the best new tires for your needs and budget at Complete Automotive of Richmond.

Why replace your tires: All tire tread has a finite lifespan and begins to wear, eventually creating a potential safety hazard for you and your passengers. Tire wear happens with typical driving, although various other factors such as driving habits, driving conditions, and weather may shorten the life of your tires.

You might need new tires if:

•Your tread is below 4/32", or cannot pass the "penny" test

•Footstep is visibly lowered or flush with the tread bars

•Uneven tread wear

•Bulges, bumps or soft spots on the tire

•Damage to the tire that cannot be mended

Our mechanics at Complete Automotive of Richmond are trained on proper tire installation. New tire installation consists of:

•Checking the lug nuts for wear

•Installing new valve stems

•Mounting the tires

•Correct balancing of the wheels

•Inspecting the disc brake caliper clearance

•Measuring the space between calipers, tires and rims to inspect for potential obstructions

•Tightening lugs to correct torque

When it’s time to replace your tires, contact Complete Automotive of Richmond, your new tire installation experts in Richmond, VA. You will benefit from a new tire installation with a smoother, safer ride and less wear and tear on your new tires. Browse our huge inventory of new tires online and compare tire specifications and costs. Contact Complete Automotive of Richmond to let our tire experts help guide you in your selection of the best tires for your needs. Complete Automotive of Richmond is thrilled to be your number one place for new tires and tire installation services.

Computerized tire balancing is checked on a machine which can detect even ¼ of an ounce of difference in weight around the wheel. Why worry about that small of a weight difference on an object which weighs so much? That tiny amount of weight travels very fast around the axle while you are driving: hundreds of times a minute. This causes enough momentum to create serious vibration and when multiplied times 4 wheels, the wobble really adds up.

When do tires need to be balanced: Tire balancing takes place any time you replace the tires on your vehicle. Since tires wear depending on driving practices and road problems, uneven wear will start to become noticeable after the first 1,000-2,000 miles of use. Tires must be checked for balance every 4,000-6,000 miles. Our mechanics at Complete Automotive of Richmond can help determine whether your tires need to be rotated and balanced based on wear or mileage.

IMPORTANT: It is not advised to replace just one tire as this can cause major problems to the alignment, balance, and handling of the automobile.

How to tell if your tires require balancing:

•Steering wheel vibrations while driving

•Uneven tire tread wear

•Ride that becomes less smooth over the life of your tires

•Pulling to one side

The advantages of tire balancing:

•Smoother driving experience

•Improved fuel efficiency

•More even tire wear

•Extended life of tires and drive train parts

Stop at Complete Automotive of Richmond today to have your vehicle evaluated for potential tire balancing problems! Our tire experts are here to assist you in the Glen Allen, VA and surrounding areas. Complete Automotive of Richmond is your number one source for new tires, tire installation, and tire services.

What tire rotation does: The weight of a vehicle is not distributed evenly to all four corners. If you left all four tires as they are on your vehicle, some tires would wear out faster than others. At Complete Automotive of Richmond we know that Tire rotation is an important part of making your tires last longer. The process of rotating your tires is to move them from one side of the vehicle to the other, moving them from front to back or a combination of both, depending on your vehicle and what was done before.

Why tire rotation service is important: Uneven tire wear could bring about poor performance, unsatisfactory gas efficiency, reduce the life of the new tire and can easily cause safety problems.

Several aspects could trigger uneven tire wear:

•Energetic driving routines, stop and go urban area traffic, road construction, etc. Uneven terrain and pot holes

•Under inflated tires

•Worn Shocks

•Unaligned wheels

•Worn components

•Not rotating your tires

What Complete Automotive of Richmond does during tire rotation:

•Tires are rotated in alternating patterns

•Inspect general quality and protection of tires

•Check tire tread

•Check for correct inflation

•Tighten lug nuts

To find out when your tires need to be rotated, read your automobile's owner's manual or ask one of our technicians at Complete Automotive of Richmond today. Call Complete Automotive of Richmond now to set up your next tire rotation. We are your number one source for new tires, tire rotation, and tire services in Richmond, VA and surrounding areas.

What wheel alignments do: Our wheel alignment services at Complete Automotive of Richmond gives you the best driving experience. It helps your tires last longer, your vehicle drive smoother, and ultimately keeps your wheels pointed in the right direction. Just like your shoes can wear, so do your tires, and they can wear unevenly if your wheels are not properly aligned.

Why wheel alignment service is important: Proper wheel alignment can expand the life of your tires. Even the smallest alignment issue can accelerate uneven tire wear. Once your wheels are properly aligned, it’s smooth cruising ahead, saving you fuel, tire wear, and ultimately...money.

Your vehicle might need a wheel alignment if:

•You experience vibration when steering

•The steering wheel veers to the left or right

•The steering wheel is not straight when driving on a straight road

•Your tire tread is wearing unevenly

A wheel alignment check at Complete Automotive of Richmond consists of:

•Inspection of the steering and suspension elements

•Examination of the tires for dimension, tire pressure and tread

•Comparison of your tire alignment to automobile manufacturer rules

Contact Complete Automotive of Richmond today to schedule your next wheel alignment service. Complete Automotive of Richmond is thrilled to be your local tire store in Richmond, VA and surrounding areas and are here for all of your wheel alignment and tire needs.

Depending on the extent of the air leak, the tire might deflate slowly or quickly. Which could lead to the following problems:

•Failing of or damage to the valve stem

•Damage to the side walls of your tire

•Uneven tread wear

•Tire "blowouts" at high speed

Tire repairs on some tires, particularly those with a slow leak, can easily be fixed and re-inflated. Others, particularly those with leaks due to worn tread, should be replaced. Our mechanics at Complete Automotive of Richmond can help you determine if the tire can be repaired or needs to be replaced.

Examine your tires for uneven tire wear, which can easily be caused by:

•Too much or too little air pressure

•Complications with wheel positioning or tire balancing

•Problems with the suspension

•Needed tire rotation

These might suggest you need new tires soon. Driving with a flat tire, especially at high speeds, could cause a fatal accident. These issues have the capacity to trigger a blowout, causing a loss of control which may be very harmful.

•Splitting or protruding treads or sidewalls that might imply there is wear or weakness

•Foreign object that puncture through into the tire (nails, screws, glass)

•Tread tearing away from the body of the tire

If you locate any of these issues, trust Complete Automotive of Richmond for a speedy tire repair. We'll measure and adjust your air pressure, do a visual tire check, and have you back on the road in no time. Call us today to set up your next flat tire repair. Complete Automotive of Richmond is your number one provider of new tires and tire repair services in Richmond, VA and surrounding areas.

Retreading your casings, rather than buying brand new tires, can save a bundle – something we all need in this economy. By re-using an existing tire casing and adding new tread, you can receive a more efficient cost per mile of your tires.

Retreading is an environmentally friendly approach to the constant need and manufacture of tires. Rather than using materials to create brand new tires, retreads use the casing from existing tires, which cuts down on the number of resources being wasted. Each casing can have up to three or four lives, which means three or four retreaded tires as opposed to three or four costly new tires.

It is a myth that retread tires are not safe for drivers. A lot of the rubber found on highways and interstates comes from drivers who continued driving on a flat tire. And most of those torn flats were new tires. With the process used in retreading today, it is virtually impossible for a casing to separate from its tread. Nearly every major airline uses retreads.