Firestone dealer told me, today that....
04-27-2006, 09:32 PM
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Firestone dealer told me, today that....
Within this year they will be distributing Nitrogen!
So I asked how will this happen? He said they will evacuate my tires and the refill em with Nitrogen!
I found this interesting!!
So I asked how will this happen? He said they will evacuate my tires and the refill em with Nitrogen!
I found this interesting!!
04-28-2006, 01:43 AM
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Had my truck and the TL filled with nitrogen for 6 months now and no problems yet.
They claim that since nitrogen is an inert gas, it doesn't promote corrosion of the rim or oxidation of the tires from within and since the molecules are supposed to be larger than oxygen, nitrogen does not leak out like regular air. Oh, last but not least, the tires are supposed to run cooler too (this is what I liked)!
What the heck... it only cost me $15 for each vehicle, spare tires included plus life time refills from Bid "O" tires and I've blown more money on crazier things!
What could it hurt, right???
Happy motoring!
They claim that since nitrogen is an inert gas, it doesn't promote corrosion of the rim or oxidation of the tires from within and since the molecules are supposed to be larger than oxygen, nitrogen does not leak out like regular air. Oh, last but not least, the tires are supposed to run cooler too (this is what I liked)!
What the heck... it only cost me $15 for each vehicle, spare tires included plus life time refills from Bid "O" tires and I've blown more money on crazier things!
What could it hurt, right???
Happy motoring!
04-28-2006, 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by CAHobbs
Had my truck and the TL filled with nitrogen for 6 months now and no problems yet.
They claim that since nitrogen is an inert gas, it doesn't promote corrosion of the rim or oxidation of the tires from within and since the molecules are supposed to be larger than oxygen, nitrogen does not leak out like regular air. Oh, last but not least, the tires are supposed to run cooler too (this is what I liked)!
What the heck... it only cost me $15 for each vehicle, spare tires included plus life time refills from Bid "O" tires and I've blown more money on crazier things!
What could it hurt, right???
Happy motoring!
They claim that since nitrogen is an inert gas, it doesn't promote corrosion of the rim or oxidation of the tires from within and since the molecules are supposed to be larger than oxygen, nitrogen does not leak out like regular air. Oh, last but not least, the tires are supposed to run cooler too (this is what I liked)!
What the heck... it only cost me $15 for each vehicle, spare tires included plus life time refills from Bid "O" tires and I've blown more money on crazier things!
What could it hurt, right???
Happy motoring!
... Back to the topic. uhh huh... firestone? sucks? lol.. but no i have not gotten around to getting my tires filled with the laughing gas. LOL!
04-28-2006, 10:41 AM
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"Oh, last but not least, the tires are supposed to run cooler too (this is what I liked)!"
Now where I live (Minnesota) We are always changing tire pressure because of the outside air temp. This is not supposed to be such an influence on Nitrogen ether. Also the tires don't heat up like CAHobbs said......
Now where I live (Minnesota) We are always changing tire pressure because of the outside air temp. This is not supposed to be such an influence on Nitrogen ether. Also the tires don't heat up like CAHobbs said......
04-28-2006, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by subinf
you get cool green stem caps though
Hey subinf, your killin me!!! Cool green caps....... yea, right....
Had them put the chrome caps back on cause people keep asking if they lite up too and they made the rims look too much like a bottle of Slime tire leak stopper...but the spares have em!!
Hey you going to the track meet this month??
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04-28-2006, 12:28 PM
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If Rick can get the entrance cost down...
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There was a good thread on Nitrogen in the Car Talk section of this forum that had a lot of positive and negative input.
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There was a good thread on Nitrogen in the Car Talk section of this forum that had a lot of positive and negative input.
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