Anybody ever stored their car using Tire Cradles?
12-30-2011, 01:33 PM
#21
Melting Slicks
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I found this link http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=42 while Googling, and it certainly has me thinking that my low profile tires are more prone to flat-spotting.
12-30-2011, 01:41 PM
#22
Safety Car
Edit, I just read the above link to tirerack. Interesting, with that said I have never noticed any problems. But I'm never too old to learn something new.
Thanks for the link.
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12-30-2011, 01:48 PM
#23
I found this link http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=42 while Googling, and it certainly has me thinking that my low profile tires are more prone to flat-spotting.
12-30-2011, 02:04 PM
#24
Le Mans Master
Not all tires are the same. Goodyear Eagle GS-D3 non-runflats will flat spot. I have a car with them and after sitting it drives as though the tires were square-shaped for the first few miles. But then it goes away.
12-30-2011, 02:11 PM
#25
They do not take care of the same problem.
If one is worried about flat spots and doesn't want to spent the big bucks , jack the car up and block it , removing a percentage of the weight off the tires. This will also take the loads off of springs and shocks too.
Or put the car on blocks and remove the tires.
Or better yet drive the car every day and forget about parking it.
Yeah I know this isn't always possible and I feel for my fellow Corvette owners that have to put thier car away for the winter.
12-30-2011, 05:06 PM
#26
Get Some!
I can tell you that radial tires most certainly WILL flatspot. I haven't had an issue with my Vette but I have with my other car. It was cold out and the vibration wouldn't go away like it does when it's warmer out. I also only drove the car about 25 miles. The tires are also 12 years old.
Don't know if it's related to age or not, but I'll see what happens with those in the spring.
Don't know if it's related to age or not, but I'll see what happens with those in the spring.
12-30-2011, 05:28 PM
#27
Melting Slicks
Where did you find GS D3's for a C6 non run-flat? I've been looking for months everywhere in stock C6 sizes and they DO NOT EXIST! Found the run-flats at a mere $2200 for a set of 4.
Had the GS-D3's on 2 C5's and was the best gripping tire I've ever been on. Amazing grip in even the heaviest of rain. I'd kill for a non-run flat version for standard C6 coupe....
So, where oh where did you find these?
12-30-2011, 06:39 PM
#28
Le Mans Master
Where did you find GS D3's for a C6 non run-flat? I've been looking for months everywhere in stock C6 sizes and they DO NOT EXIST! Found the run-flats at a mere $2200 for a set of 4.
Had the GS-D3's on 2 C5's and was the best gripping tire I've ever been on. Amazing grip in even the heaviest of rain. I'd kill for a non-run flat version for standard C6 coupe....
So, where oh where did you find these?
Had the GS-D3's on 2 C5's and was the best gripping tire I've ever been on. Amazing grip in even the heaviest of rain. I'd kill for a non-run flat version for standard C6 coupe....
So, where oh where did you find these?
12-30-2011, 11:29 PM
#30
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I have one on the HF dollies so that I can push it under one of the 4 post lifts. The car sat almost a year on them. They did not flat spot. The dollies are more than wide enough for the rear tires.
By the way it has been decades or more since tires flat spotted. I remember the nylon bias belted ones doing that but that was decades ago.
Goodyear engineers say that storing them on the floor when kept at the recommended inflation will not flat spot during storage.
By the way it has been decades or more since tires flat spotted. I remember the nylon bias belted ones doing that but that was decades ago.
Goodyear engineers say that storing them on the floor when kept at the recommended inflation will not flat spot during storage.
12-31-2011, 05:10 PM
#32
Burning Brakes
How old is too old to show that radial tires can flatspot? If one was to say a two year old tire will flatspot, I can't prove or disprove that. But I most certainly can tell you that a radial tire WILL eventually flatspot. I would love for a tire expert to chime in here (Wolfdogs?). Maybe someone like him could say that a radial tire will not flat spot for "X" number of years.
12-31-2011, 05:27 PM
#33
Le Mans Master
My GS-D3 non-runflat radials were nothing like 12 years old when I noticed they would flat-spot after the car (not a Corvette; sorry diyguy) sat for while. Maybe 2 years old. They recover their shape after a short drive.
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12-31-2011, 05:48 PM
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I've stored my cars during winter for the last 30 years.
No pumping up the tires, no blocking up the car.
Most of my cars from 1980 to 1990 were stored in unheated garages all winter and never had any tires getting flat spots.
Long before run flats were a household word.
Last 3 years my C6 is in a heated garage with tire pressure set at 30 from the Summer.
Spring comes, start it up and drive it and do not notice anything different from when it was put away
To each his own
No pumping up the tires, no blocking up the car.
Most of my cars from 1980 to 1990 were stored in unheated garages all winter and never had any tires getting flat spots.
Long before run flats were a household word.
Last 3 years my C6 is in a heated garage with tire pressure set at 30 from the Summer.
Spring comes, start it up and drive it and do not notice anything different from when it was put away
To each his own
03-19-2014, 01:18 PM
#36
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03-19-2014, 01:24 PM
#37
Team Owner
Personally I think they are a waste of money, and do not have any benefit. If you have run flats, they are hard as rock to begin with and will not flat spot over a few months. Just pump up your tires to 40 lbs, and you should be ok or rotate the wheel once in a while by jacking up each corner of the car. 
03-19-2014, 01:26 PM
#38
Team Owner
Is there a reason to spend $250 when you can get these for under $80?
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03-19-2014, 09:58 PM
#39
Burning Brakes
