Storing Tires

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

Check the earlier thread that we talked about this. It's got links to Ford's web site and thetirerack.com.

Where does your infomation come from?

Hi,

Uh...Ford right? Those were the guys with the Explorers and the Firestones right?

Happy Mototing!... Jim'99

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,

Uh...Ford right? Those were the guys with the Explorers and the Firestones right?

Happy Mototing!... Jim'99

Yeah, you'd expect them to be pretty conservative wouldn't you?

[limoncello]

Similar question for me - I've just picked up a spare set of wheels/tires for track (& stop chewing up my road tires).
What's the preferred storage (I have them in a garage, normal humidity, doesn't freeze inside the garage even though not heated).
Do I:
a. Stack vertically laying on their sides forming a cylinder?
b. Build a rack to hold them standing upright, as on the road, with 3-4 bars as contact points to spread the load?
c. other?
The wheels/tires will get used 4-6 times a year for track days, sit the rest of the time.

Pressure? leave them at normal psi? deflate a little? fill with argon (ok, kidding on that one). Any thoughts welcomed...

[Sammy]

Originally Posted by limoncello

Similar question for me - I've just picked up a spare set of wheels/tires for track (& stop chewing up my road tires).
What's the preferred storage (I have them in a garage, normal humidity, doesn't freeze inside the garage even though not heated).
Do I:
a. Stack vertically laying on their sides forming a cylinder?
b. Build a rack to hold them standing upright, as on the road, with 3-4 bars as contact points to spread the load?
c. other?
The wheels/tires will get used 4-6 times a year for track days, sit the rest of the time.

Pressure? leave them at normal psi? deflate a little? fill with argon (ok, kidding on that one). Any thoughts welcomed...

I have a similar set up with swapping out for winter wheels/tires on my trucks as well as my track wheels/tires for my Boxster. I stack them via option "a" in your explanation and take the pressures down to 15-20 psi.

I use to fill them with hydrogen but one time I was smoking a cigar while doing this and BOOM... there went the garage...