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We often pick up little scratches and scars on our vehicles as part of ordinary wear and tear. A close encounter with a shopping trolley in a car park, backing into a gate you could have sworn was open, taking a speed bump that gave your front lip a bit of a love bite.

At Tyrepower Noosa you would imagine we see hundreds of tyres each week all in various forms of disrepair or damage. Tyres that are good condition are vital for your car to grip the surface of the road. Without sufficient grip, your car tyres would skid and slide at every start and stop and drift dangerously around every corner.

Before you pile the wife and kids into the family car, you need to undertake some checks of your vehicle to ensure your family road trip doesn’t become the next installment of The Griswald’s Family Vacation.

Because our expert team of tyre fitters at Tyrepower Noosa deal with wheels and tyres all day, every day, they often get asked, “what is the difference between steel and alloy wheels”. Might seem they are one and the same, but in actual fact they aren’t. Steel and alloy wheels are quite different and here, Tyrepower Noosa explain the difference between them.

As with all vehicle servicing, it is a preventative measure to ensure the vehicles motor and the array of components and systems within the car run at their optimal level. Tyrepower Noosa have been servicing fleet vehicles for a number of Sunshine Coast businesses to ensure their fleet is always up to date with its servicing, meaning trouble free motoring for the employees who are using them.

Our vehicles make contact with the surface of the road via the tread on a tyre. Considering that the tread is the only thing gripping our car to the road, it makes sense to always ensure your tyres are in good condition. As Tyrepower Noosa are in the business of supplying and fitting a wide range of tyres for our Sunshine Coast customers, we thought it pertinent to share some tips with our readers so they can get the most out of their tyres before they need replacement.

If you are a mad keen off roader, you would already know the value of all-terrain tyres. If, however, you are new to the 4wding life, you may be a little lost to know which tyre you should really have on your 4WD vehicle. All-terrain tyres have many benefits for those who like to go off the beaten track but also need a tyre that can perform well on suburban roads.

The suspension system in your vehicle includes a number of components such as the tyres, shock absorbers and struts and connects the vehicle to its wheels. The suspension systems provides ride comfort, handling and the ability to turn and steer the vehicle. If the suspension systems is having issues, it can greatly affect a motorists ability to control the vehicle which can lead to a dangerous situation.

The humble car battery is the life blood of your vehicle. The battery is what provides the charge to make your vehicle go. Maintaining your car battery well, means you will be prolonging the life of battery, meaning you will have trouble free motoring. But what’s involved with maintaining your car battery? Here, Tyrepower Noosa provide some tips on how to take care of your battery so it lasts for as long as it should:

If you’ve ever had your car in for service and they ask you if you want a wheel alignment done, don’t think this is an extra grab for your money. Wheel alignments will actually save your money in the end! Wheel alignments are crucial for your wheels to be angled correctly, for your tyres to wear uniformly and for your car to drive correctly.

When we drive our cars, we can forget that our tyres are the only thing keeping our cars in contact with the road. At any given time, as the wheels of our car spin to propel the car forward or backward, there is literally a very small amount of tread touching the roads surface. If we reduce the amount of tread that is keeping the car in safe contact with the road, we are in for a potentially dangerous situation.

When you decide to sell your car, in Queensland, the Government has legislated that you must have a safety inspection done and a safety certificate issued by an Approved Inspection Station. This legislation has been brought in to offer consumers some protection against purchasing unroadworthy vehicles and to ensure unroadworthy vehicles are not on the states roads.