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i have my azenis on a the tire trailer outside under a tarp..i can't help thinking that this isn't the best place for them, but I have no other choice...am i correct in my assumption.

if anyone has any ideas on how i can better store them, i'm open to suggestions.

also, are you supposed to deflate them for storage, or leave them at the same pressure you run them on?

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05 MCS

Chis,

Any other choices at all?

Heat and sunlight (UV) are the enemies. Since they are street tires (well, almost) they won't be as sensitive to either heat or UV as R tires or slicks.

If they have to stay outside, shade is good. A silver tarp might reduce heat gain. Ventilation under the tarp by keeping the tarp open underneath and maybe some sort of spacer on top of the tires but under the tarp may limit the heat build up. Do whatever you can to keep them from getting any hotter than necessary.

Plan B is to use them so fast that aging doesn't matter.

FYI, I keep tires in the crawl space of my house in garbage bags.

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Dick Rasmussen

FS 50 2018 Mustang GT

thanks for the help...i'll do my best to keep them out of the sun and in a cool place...my back yard is wooded and rarely get's any sun (ask the grass), so i should be ok there.

do you also let air out of the tires?

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05 MCS

I'd say no - you don't want to unseat the bead from the rim. You don't have to keep them at 50 psi or anything like that, but I wouldn't drop them below street pressures.

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Tom Freeman
'98 M3/4/5 | '93 Spec3 325i | '12 TSX sport wagon | '03 Tahoe
Team Silver Bullets '91 240SX

With street tires - no. With race tires - yes but not on purpose . . . they leak down by themselves. Bead unseating has never been an issue for me even with street tires that have gone flat while still on a car.

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Dick Rasmussen

FS 50 2018 Mustang GT

i wasn't going to drop them down to nothing...let me ask it this way, am i going to do any damage to the tires if i leave them at 48psi

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05 MCS

Chris,

I honestly don't know. However, I will say that I used to (over 25 years ago) run street tires at about 50 PSI (start of run) and store them with whatever pressure was in them when I got home. If I changed tires at the event, then the high pressure would stay in the tires until the next event since adding air before I got an air compressor was a real pain. I suspect that the high pressure is easy for the tire to deal with compared to all the other stresses it sees in "normal use". Lots of tires these days need 44 PSI cold to have their rated load rating . . . it is marked on the sidewall. Falken's web site says 51 PSI cold is the max pressure.

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Dick Rasmussen

FS 50 2018 Mustang GT