i have a set of summer wheels/tires that are a year old and have 1000miles on them. I will not be using them for 2 years.

How should I store them?
What psi should I keep them at? (Hankook Ventus V12) mounted on rpf1's, max pressure 50psi

do i put them in plastic bags? should i stack them horizontally on top of each other?

Any helpful feedback is greatly appreciated, Thanks!

 

Fill with air

Do not stack them flat one on top of the other. You want to just put them next to each other in a nice dry place out of any sunlight or dampness. A cool dry place in your basement or garage would be fine.

Place them like this "I" NOT like this " _"

 

i've heard that i should take some air out of the tires by 50%

right now they're all at 40psi, would 30psi be good?

 

Also, keep them out of direct sunlight and don't store them near electric motors (such as a fridge/freezer in your garage, or an electric air compressor or window A/C unit.)

 

I think that they should be filled to the operating pressure that you use. I would not lower the pressure at all. You do not want to creat flat spots on the tires.

I stored my original Corvette tires/wheels for eight years with no problems but I did put 40psi of nitrogen in them and they were still like new when I sold them after I traded in my Vette for my JCW. The guy I sold them to still has them on his Corvette after almost two years of use.

What kills tires the most is sunlight and moisture.

 

Why shouldn't they be stored horizontally?

 

They can.....old wives tale.

http://www.yokohamatire.com/pdf/tsb-112102.pdf

 

Because you don't want the centers to sag with time & heat. No wait - that's for vinyl record albums!

Seriously, I just put my summer wheels back in service after three years of horizontal storage in my garage with no problems (15" Falken Azenis 615 tires on Koenig Helium rims.) They were all at about 20 psig when I put them back on, but I can't remember what I had them at the last time I used them so I don't know how much pressure they lost.

 

I don't know . I was just told not to store tires that way. There must be some reason because no matter where you go that stores tires and sells them they are always vertical. It may have something to do with how the ply's are wrapped in tires and may not recover if flat spotted on the sidewall. I'm really not sure but I'm not going to store my tires horizontal because the way I was told by a tire Guy that has been in the business for 20 some years and I respect his knowledge told be how to store them. The next time I go by his tire store I will ask. It is a good question though.

Minni33342 sent a link that answers a lot of questions.
I know I would not be using my Corvette wheels and tires so I had the tire guy fill them with nitrogen when I took them off of the car. After eight years of not touching them at all they still had 30+ psi in them. You are only going a couple of years so you really do not need to worry to much about psi but still do worry about location.

 

I think a more likely reason for tire stores storing them vertically is because they don't want to have to move a stack of tires out of the way to get to one or two on the bottom, especially if they have their tires stored in overhead racks in the back.

It's the same reason books are usually stored vertically on a shelf - convenience rather than necessity.

 

my friend told me to deflate the tires to 10-15psi so that they don't bubble from sitting around for 2 years

any thoughts on this?

 

Did you read the link I posted?

Great stuff......

 

...or you could store them on my Mini. I promise to "rotate" them daily (hourly?).

Just kidding. I stored a set of Miata tires for 2 years stacked in the corner of my garage. No issues, and I drove them about 30K miles afterward.

I'd recommend cleaning and waxing the wheels and I'd put them on an old towel to keep them off the concrete. Its really no different than storing a car with tires on it, and I've done that for lotsa years.

 

It Is:

http://www.yokohamatire.com/pdf/tsb-112102.pdf

A wealth of information.

 

Alloy rims will corrode if given log enough. Make sure they are not in a damp place, vertical may help with trapping dampness under the bottom one.

 

thanks for all the replies

they are sitting on cardboard in my basement stacked horizontally @ 20psi

can't wait till i get to use em again (in 2 years!)