Winter storage tire option

Squidvicious said:

I was doing what I seem to do a lot, searching the internet for ways to spend more money on my car when I stumbled upon these. Has anyone tried them, or even seen them for that matter. Seems like a good trick if you are one of those that wants to take the tires off all winter. Probably cheaper than trying to find a set of cheap rims, my only concern would be if the clear the calipers.

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For winter storage no need to remove the wheels/tires and it is not advised one raise the car unless one can lift the car via its tires/wheels which leaves the suspension slightly compressed which is considered best for long term storage.

Just do what the factory does. Inflate the tires to something close to their max recommended pressure which is IIRC 45psi. This is the tire pressure the tires leave the factory with and is suited for storage. New cars often sit some time and this higher pressure helps them resist flat spotting.

Obviously when it is time to resume using the car adjust the tire pressures to what the factory calls for, probably 32psi.

Spoolin said:

I put 50-55 psi in all the tires when I store my cars for the winter. Seems to help with the flat spots.

BTW, Michelin, if you run them, I believe uses a type of rubber that will not leave flat spots from sitting.

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You should not exceed the max tire pressure on the sidewall. IIRC it is 45psi. But maybe the tires you have allow for more pressure?

As for Michelin tires, I never stored a car over winter fitted with Michelin tires but I drove a car with Michelin tires and they'd develop flat spots even after the car being parked overnight. This required warm days and cool nights. The tires would get up to some critical temperature then I'd park the car and the tires would cool way down. Next morning there was some mild vibration for a distance until the tires lost the flat spotting. The Michelin tires in this respect were the same as Pirelli, Continental and Bridgestone tires. They all manifested this overnight flat spotting when the conditions were "right".