over-inflating tires for winter storage
11-30-2014, 01:33 PM
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over-inflating tires for winter storage
Total newbie here, with a couple dumb questions. I'm putting my 2014 C4S cab into storage tomorrow. I'm planning on inflating all four tires to 50 psi.
1) Can I inflate the tires at the gas station (1.7 miles away) and safely drive home?
2) If we get a nice day with clear, salt free roads, I'm going to take the car out for a vigorous 30 minute drive. Should I deflate the tires to normal pressures, then re-over-inflate when I put it back into storage?
3) Do carpet squares under the tires actually do anything?
4) I was going to roll the car backwards or forwards a few inches every couple weeks. Pointless?
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1) Can I inflate the tires at the gas station (1.7 miles away) and safely drive home?
2) If we get a nice day with clear, salt free roads, I'm going to take the car out for a vigorous 30 minute drive. Should I deflate the tires to normal pressures, then re-over-inflate when I put it back into storage?
3) Do carpet squares under the tires actually do anything?
4) I was going to roll the car backwards or forwards a few inches every couple weeks. Pointless?
Thanks!
11-30-2014, 02:52 PM
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Do it.
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Be cautious with the "vigorous". Our tires don't have much grip below mid 40s.
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11-30-2014, 06:59 PM
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Total newbie here, with a couple dumb questions. I'm putting my 2014 C4S cab into storage tomorrow. I'm planning on inflating all four tires to 50 psi. 1) Can I inflate the tires at the gas station (1.7 miles away) and safely drive home? 2) If we get a nice day with clear, salt free roads, I'm going to take the car out for a vigorous 30 minute drive. Should I deflate the tires to normal pressures, then re-over-inflate when I put it back into storage? 3) Do carpet squares under the tires actually do anything? 4) I was going to roll the car backwards or forwards a few inches every couple weeks. Pointless? Thanks!
2) put gas treatment in your full gas tank to keep moisture from forming
3) if you do take the car out for a drive definitely reduce the air in the tires
4) if you only store the car for a normal winter, 4 months or so you should not have to roll the car
5) cover the car if you have a good no scratch car cover
5). Plug into a battery maintainer, and let her sit through the worst of it.
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