Tire Question
03-09-2008, 04:22 PM
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Tire Question
My corvette dealership is running a special - for $19.95 they will fill your tires with nitrogen. Is this something worth condering? What are the benefits? Thanks in advance
03-09-2008, 04:32 PM
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There, I feel better.
The has been discussed to death here on the forum. Are you willing to go back and only use Nitrogen on future fills? Are you willing to only use nitrogen on subsequent fills and seek out nitrogen fills when you are traveling? Nitrogen will still vary with air temperature and you will need to maintain your tires. Tire pressure is not a set it an forget it item and needs to checked and adjusted with the change in season. The air in your tires is currently 78% nitrogen. This air will vary about 1 psi for every 10 degree change in temperature. Warmer temps and the pressure will increase, colder temps and the pressure will decrease.For everyday driving you will not see much benefit from a nitrogen fill. The major benefit of nitrogen is for long term storage where the dry nitrogen will do less damage to the tire and TPS. It is going to be more stable over extreme temperature swings such as a Nascar race or when used in aircraft tires that will have 100 degree temp swings as the aircraft ascends or descends in altitude.
Last edited by talon90; 03-09-2008 at 04:34 PM.
03-09-2008, 04:34 PM
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Drifting
I know there's all kinds of controversy over this subject. But I can tell you this, if your dealer is selling it for 19.95, I'm positive you can get it elsewhere for less.
I'm no expert, but once you go with nitrogen, then if you ever do need a little more pressure in the tire, you'll have to go back to the dealer for it, (not too convenient in my book).
I'm no expert, but once you go with nitrogen, then if you ever do need a little more pressure in the tire, you'll have to go back to the dealer for it, (not too convenient in my book).
03-09-2008, 04:35 PM
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Team Owner
Sounds like solid advice to me, can not argue with facts.COMPLETE AND TOTAL WASTE OF YOUR TIME AND MONEY.
There, I feel better. The has been discussed to death here on the forum. Are you willing to go back and only use Nitrogen on future fills? Are you willing to only use nitrogen on subsequent fills and seek out nitrogen fills when you are traveling? Nitrogen will still vary with air temperature and you will need to maintain your tires. Tire pressure is not a set it an forget it item and needs to checked and adjusted with the change in season. The air in your tires is currently 78% nitrogen. This air will vary about 1 psi for every 10 degree change in temperature. Warmer temps and the pressure will increase, colder temps and the pressure will decrease.
For everyday driving you will not see much benefit from a nitrogen fill. The major benefit of nitrogen is for long term storage where the dry nitrogen will do less damage to the tire and TPS. It is going to be more stable over extreme temperature swings such as a Nascar race or when used in aircraft tires that will have 100 degree temp swings as the aircraft ascends or descends in altitude.
There, I feel better.
The has been discussed to death here on the forum. Are you willing to go back and only use Nitrogen on future fills? Are you willing to only use nitrogen on subsequent fills and seek out nitrogen fills when you are traveling? Nitrogen will still vary with air temperature and you will need to maintain your tires. Tire pressure is not a set it an forget it item and needs to checked and adjusted with the change in season. The air in your tires is currently 78% nitrogen. This air will vary about 1 psi for every 10 degree change in temperature. Warmer temps and the pressure will increase, colder temps and the pressure will decrease.For everyday driving you will not see much benefit from a nitrogen fill. The major benefit of nitrogen is for long term storage where the dry nitrogen will do less damage to the tire and TPS. It is going to be more stable over extreme temperature swings such as a Nascar race or when used in aircraft tires that will have 100 degree temp swings as the aircraft ascends or descends in altitude.
03-09-2008, 06:52 PM
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03-09-2008, 08:56 PM
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Le Mans Master
Another thing nitrogen can help with is that it is almost always dry. Water vapor in the tires causes a significant pressure change with temperature if it is so wet that the water is condensing to droplets under pressure. Water vapor has 1200 times the volume of liquid water. So, instead of wasting $20 on nitrogen, just make sure you blow any water out of the air line before you fill your tires and you'll have the same effect.