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Do Anyone Here Use Nitogen in your Tires?
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AY4B
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Awesome, all I need is another excuse to make a Costco run.
GOZFST
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Edmunds doesn't think it's worth it.
http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/should-you-fill-your-cars-tires-with-nitrogen.html
http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/should-you-fill-your-cars-tires-with-nitrogen.html
BajaRon
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I don't either. But some swear by it.
DJFaninTN
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on these colder nights I do believe it makes a difference. i know the FOBO Bike TPMS has been sending me an alert letting me know my tire pressures have dropped since the colder air has moved in. bike stays in the garage and does not have nitrogen in the tires.
checked the tire pressures on my truck that lives outside and that has nitrogen in them. pressures never change at all.
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checked the tire pressures on my truck that lives outside and that has nitrogen in them. pressures never change at all.
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ThreeWheels
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There are some advantages to running pure nitrogen instead of air, but you can only see them at the extreme levels of performance, such as tires for the space shuttle, or perhaps 24 hour racing at Lemans.
For the daily driver, it's better to keep the tire pressure correct than worry about which gas to use. Air is plenty good.
Having said that, if you have a cheap and ready source of compressed nitrogen, go for it !
Bob Denman
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Yup! That's what I use...
"Nitrogen-Light"!
Once you put in the "Fancy Stuff"; it makes it tougher to actually add any if you're on the road, and actually NEED more... :shocked:
SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN
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nitrogen is a dry inert gas. the advantages of nitrogen are more stable pressure when the tires get hot or very cold.
by not having oxygen in the tires you eliminate the moisture which can slowly do damage to the bead area of the
rim especially chrome plated rims & it damages the core of a tpms valve.
if you can put it in then go for it but don't go crazy to get it.
P.S. air is made up of 78% nitrogen & for nitrogen only to be effective the tire requires 98% purity in the tire
by not having oxygen in the tires you eliminate the moisture which can slowly do damage to the bead area of the
rim especially chrome plated rims & it damages the core of a tpms valve.
if you can put it in then go for it but don't go crazy to get it.
P.S. air is made up of 78% nitrogen & for nitrogen only to be effective the tire requires 98% purity in the tire
AY4B
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If you could get a portable nitrogen generator for 500-600 would it be worth it to get?
I saw this on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Handheld-Ni...:g:uF4AAOSwSHZWhCQc&item=181976880166&vxp=mtr
I saw this on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Handheld-Ni...:g:uF4AAOSwSHZWhCQc&item=181976880166&vxp=mtr
AY4B
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I also have one of these on order. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221639902133?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Someone recommended it on one of the threads. The main thing is I am now more aware of tire pressure after I was ignoring it and found I was running 11...OOps
Someone recommended it on one of the threads. The main thing is I am now more aware of tire pressure after I was ignoring it and found I was running 11...OOps
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SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN
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According to it's specs the purity is only 95% which won't do what you really want out of nitrogen, better then air
but not worth the money in my opinion.
SpyderSteveFL
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I ran nitrogen in all my car tires for years. I've learned over the years there is very little benefit (maybe a little longer run between top off because it doesn't seep out as fast) but the inconvenience far outweighed the benefit. IMHO keeping it at proper level with plain air is much more beneficial than worrying about nitrogen. When a nitrogen compressor becomes as ubiquitous as a standard air compressor in the garage maybe it would be worth it.
The handheld converter looks interesting but its not as pure as 'garage quality' nitrogen and is relatively expensive for the benefit. I am personally sticking with FOBO and regular air.
Re: Pressure- naturally pressure will increase when warm but I would think the recommended pressures in the manual would take that into account, hence COLD tire pressure. Inflation should always be measured when tires are cold before riding and whatever few psi it rises after warm is normal.
The handheld converter looks interesting but its not as pure as 'garage quality' nitrogen and is relatively expensive for the benefit. I am personally sticking with FOBO and regular air.
Re: Pressure- naturally pressure will increase when warm but I would think the recommended pressures in the manual would take that into account, hence COLD tire pressure. Inflation should always be measured when tires are cold before riding and whatever few psi it rises after warm is normal.
GOZFST
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I bought one a couple of years ago, works great.
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