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Are any of you using nitrogen in their tires and is it worth it?

unixcorn

I do. Since my car is a garage queen, I believe the nitrogen preserves the tires from the inside and, when it sits, the nitrogen leaks out very slightly and forms a protective barrier outside the tire to protect the tire and wheels from oxidation.

Ok, ok, I am totally bluffing, I just put regular air from my compressor in my tires. There have been many, many threads on this topic with some of them quite contentious. The bottom line is that it can't hurt to put nitrogen in your tires and you should do whatever you like with your car.

KyJim

this has already been beat to death in previous posts. You already have almost 80% nitrogen with air. see the previous discussion.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-nitrogen.html

LMB-Z

Nitrogen has less water in it than oxygen, so the tires supposedly deteriorate less. You won't see any difference in ride quality.

Rky Mtn C6

Waste of money.

unixcorn

Just for the record, pure Nitrogen from a bottle has less water in it because it's purified. If you bought a bottle of compressed Oxygen, it too would have no water in it.

Compressed shop air may have some water vapor in it depending on the type of dryer used after compressing.

The stated benefits of using Nitrogen beyond being dry are also less pressure changes due to temperature, less leakage due to the larger Nitrogen atom and the big deal is that the rubber won't oxidize due to Oxygen in the mix. All of these reasons are contested in the links provided above.

Vette_DD

It's been discussed here a few times.

The biggest disadvantage is that not very many places around town have it. So, if you have a low tire, you probably have to hunt for a place to add pressure to that tire.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-nitrogen.html

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-nitrogen.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...light=nitrogen

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...-nitrogen.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...-in-tires.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...-in-tires.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...-nitrogen.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...for-tires.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...-in-tires.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...our-tires.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...eir-tires.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=2107673

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=2104186

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=2043592

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=nitrogen

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=nitrogen

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=nitrogen

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=nitrogen

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=nitrogen

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...knowledge.html

EVRose

I have a compressor in my garage so no need to waste money on Nitrogen.

BadAV

The wife's car came with nitrogen from the dealership, with included free fill-ups as required. My compressor in my garage is a whole lot more convenient and supplies 78% nitrogen from the normal atmospheric air. Needless to say, the car has not been back to the dealership for top-ups.

ROADRACER_

My car came with nitrogen in the tires and I have just topped it off with air and not mess with the nitrogen anymore.

Seadawg

There's no easy way to prove if they really put in nitrogen either.

I had an air compressor that I put a "NITROGEN GAS" sticker on the tank, and all of my neighbors really thought I was using pure nitrogen in my tires

jrose7004

Smoke and mirrors!

windyC6

But if Nascar and most racers use it doesn't that mean that if you use it then you will be a racer too ??.....

Corvette_Ed

I'll have burned through a set of tires before any benefits of nitrogen would make any difference, so I pass. Regular air works just fine.

Don-Vette

PatriotZ

I agree with most here...but take this into consideration...

If it is free....like at any Costco, .....I would not pay to have this done.
If it is convenient
then go for it, that is why I have it.
and it does no harm either....

RocketDawg

If the nitrogen atom is smaller (than what? oxygen?), wouldn't it be more prone to leakage?

ROJ#79

Same with me!

Stavesacre21

I remember when I first heard about nitrogen and how it was gonna be the new standard.

Truth be told, until nitrogen tanks are a household thing (which i don't rightly see happening), there's really very few reasons to bother with it.

Yeah, I've heard the arguments about being less susceptible to fluctuations in temperature, but the inconvenience of not being able to do it from home...that's a biggie.

gsflyer2011

All true except one, nitrogen molecules are actually larger thats why the porous tires do not leak as much as say regular air which has smaller molecules ( as in oxygen)