Storing Wheels and Tires

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: 2010Civic
My car is going to be stored for the winter. It will stored in the garage. The plan right now is to remove the wheels and tires and store them in air-tight bags in the basement to help preserve the tires. Since I am removing the wheels and tires I was wondering if I could mount a set of steel wheels to the car without tires and let the car sit on those? I'm not overly concerned about the steel wheels but I also don't want to damage them if I can avoid it. Do you think the steel wheels would be ok? I would probably put a piece of wood or something similar underneath them.

Any suggestions? I know I'm weird but so are a lot of people on this site! haha

First you said you like to remove and store the "wheels&tires" in basement. Now you are talking about removing the tires from the wheels and store the tires in basement.

It is too much works in remove the tires from the wheels and then remount the tires in Spring.

Just leave the tires on wheels and store them in basement, set the car on cylinder blocks for winter storage.

 

[2010Civic]

I guess I wasn't very clear. I am removing the alloy wheel and tire and then putting on an old set of steel wheels that don't have tires on them. I don't plan to dismount/mount any tires. That would be nuts! Haha

 

[The_Jeff]

Steel wheels without tires would get in your way if the garage catches fire. Just go on craigslist and find wheels with junk tires (that hold air). 4x100 is a very common bolt pattern.

Store your car at ride height so the suspension bushings aren't tweaked.

 

[The_Eric]

Drive it in the garage, shut it off and walk away. Even with this level of abuse, the car will last MANY, MANY years. Any more is a waste of time. I think you're seriously overestimating the benefit you'll get by doing what you propose!

If you really feel compelled to OCD out on it, then lift it, support it in the air and let the suspension hang- this is what's done for cars that are actually going to be stored for a very long time.

Personally, the real area of concern, that I didn't see addressed is the battery. I'd put some kind of a smart maintainer on it.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: The_Eric
Drive it in the garage, shut it off and walk away. Even with this level of abuse, the car will last MANY, MANY years. Any more is a waste of time. I think you're seriously overestimating the benefit you'll get by doing what you propose!

If you really feel compelled to OCD out on it, then lift it, support it in the air and let the suspension hang- this is what's done for cars that are actually going to be stored for a very long time.

Personally, the real area of concern, that I didn't see addressed is the battery. I'd put some kind of a smart maintainer on it.

OP didn't ask about winter storage, he asked about storing his newly purchase expensive Micheline tires.

If someone asking about "A" and we post suggestions about "B", because we think that "B" is more importance then we are straying from the topic.

 

[mjoekingz28]

I guess the main question here is, do you leave the car on the ground (suspension compressed) or on jack stands (suspension free).

 

[mjoekingz28]

Originally Posted By: The_Eric
Drive it in the garage, shut it off and walk away. Even with this level of abuse, the car will last MANY, MANY years. Any more is a waste of time. I think you're seriously overestimating the benefit you'll get by doing what you propose!

If you really feel compelled to OCD out on it, then lift it, support it in the air and let the suspension hang- this is what's done for cars that are actually going to be stored for a very long time.

Personally, the real area of concern, that I didn't see addressed is the battery. I'd put some kind of a smart maintainer on it.



How do you KNOW his car WILL last many many years? It could blow up tomorrow!

 

[JetStar]

You really should get some RV wheel covers for when your car is parked outside, to protect your tires from the harmful UV rays. Keep them in the trunk, so they're handy.
Just kidding

 

[javacontour]

There is a difference between taking an oil sample during an oil change, where, presumably, you are refilling with fresh oil and removing wheels and tires and putting you car on steel wheels.

As I suggested, this increases your "turn-around time" to get the stored car back in service should the need or the desire arise. Something like a really nice day or your 20 year old Civic is down for service. Then you are dragging the tires back up from the basement, breaking the hermetic seal, and mounting them.

But, I'm all about freedom, so do what you like. However, when you ask people for their thoughts, you have to expect the response you got.

Originally Posted By: 2010Civic
Any suggestions? I know I'm weird but so are a lot of people on this site! haha smile



You got the suggestions you requested. You may not want them, or like them, or follow them. But we did our part, we provided suggestions based on decades of life experience.

I wish you well.

Originally Posted By: 2010Civic
If you guys read my first post I was asking if I could set the car down on steel wheels without tires on them and not wreck them. I wasn't asking for your blessing to store my tires in the basement.

I don't know why you guys are giving me such a hard time about this? Especially coming from a forum where guys pay money to send in oil samples to be tested in a lab. That to me seems a lot weirder than storing my tires in the basement for the winter.

 

[2010Civic]

^ In addition to the 95 Civic, which is in perfect shape mechanically (my dad owns a body shop and I am a mechanical engineer), I also have access to 2 other cars in the event the 95 breaks down. So there is no worries of the 2010 having to come out of storage.

Lets just end this discussion.