Callagy Automotive has a great selection of performance and custom wheels at our Santa Rosa Cooper tire shop. Callagy Automotive understands and appreciates that the tires and wheels on your car or truck have a critical role in the appearance and your safety when driving in Santa Rosa. A nice set of wheels definitely can make your auto stand out while cruising around Santa Rosa, and your tires compete with the brakes when considering what is the most important safety component of your vehicle. Understanding the importance that tires and wheels have in your auto's overall safety and performance goes a long way to make certain your driving in Santa Rosa is both safe and comfortable.

Callagy Automotive is the best tire center in Santa Rosa due to our expertise in helping visitors to our tire center decide which is the best tire for their car or truck. Our tire experts make every attempt to explain to our customers that the majority of car and truck tires are made up of 4 parts - the tread, sidewalls, inner carcass, and tire beads. The tread is the component of the tire that contacts the road surface and provides the traction needed when driving in various types of driving conditions. Sidewalls were developed to be flexible and to absorb loads when driving. The tire's inner carcass is designed to resist impacts from road bumps and potholes. Tire beads are the tire component where the rubber contacts the wheel's metal surface. In addtion to providing a nice ride in and around Santa Rosa, tires cope with the forces associated with vehicle braking, steering, and acceleration. A common problem frequently experienced by most tire manufacturers is that no single tire is appropriate for ALL the road conditions a driver in Santa Rosa may experience. The tire experts at Callagy Automotive realize that the tires on your car or truck need to be durable enough to prevent damage but flexible to help to cushion impacts. The rubber of an auto tire needs to be durable enough to provide for thousands of miles while driving on the hard road surfaces of Santa Rosa but pliable enough to give adequate traction during the rainy season when the roads are wet and dangerous. The design of a tire must be a compromise between these conflicting considerations.

Auto wheels are designed from welded stamped-steel parts. One-piece cast or forged aluminum wheels - mag wheels - and wired wheels are commonly available as options on many vehicles. Racing cars sometimes use magnesium wheels to minimize vehicle weight and increase performance, but this type of wheel is not the best choice on normal roads because salt corrodes them over time. Stamped wheels have two parts - the rim and center. The wheel center is offset to allow for the suspension and brake components and is attached to the auto hub with bolts. These bolts are often called lugs. Ventilation holes in a wheel can help to keep the brakes cool.

Our services for cooper tires / auto wheels include the following: