Winter storage tire pressure?

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Oct 27, 2007 | 07:25 PM

Tombone

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Winter storage tire pressure?

Storing the car with the tires on the car in Onatrio Canada.
Tire pressure?
Thanks, Tom.

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Oct 27, 2007 | 07:29 PM

Sheenadianah

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id store it around 35psi bc it will decrease in the cold anyways.

Oct 27, 2007 | 07:35 PM

Kamil D.

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How long are you storing the car for? the tire pressure is something to worry about but more I would worry about getting the tires flat spotted and the tires are gone be trashed why not just take them off?

Oct 27, 2007 | 07:46 PM

carlos93007

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Storing?

What is storing for the winter mean? I’m more worried about having enough fire extinguishers.

Oct 27, 2007 | 07:56 PM

moserbe

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With the runflats you don't need to worry about it. If you're concerned, just park it with each tire on a 2" styrafoam panel.

Oct 27, 2007 | 08:11 PM

Tombone

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Non-runflats.

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Originally Posted by moserbe

With the runflats you don't need to worry about it. If you're concerned, just park it with each tire on a 2" styrafoam panel.

Oct 27, 2007 | 08:14 PM

Kamil D.

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Quote:

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What is storing for the winter mean? I’m more worried about having enough fire extinguishers.

WHAT ???

Oct 27, 2007 | 08:23 PM

R Devil

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Normal pressure is fine.

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I put about 5 pounds of extra air pressure in each tire when I store mine. That brings it up to 35 psi.

Oct 28, 2007 | 12:23 AM

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Cart99

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Quote:

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Normal pressure is fine.

And, no, you don't need to worry about flat-spotting these days. If it does occur, it's temporary.

Oct 28, 2007 | 10:52 AM

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rws.1

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take them up to the max sidewall pressure

should be somewhere around 350KPa depending on the tire

Oct 28, 2007 | 10:54 AM

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Just wondering why anyone thinks it would matter providing the tire doesn't go soft

Genuine question.

Oct 28, 2007 | 06:59 PM

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Cart99

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Exactly. It doesn't matter.

Oct 28, 2007 | 10:04 PM

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I pump mine up to 45PSI and park on carpet squares for the winter.

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Oct 28, 2007 | 10:14 PM

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Non Runflats here, I put 36 psi in them for storage. I have not had a "flat spotting " problem in 4 years of storing the car.

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