Posted By: hemidart1
storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 06:06 PM
If my car sits unmoved for about 5 months-will it ruin the tires if they are bias ply?
I guess I could move it a few inches back and forth but not sure if that will have any affect.
Posted By: burdar
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 06:10 PM
I parked mine last October and haven't looked at it since. I was wondering the same thing. Maybe I need to get the tires off the ground this winter.
Posted By: wingman
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 06:48 PM
Don't know that it will "ruin" them, but the first time you drive it next year you will definitely have to deal with the "thump*thump*thump*thump" for a while going down the road until the flat spots work themselves out. DAMHIK
Probably not a bad idea to put it up on jackstands/blocks, but I don't have as much data to back it up as some of these other guys do...
Posted By: nomore65BelvJim
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 06:56 PM
Shouldnt ruin them but they will likely have flat-spots. Another one of the joys of bias ply tires.
I'd put it up with the tires off the ground.
Posted By: hemidart1
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 06:58 PM
where would you place the jack stands?
Posted By: stumpy
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 07:11 PM
Under the rear axle spring perches and under the front A arms. that way it puts the weight in the normal places.
Posted By: TC@HP2
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 07:28 PM
Racer dudes tend to put stands under the frame to allow the springs to decompress. That's less important in a street car, but a thought.
Posted By: moparjim79
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 09/30/14 07:53 PM
Agreed, keep weight on the suspension.
Posted By: dmoore
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 10/01/14 04:07 AM
Use these on two vehicles the last two years with no flat spot issues....extremely simple alternative that works!
Posted By: sogtx
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 10/01/14 04:12 AM
Nothin a couple smoky burnout scant fix
Posted By: Golden-Arm
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 10/01/14 04:17 AM
the obvious solution to the problem. spin the rubber to true them round again.
Posted By: 71birdJ68
Re: storing a car on biasply tires - 10/01/14 05:53 PM
Flat spots are NOT a function of the tire being biasply, it has to do with what it is made of. Tires with nylon will flat spot, and most of the polyglas tires shouldn't.
