After a weekend of just vegging out in front of the TV, I came across a show on Spike called TRUCKS! They had a segment on how to increase tread life and prevent corrosion on your new rims. Some dude with a mullet and a deep southern drawl suggested that you fill your tires with Nitrogen. Then it all made sense to me, Nitrogen is an inert gas and will not explode, the molecules are actually larger than of normal air we put into tires, and most importantly, it lacks moisture so there is no corrosion on your rims and will keep the tire inflated longer with temperature variances. So if you can find a local custom car shop, fill your tires with nitrogen and watch your gas mileage go up about an average of .5 mile/gallon and longer tire life.
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Golden Dawn Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 6:23 pmVisit Golden Dawn
That’s an interesting bit of information. It is kind of wierd, once you think about it, that people are using an unfamiliar gas to the tire that has been used to normal air for so long. I like the idea!
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March 3rd, 2010 at 3:18 amVisit storage stockport
Added to my favourites list and added to my blogroll.
Keith Says:
June 5th, 2010 at 11:41 amVisit Keith
Air is 78% nitrogen already. “air” from a pressure hose is usually dried/dewatered. Even my little 4 gallon compressor at home has a water ‘filter’ on it.
This is nothin’ but added dealer markup for whoever is selling it to you for passenger tires.
N@TYRZ Says:
October 24th, 2010 at 2:39 pmVisit N@TYRZ
I have used nitrogen our family tires since 2006. Our tires usually exceed the posted life by 10,000 miles or more. I rotate and keep an eye on inflation even using nitrogen which usually requires very little top off over tire life. I have a classic Ford 1956 f100 show truck that put new 3″ whitewall tires on in 9/08. The truck sits most of the time (like the consumer reports test did instead of using daily driven tires for a more accurate comparison) and finally in 7/2010 I decided to top off. The lowest psi was 3# loss and others 2# or less and spare still at 32# after almost 2 years. The whitewall tires are still white with no discolor. I have read that as air permeates through sidewall has some affect of turning whitewalls yellow.
I have a part time business that I do mostly during summer months is Nitrogen Tire Inflation at car cruises. I bought my own nitrogen tire inflation system and have about 2k invested..Yeah I drank the cool aid but it has paid for itself already and many times do the service for free for safety and feedback. The tire system will purge all 4 tires simultaneously twice then top off to recommended psi automatically in about 10 minutes. Most of the classic cars and motorcycles I have done and followed up on after a year still have same psi. The feedback from customers on how the handling improved is encouraging. I charge 20.00 for 4 tires and 10.00 on a motorcycle and give free top off for life of tire or they can have done at Costco or any other of the 50 plus dealers in the Portland area. The Harley dealer in town who promotes nitrogen charges $23.00, most car dealers charge $40.00 some do for free. Bikers have given almost 100% positive feedbacks on handling improvement. Another person who tracks his daily mileage drives 150 miles a day had an increase of 1.5 mpg. The tires were only about 2 weeks old and match same psi of air to nitrogen used.
Not all people have seen mile increases but some have exceeded tire life by 10k or more as well. There are some Nitrogen dealers charging as much as 50.00 per vehicle and think is ludicrous. Eventually nitrogen will be a free and a standard in tire inflation. Lance Armstrong and tour d France bikers use in their bikes so must have some merit. Some people spend 4$ or more on a bottle of water of cup of coffee each day which seems excessive too but choice is your own.
There are many truck fleets online that have done testing and have seen the advantage of nitrogen inflation. One company said a tire failure cost them about $500.00 since using nitrogen failures have ceased and tire life has increased 30%. Wal-Mart has tested and is converting their fleet because of tire life increase and tire failure decrease.
In conclusion these people are doing real live studies without all the science, windsocks and plumb bobs people use to down play the benefits of nitrogen tire inflation on paper. Proper tire inflation is paramount whether you use air or nitrogen. I will be starting a blog soon of people who have used with feedback positive or not.
The majority of the classic cars and motorcycles I check are usually underinflated by 10 pounds or more. Motorcycle riders had rode 300 miles on tires with less than 15#psi they should have around 38-40# psi kind of scary. Millions of barrels of fuel are wasted each day due to underinflated tires or tyres in Europe.
Ok now check your tire psi especially the spare that will be usually severally underinflated.
Marc Azada Says:
August 12th, 2011 at 3:36 amVisit Marc Azada
I think the best way to make your tires last longer is to have a weekly car check up.