How do you store your tires?
 

So I've looked around a little here and M.net but there's no real definitive thread. I just wanted to ask how everyone stores their track/summer only tires for the colder months? I'm pulling my summer tires off and slapping an extra set of wheels on so I can still move the car in and out of the warehouse over the winter, but I'm a little limited on warm indoor space. So I guess my questions are:

-Do you stack them?
-How cold is too cold?
-Do you store your tires pressurized or at a lower PSI?


Thanks in advance,
J.C.

I keep my at 30psi in tire bags then put them in the house in a spare closet. all stacked vertically to fit.

Bag them then stick them in my living room.

Can confirm that Aidan keeps tires behind his couch.

I usually drop some pressure out of them and then stack them vertically and find somewhere indoors for them.

Vertically stacked somewhere in the garage for now. My garage is insulated and only drops to ~50 degrees F in the winter. I usually keep them at 30 psi. I need to do something better soon though, I have enough wheels/tires now that vertical stacks are not the most space efficient. Will most likely look into a wall mounted tire rack before too long.

Now that you mention it, I do need a new coffee table. They'd probably look nice under a sheet of glass...

Just getting mine out of storage now. Winter is track season in Florida.

At what point do you guys bring your tires into the house. The wife is strongly against me storing the tires in the spare closet again. So im either going to heat a small room in the shop or only bring them in when it gets real cold.

Sub 45 usually to be safe.

Option 3 is acquire new wife.

Hahahaha! QFT.

Just being stored in cold isn't really detrimental, provided we aren't talking about legit Arctic conditions. The point is not trying to use them or put a load on them or bring them up to temp quickly from cold.

You don't think they're transported to the US in climate-controlled containers, then moved to climate controlled trucks, then stored in warehouses that maintain a perfect 72F, do you?

I've been in TR's South Bend warehouse. It was cold. Like low 40s cold.

Good point. Where im at our winters ususually fluxuate between 25-45 with a week or two that are in the low teens.

I'd strike a deal with the SO. If the first digit starts with a 1, you get to bring them inside and stash them in a closet. Otherwise, just take them off the car, bag 'em, and stick 'em in the warmest corner of your garage and don't worry about it.

Electric blanket over the stack and maybe another blanket over that?

I have Goodrich G-Force Rivals. Can I run them down to 0F, or should I get a set of winter tires? Last year I stored them. The car is kept outside. What does MT say?

I wouldn't actively drive on them at 0F if you intend on keeping them past this winter. Not to mention they may be somewhat dangerous.

I thought the high performance summer rubber would split because it isn't pliable as it approaches 32F -ish. It cracks instead of bends.

Will remove them shortly. Thanks for the verification.

I bought some of these to raise the bed up and put my tires in bags under the bed. Got some skirts for the bed to please the wife. 👍

I have some spares in tire bags on a shelf in my garage (semi climate controlled). My other spares I have in our basement (vertical stack). I keep those away from the hot water heater and furnace due to the ozone. May not be ideal, but I'm also not the fastest on track for a little grip lost is something I likely will not notice.

Josh

Very good point. I found a spot to stash them at work that no one's complained about yet.

Solid move. I couldn't pull this off, the wife's pretty partial to the smell of gasoline and 2 stroke exhaust, but tires don't really do it for her.

Track stickies, 200tw summer tires, go inside under a blanket in the basement. Next to the sim rig. My mortgage my eye sore.

I keep the car on a lesser pair of summer tires/wheels (the daily set) in the garage and I'll let them thoroughly warm up to temp(40*) before driving on them in the spring. Maybe anyways... at least 30 in the garage likely. Im going to be impatient come April.

So far my garage seems to keep about 25 degrees warmer than the outside temp. Hope that's still true come January and February when we get into the negative 10's & 20's....
Why TF do I still live here....

Ya, this. I have the Rivals too. Even in the 50s I can tell they don't work as well. I usually store the car about the time of year the temps get low, long before the snow falls. Just park it in the garage and put the Ctek on the battery. The tires for my G37x (I always swap on snow tires in the winter) get stacked in the basement.

Mine are currently stacked in the garage with tire pressure set at 25psi. Current daytime temps are 30° in the morning around 5am and peaking around 45° in the afternoon

Mine are in the garage for another two weeks and then they go on the car for a track day on December 22nd.

Currently 76 degrees and sunny with a 6mph breeze out of the East.

I am mad at you for this :mad:

Currently at work it is 42° 5mph wind and 54% humidity

I am mad at you.

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As such, the summer rubber is stacked in a corner of the garage, and has been for about a month.

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Stacked in a corner in the guest room. Wife = thrilled.

The RE-71s go in the basement. Anything else just gets stacked up in the shed or crawl space.