Hey guys,

Just got off the phone with the place I ordered my tires from and they want to charge me $3.50 a tire to fill it with Nitrogen instead of regular air.

While I've talked to others and, yes it has it's advantages..... for those of you that are going to be autocrossing, and the like ( Changing your tire pressures often ), it's a waste of your money.

The guy was kinda defensive when I told him that I had thought about buying from tire rack, and went on and on about how I wouldn't be saving any money, and blah blah blah...


Not sure I'll go back there again, but they're ordered, and I still like the deal...

 

i wouldn't pay for them to put nitrogen in its really not that much better for a daily driver

 

never really heard of anyone putting nitrogen in their tires, whats wrong with reg air

 

air dissapates quicker, resulting in loss of pressure faster than nitrogen would do from what I understand, I agree though, for a daily driving use, it wouldn't be much use

 

No, the reason is that the pressure stays more consistent. Nitrogen doesn't expand and contract with heat as much as normal air does. Therefore you have to change the tire pressures less often with temperature changes. It also helps prevent tire rot on the inside of the tires.

 

I stand corrected, thanks for the clarification

 

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That's the reason that when I put new tires on my c-130 i use nitrogen...

 

Here's what Road & Track has to say about nitrogen for car tires:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=1

 

I have it. Bell tire dose it for free.

Later

 

There are absolutely no negatives about using nitrogen for inflation. All airplanes use it. The only problem sometimes is finding it. You can mix nitrogen with air without concern. In fact it is unescapable due to the air that is trapped during mounting.

 

Air is already 78 pecent nitrogen. The remainder is 21 percent oxygen, and 1 pecent other gasses.

 

Yup. A lot of big-rigs use it for that very reason, as many times their in opposite climates in a matter of a couple of days, not to mention the ridiculous amount of miles driven.

 

Well, I see there are lots of good answers out there.

Still not sold on it especially when they charge $3.50 a tire. Like some have said... air is 78% Nitrogen anyway. We'll see what i end up doing. The tires SHOULD be in this AM ( that's what they said yesterday when I called ) and I'm going in on Saturday morning to have them put on.

I'll post then.

2 Weeks to get tires in.... how annoying...

 

$14.... not a big deal really. i would opt for it

 

Unless your driving at the track and your name is michal shumacher ( I know it butchered his name) there's no point. Honest, well that or your car sits in teh garadge for a month at a time adn those tires on it last you a half decade.