A badly stored tyre ages faster or can deform. These tips keep your tyres in top condition until next season.
The right place
- Cool: ideally between 10 and 20 °C.
- Dry: moisture can damage the rim.
- Dark: sunlight and UV make rubber age.
- Away from ozone: not next to a boiler, electric motors or chargers.
- Away from chemicals: oil, fuel and solvents attack the rubber.
Tyres on rims
- Hang them on a wall rack, or
- stack them flat, at most four high.
- Don't lower the pressure; rather set it slightly higher (about 0.5 bar extra).
Tyres without rims
- Stand them upright side by side.
- Turn them a quarter turn every month so they don't deform.
- Don't hang them on a hook: it deforms the bead.
Before you store them
- 1Wash your tyres and rims with soap and water.
- 2Let them dry well.
- 3Check the tread and look for damage.
- 4Mark the position, for example FL for front left, so you can rotate them next season.
No space at home?
A flat without a storage room or garage is not an ideal place for four tyres. Ask us about the options.
Changing over with us next season? Bring your tyres clean and marked, and it goes even faster.
