<VV> Tire care

[Ebarr19 at aol.com]

I just replaced tires that were 28 years old, stored inside, no  covering, 
they had full tread and no dry rot. They were on aluminum rims. I  replaced 
them with autocross tires as I had no trust in them plus they had soft  
sidewalls ( not good for autocrossing ).
 Gene Barr 
 
 
In a message dated 1/1/2014 7:58:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

Just  storing them indoors out of sunlight helps the most. Not mounted, 
and away  from ozone makers (sparks). I have some 900 x 14s still wrapped 
in paper  that look fine. Whether they are safe is another matter!

If you store  whitewalls, make sure they are wrapped or stored whitewall 
to whitewall.  Whitewall touching black will stain.

People with RVs use a tire cover  to cut down on UV degradation. The 
cover should keep sunlight off, so the  more it wraps around the tire the 
better.

I never understood the  anti Armour-All, etc group.

Frank DuVal

On 1/1/2014 2:01 PM, Rob  wrote:
> Following this thread, then, what is the best product to put on  a tire 
to keep if from rotting? I hear Armorall is not the  answer.
>
> Likewise, what's the best way to store the spare set  of tires and 
wheels?  Upright or on the sidewall? Inflated or deflated-  or in between?
>
> Rob  Neighbour

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