1997 Chevrolet Camaro Owner's Manual - Page 300

When It's Time for New Tires One way to tellwhen it's time for new tires is to check the treadwear indicators, which will appear when your tires have only 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) or less of tread remaining. 0 The tire has a bump, bulge or split. The tire has a puncture, cut or other damage that can't be repaired well because of the size or location of the damage. Buying New Tires To find outwhat kind and size of tires you need, look at the Tire-Loading Information label. The tires installed on your vehicle when it was new had a Tire Performance Criteria Specification(TPC Spec) number on each tire's sidewall. When you get new tires, get ones with that same TPC Specnumber. That way your vehicle will continue to have tires are designed that to giveproper endurance, handling, speed rating, traction, ride and other things during normal service on your vehicle. If your tires have an all-season tread design, the TPC number will be followedby an "MS" (for mud and snow). If you ever replaceyour tires with those not having a TPC Spec number, make sure they are the same size, load range, speed rating and construction type (bias, bias-belted or radial) as your original tires. L You need a new tire if any of the following statements are true: You can see the indicators at three ormore places around the tire. 0 You can see cord orfabric showing through the tire's rubber. The tread or sidewall is cracked, cut orsnagged deep enough to show cord or fabric. 0 6-54