Storing an extra set of OEM tires for the winter......

11-02-2002, 06:29 PM

I just happen to have a spare set of Coker redline radials with '67 repro bolt on's. I would really like to store them in the outside shed (14' X '16 barn) that is being delivered this week. Never stored tires outside before.

How about if I let the air out of them and wrap them in 4 mil heavy contractor bags? Is the cold temp going to degrade the rubber or must I leave them in the temperature controlled basement? :confused:

P.S. they are not 4 sale!

67HEAVEN · 11-02-2002, 07:07 PM

Patrick,

I can't see the cold temperatures having any negative effect on the wheels or the tires, but I would change the summer air in them for winter air. ;)

As long as moisture/condensation doesn't get to the wheels, they should be fine. Since you're bagging them, throw some of that moisture absorbing stuff in each bag.

67HEAVEN · 11-02-2002, 07:08 PM

By the way, wouldn't I love to have a red line on each of my Dunlops. :yesnod: If only.

11-02-2002, 11:10 PM

Thanks '67, I will proceed accordingly, unless I hear from a PhD, whose thesis was Rubber Dynamics!! :lol:

I doubt that you will find repro Bolt On's that are 10 inches wide....where did you get those wide ralleys anyway, I have never seen them advertised anywhere. :cheers:

67HEAVEN · 11-03-2002, 12:30 AM

http://www.WheelVintiques.com
:yesnod:

SWCDuke · 11-03-2002, 01:51 AM

Chemical reaction rates increase exponentially with temperature, so the colder the better. Leave them at normal tire pressure, and I would NOT recommend wrapping them in plastic bags as they can trap moisture. To keep the bolt-ons from oxidizing I would throughly coat both sides with Armor-All or a similar product that will repell moisture. Place the backside of the bottom tire on a couple of 2x4s so air can circulate. You could also place a towel across the top tire to keep dust and dirt out.

Hopefully the shed has some ventilation and will not be sitting on an area that holds standing water.

Duke

P.S. Me, I'd store them in the corner of my bedroom, but I'm not married, so I could get away with it. To paraphrase Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now: "I love the smell of fresh tires in the morning".

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67HEAVEN · 11-03-2002, 02:08 AM

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P.S. Me, I'd store them in the corner of my bedroom, but I'm not married, so I could get away with it. To paraphrase Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now: "I love the smell of fresh tires in the morning".

:lol: :smash:

11-03-2002, 06:13 PM

Thanks for the confirmation Duke, I'll stack them on a couple 2x4's, with just a sheet of plastic between them. I remember John Z said if you stack em with nothing in between, the black stuff in the tires can bleed thru to the white letter tires or redlines and it will NOT come out, because it happened to him.

I used to store my '57 hardtop in the most safest place in the house...my walk in closet, out of sight, out of mind! :cheers:

SWCDuke · 11-04-2002, 02:14 AM

The only whitewalls I ever owned were the original P92 General Jet Aires I ordered on the car that I chunked at Kent within a year. Shoulda just gotten the standard blackwalls, but I preferred the black painted wheels. With blackwalls you got body color.

I'd recommend you cut out the centers of the plastic so air can circulate up the stack through the wheel fin holes. That should help prevent moisture from condensing.

Duke

JohnZ · 11-04-2002, 02:33 PM

I ordered the tires for my Grand Sport through the local Goodyear dealer, and when they arrived, one of his guys unwrapped them and stacked them up so they'd be ready to mount when I brought the wheels in the next day. I brought the wheels in the next afernoon, and the yellow sidewall lettering on the bottom three tires had turned brown from the oils in the black back side of the tires above them; NOTHING would get the brown out - even called the Goodyear lab in Akron, and the chemist said the staining was permanent. After a couple more phone calls to Goodyear, they replaced the three permanently-stained tires free.

67HEAVEN · 11-04-2002, 04:59 PM

John,

On "that" car.......for "those" tires, we'll make an exception to our ruling on cheesy "white" letter tires in Chuck G.'s thread, right Chuck? :D

:cheers:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=415224

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