Storing Alloy Wheels

[Steven1512]

Im going to be taking my alloys off today to put my other ones on for the winter. They will be getting wrapped up and stored in the garage. What do you guys do before storing them? Should i give them a coat of wax? Put anything on the tyres to stop them from perishing? Let pressure out the tyres? Just wondering whats the best way to keep them good as ive never done this before.

Cheers, Steven.

[bithmeister]

All i do when i take my rs's off,is to give them a good clean

polished them and put them in the back of the shed covered with an old bed sheet

thell be fine there till next march/april

[Steven1512]

Cheers mate do you leave the tyres on and are they okay? Dont crack/perish etc.?

[smye87]

Page 36, half way down.

http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=48787&st=700

I would've thought some tyre dresser and yes, let the tyres down (when they're new, they ain't full of air) but I don't know.

But check the Emz's link.

Smye

[bithmeister]

Cheers mate do you leave the tyres on and are they okay? Don't crack/perish etc.?

i leave the tyres on,i guess you could let the tyres down, i dont as there stored on there side like emz in her thread

so theres no weight on the tyres,so they wont go out of shape,

anyway think about this, brand new cars are stored for months even years sometimes and they don't move

till a customer orders a particular model/spec then they go to the dealers,

don't think they have Tyre issues

clean em,chuck em in your shed ,get them out next spring done

[scotty_82]

I was just about to make the comment the same as above , there is no real weight on the wheels and tyres so probably no real need to let the air out , plus it may add a little extra protection incase one falls etc.