The tire bead is an essential component of any tire, and any damage to it could be a one-way ticket to needing new tires. Here's how to keep it safe.

Pick your wheel and tire combinations with care! It could mean busting a bead. Details inside Four Wheeler Magazine.

You should be mounting tires with the Bead Bazooka just because you can.

A Four Wheeler reader's question about Coker tires leads to a bigger discussion about bias-ply tires, safety beads, and old 4x4s.

Unfortunately for the owner, the beads only made the situation worse, and made the car drive “like crap.” Should you use balancing beads on your tires? And, uh, what are they?

While you might expect a new set of tires to be nice and black, they often come with a white residue or substance. What is it and how can you remove it?

Pirelli announced a voluntary recall of 14,500 P Zero Race TLR road tires in size 28 to 622 that were produced between mid-March and early June of this year. The tires have an issue with the bead ...