You may know how to keep your tyres in good condition and lengthen their lifespan while mounted on your car. But a crucial aspect of tyre care is frequently disregarded: safe storage of tyres when removed from a vehicle. Follow these six measures to ensure that you’re maximizing the lifespan of your tyres and your safety since Tyres Lloc are always ageing, even when they’re not moving along the road.
REMOVE TYRES AND MAINTAIN RECOMMENDED AIR PRESSURE
You have the option of doing it yourself or hiring experts to do it for you. Read the page on changing a tyre to learn more about the do-it-yourself method.
In either case, be careful to record the placement of every tyre on your car so you can rotate them after storage. Keep your tyres’ suggested pressure at what your car’s manufacturer has advised when keeping them on their rims. The driver’s side door jamb or your operator’s handbook contains this air pressure’s value.
CLEAN UP THE TYRES
You should properly clean your wheel-tyre units after removing them from your car to get rid of any debris or other materials that can hasten their degeneration. All you need is a brush or towel and some soapy water. After washing, be careful to fully rinse them. Avoid using cleansers that include petroleum, such as solvents, gasoline, or oil, as these substances may react with the rubber components in tyres and cause them to degrade.
RETAIN YOUR TYRES IN SEPARATE BAGS
You should keep your tyres in separate bags after washing them. This will stop them from oxidizing, protect them from harmful environmental elements like ozone, and stop the rubber’s oils from draining, which may lead to tyres drying up and cracking. The key is that they are opaque to prevent light from degrading the tyres and durable enough to resist tearing, which would break their seal. Big, black bin liners will work. Now would be a good time to label each bag’s outside with the location of each tyre on your car so you can rotate them later.
Ensure that each tyre is entirely dry after washing before bagging it. Additionally, you should take as much air as you can out of each bag. If necessary, use a vacuum to remove the bags, then tape them shut.
SET UP THE TYRES IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.
Tyres are sensitive to UV radiation, therefore it’s important to keep them somewhere that isn’t exposed to direct sunshine. When subjected to significant temperature changes, severe heat, or variations in humidity, tyres can deteriorate. Due to these reasons, inside in a steady temperature and humidity environment is the optimum location for storage. The most sensible option is a basement for those who have one. Less desirable locations include sheds, lofts, and garages because of how much more extreme environmental changes tend to occur there.
Make sure that tyres get stored distant from heat sources while picking the storage site. Additionally, it’s critical to shield tyres from harmful airborne compounds like fuel, lubricants, and solvents. It is crucial to stay away from locations with high ozone concentrations since oxidation is essentially how tyres age and it dramatically speeds the process. Avoid storing tyres next to furnaces, compressors, sump pumps, central vacuum systems, or other ozone sources because electric motors produce ozone.
WHERE TO STORE
Whether you want to keep your tyres on or off the rims will determine the ideal location for them. To prevent all of the weight from resting on the sidewalls if you pick the second option, it is best to employ rim spacers. Avoid storing inflated tyres vertically because the pressure from the rims’ weight on one point of contact with the ground for a long time might damage that area of the tyre.
When not in use, tyres should be usually kept upright and next to one another. Sidewall-to-sidewall stacking is not recommended since the weight of the tyres themselves may cause them to deform. You may also purchase a tyre rack and keep your tyres on it. Whichever solution you use, it’s crucial to use wood or some other material to raise the tyre off the ground or floor.
Use tyre covers or store the car indoors to protect your Michelin Tyres Lloc as much as you can from the weather (temperature changes, sunshine, wetness).
