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Somewhat off topic...I will be purchasing snow tires and wheels for my 2014 Ford Fusion in the next week or so. I previously drove a 4WD truck so didn't switch out summer/winter tires. This got me thinking about what the best way to store the summer wheels and tires would be. My garage is detached and not heated or insulated, so I thought perhaps the basement. The wheels are the stock 19" dark stainless aluminum wheels. Should I just make sure they're clean and dry and bag them, or something else? What does everyone else do?
 
I always clean the rims and tires very well. Wax the rims with Collonite 845. Dress the tires with your favorite water based protectant then bag em and stack em.

I've never had an issue.
 
Clean and dry. I never dress mine. I stack them, seperating each rim with a few towels/blankets.
 
You can use a Tire Tote if you want to spend the money. I don't think you'll really have any problem with them in the detatched garage as long as you clean/wax/dress and keep them dry (don't put directly on concrete floor).
 
I clean everything thoroughly and dry them. I reserve the tire dressing and sealant for when I switch them back on. Bought tires from Tire Rack years ago and they came with these circular cut cardboards. I use these to layer in between tires/floor/top when I stack them in the corner of my garage. I also label the tire position (on the back side) so that I could rotate them when put back on.
 
I've read that as long as they're on rims, it doesn't matter if you stack em or rack em. However, I lost a set of tires (on steel rims) that were stacked. In the summer heat, the winter rubber got soft and the two tires on the bottom of the stack got crushed. Since then, I store them upright on a rack
 
How high was the stack??? There's no way a tire can get "crushed" by the weight of two or three more wheels and tires unless you deflated and de-beaded them. There is no reason to deflate tires for storage.
 
Call me a troglodyte, but I store my whole family's wheels and tires under my back deck. They are stacks of four on wooden shipping pallets. In summer I have the winters there, steel rim faces down, with a piece of corrugated (sign board) plastic over the top wheel and a large trash bag over each stack. In winter, the summer wheels are there, but with the rims facing up. I've never had an issue with damage to tires or alloys, and no real acceleration of rust on the winter steelies during summer. Been doing this for decades.
 
Since I have access to nitrogen I made sure that I let all the air out of the wheels and tires I was going to store. Filled them with nitrogen, let the nitrogen out then filled them with just five psi of nitrogen. This was after the wheels and tires had been washed, the wheels coated, and the tires rubbed down with GummiFledge. They were then bagged and stored upright in a back bedroom.
 
Just four high. They were winter tires and stored in a garage that was super hot over the summer. The bottom tire was warped along the tread, second from the bottom was a little damaged but not nearly as bad. Other two were fine. It surprised me as well but it cost me enough money in replacements that I won't do it again
 
I still don't get it. If the tire was kept inflated, there's simply no way that can happen. It would have to get over 200° for heat to be a factor.
 
I'm dealing with this right now as well. I was thinking of making a rack to put them on in the garage. If I do it, I'll post it here.

Where do you guys get bags big enough to fit wheels with tires? With tires on, even big black trash bags don't have a big enough opening.
 
BlueBeast14GT said:
I'm dealing with this right now as well. I was thinking of making a rack to put them on in the garage. If I do it, I'll post it here.

Where do you guys get bags big enough to fit wheels with tires? With tires on, even big black trash bags don't have a big enough opening.
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How big are your tires? Mine fit into the black bags n/p.

I've been storing my snow tires in the basement for years without any problems. All I do is stack them 4 high on top of a few 2X4 so they're not in direct contact with the cement floor and forget about them till early December.

Blade said:
I also label the tire position (on the back side) so that I could rotate them when put back on.
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:iagree: An excellent tip - I also label tire position w/ chaulk so re-mounting is easier.
 
Use 6-mil contractor bags from Lowes or HD. These fit truck tires.
 
I set mine on the tread since that's how they spend their life on a car. I've never seen a car driving down the road on the sidewalls. When I walk past them I give them a little spin to prevent flat spots. I had bicycle hooks in the wall and have hung the rim on them some years. You can hang them from a roof truss with a rope as well. I've been doing this for 3 decades without any problems. I don't bag mine since moisture can collect in the plastic bags and I like viewing my wheels and tires. Have fun!
 
MPBGT said:
I always clean the rims and tires very well. Wax the rims with Collonite 845. Dress the tires with your favorite water based protectant then bag em and stack em.

I've never had an issue.
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:iagree:

Used this same process for years and never an issue.
 
What we need to do is eliminate the disastrous effects of gravity. That's why I am launching my wheels into orbit. The electromagnetic capsule will keep the wheels centered so they're not banging into the walls and getting scratched.

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