"Robert11" <rgsros@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hello,
>
> Was wondering about this.
>
> Live in New England.
> Obviously, get lots of snow and freezing rain in the winter.
>
> Is it reasonable to store summer tires outdoors in the winter, when
> one puts on their winter tires ?
>
> Certainly understand that indoors in a garage would be better, but is
> it really harmful to store them outdoors if there is no space in ones
> garage, e.g. ?
>
> Hard to believe that this would be very harmful, as zillions of cars
> on the streets, outdoors, in the winter.
>
> Thoughts on ?
One word: Snow.
Another word: Corrosion.
Snow + metal = corrosion.
Your tires will be fine outdoors, but the wheels won't be. Wheels off the
car and that sit idle all winter will corrode like the dickens unless you
carefully insulate it from moisture.
To store outdoors: On a dry day, wrap well in va**** barrier plastic. Make
sure water can't pool inside the plastic at the bottom. Smear some grease
on the hub mounting face of the wheel. If it's possible to store
completely
out of the way of the snow and rain, store open and not wrapped.
>
> And, if O.K., best to store then standing up, or stacked flat perhaps
> ?
>
Store flat, with a layer of corrugated cardboard between the tires,
including a layer between the floor and the bottom tire.
Storing flat will keep the tread from flat-spotting.
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Tegger
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