Tires and smog.Open until seven.
Smog checks $49.99. Over 500 tires in stock. Seven days a week on Watt Ave.
Smog checks $49.99. Over 500 tires in stock. Seven days a week on Watt Ave.
Tread depth and wet braking
California requires 4/32" on your front tires, twice the limit on the rears. The penny test measures the wrong number. Drag the slider.
A brand new passenger tire.
Water has to leave through those grooves. Shallower grooves move less of it.
Braking figures are from published wet braking testing of a BMW 325i stopping from 70 mph on wet pavement: 195.2 ft on new tires, 290 ft at 4/32", 378.8 ft at 2/32". Depths between those three measured points are interpolated. Your own car, tires and the road surface will differ. Legal minimums are set by California Vehicle Code 27465(b), which requires 4/32" in the major grooves of steering tires and 2/32" on the others.
It is only required to warn you at 25% below placard. Everything above that line is invisible, and a Sacramento winter puts you there without a single leak.
The sticker in the driver's door jamb. Not the number moulded into the tire, which is a maximum.
Sacramento averages a 92°F high in August and a 41°F low in January.
Tire pressure falls about 2% for every 10°F drop in air temperature, roughly 1 psi on a typical passenger tire. The 25% warning threshold is set by the federal tire pressure monitoring standard, FMVSS No. 138, phased in through the 2008 model year for vehicles under 10,000 lbs. Fuel economy figures are from fueleconomy.gov. Temperatures are National Weather Service Sacramento normals. NHTSA recommends checking pressure monthly and before long trips.
All of it on Watt Ave, with one exception we would rather name up front.
Mounted and balanced in house, with a range of sets to choose from rather than one price point.
Most cars are in and out inside twenty minutes. A lit check engine light is an automatic fail, so read the questions below before you drive over. Some restrictions apply.
The other half of a stopping distance. Pads and rotors done while the wheels are already off.
The pressure light that never goes off. Sensors diagnosed and repaired rather than reset and handed back.
A patch and a plug are not the same repair. You get told which one your tire is getting, and free patches on tires bought here.
Not in this building. It is done at the sibling shop down Watt Ave, and a new set of tires comes with one free. Better said now than at the counter.
Sidewall decoder
Rubber ages whether you drive on it or not. The build date is stamped on the sidewall in four digits.
The long code on the sidewall. Width, profile, rim size, then how much weight and speed it is rated for.
Find "DOT" on the sidewall and read the last four digits. Week, then year. It is often only stamped on one side of the tire.
Type a size code to break it apart.
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Walk ins are fine. Calling first still gets you out quicker, especially after five when the after work rush lands.
$49.99. The California average is $74.22 including the state certificate fee.
Customers regularly report being in and out inside 15 to 30 minutes when there is no queue.
2000 and newer, with some restrictions. Call before driving over if yours is diesel or older than that.
We can test it, but it will fail. A lit check engine light is an automatic failure in California no matter how clean the car runs. Get the fault fixed first, then come in.
Not yet. Disconnecting the battery or clearing a code wipes the car's own self tests, and it reports Not Ready, which is a rejection rather than a pass. Drive it about 200 miles first.
Not in this building. They are done at the sibling shop down Watt Ave, and a new set of tires from us includes one.
If the puncture is in the repairable area, yes, and we will tell you whether you are getting a patch or a plug before we do it. Patches are free on tires bought here.
Yes. Sunday 10 to 6, and Monday through Saturday 10 to 7.
Watt Avenue, the corner unit by the Shell station. Look for the roll up bay.
Foothill Tire & Smog
Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95843
The corner unit by the Shell station
Walk ins welcome. Calling first still gets you out faster, especially after five.