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Uniform designation of tire sizes, in metric measurements originally introduced by American tire manufacturers in 1977; commonly called P-metric series. A typical P-metric tire is P205/70R14 93S.
Industry:Automotive
A metal or paper tag permanently affixed to a vehicle, which indicates the appropriate tire size and inflation pressures for the vehicle. The placard can ordinarily be found on either the driver’s doorpost, the glove box lid, or the fuel-filler door.
Industry:Automotive
The difference in distance between the front and rear of a pair of tires mounted on the same axle.
Industry:Automotive
Alignment angle that makes the top of the tires farther apart than at the bottom; tires are tilted out from the centerline of the vehicle.
Industry:Automotive
The fronts of two tires on the same axle are closer than the rears of the tires.
Industry:Automotive
Alignment setting when the steering axis is inclined rearward at the top.
Industry:Automotive
The fronts of two tires on the same axle are further apart than the rears of the tires.
Industry:Automotive
The mounting face of a wheel is toward the wheel’s street side, moving the tire and wheel assembly in toward the vehicle.
Industry:Automotive
Also known as Ackerman Angle. A vehicle’s wheels on the inside of a turn follow a smaller radius than the tires on the outside of the turn, because the two front wheels steer at different angles when turning.
Industry:Automotive
