Cyoung080

Curious if anyone has an idea if I actually damaged my tire or not? I had R888R's on for the summer and have kept it inside for the most part until today. I had to drive it 100m down the street to get it loaded into a transport truck headed to AZ.

It was sitting in an underground garage ambient temps around 60. Ambient temps outside were 25ish with a 'Feels Like' temp of 17-20ish degrees F with some light snow (unlucky). My car was outside for about an hour before it finally got loaded into the truck. Toyo states on their website that damage and cracking can occur in temps below 15 degrees F. However, I'm not sure if limping it across the street to sit for an hour after sitting in a 60 degree garage would allow the tire to get cold enough. Have I just fucked my 2000 dollar tires?... Yes, I understand keeping summers on this late was risky. Originally transport was due for pickup in nicer weather but we got nailed at a bad time.

Bill Dearborn

It should be fine. From what you say the tires never got close to 15 degrees. What the temp feels like doesn't play into the actual temp. Water freezes at 32 degrees F no matter what the wind chill is. The tire's rubber structure doesn't change because of the wind chill.

Bill

Cyoung080

That's good to hear, thanks Bill! Got a bit panicky while my *** was freezing off waiting for the Z to get loaded.

ArnoldZO6

I think they are all bad. All 4x lmk if you dismount I will buy lol 😉

SubChop

This is a link that gives a nice overview of your tires and the lost of Air Pressure:
https://www.utires.com/articles/car-...air-time-find/

Warp Factor

Toyo says or implies that they should be OK down to 15 F.

https://www.toyotires.com/media/0g5b..._-10172017.pdf

I have them on my Z06, and they stick much much better than the stock Michelins in cooler temperatures (although I have only driven them down to about 32 F).

Thomasmoto

You should be fine.