May and out of winter storage!

Henkan · 05-02-2022, 12:38 PM

With summer approaching the vert is out of the winter storage garage. Driving home I noticed something I sort of interpreted as the weels being somewhat oval. I must say that I never has noticed this during the last 10 years I have had my summer cars stored for winter. On the other hand these are run flats which is the first time for me. What do you think and what could be done to avoid this?

CardinalFlyer · 05-02-2022, 03:59 PM

Those tires will definitely acquire flat spots after sitting like that. Should smooth out after a bit of use.

RJV3 · 05-02-2022, 07:12 PM

Keep your car on jack stands to avoid that, but they'll go back 8nto position after a few miles of driving. The tires are just slightly warped because of the weight of the car and the air compressed in one spot in the tire.

eye4speed2 · 05-09-2022, 12:15 PM

I had a similar issue on my other car. I am going to have the wheels rebalanced just in case. I have tried the overfilling method before storage with limited success.

I also came into a dead battery that luckily was able to be recharged on trickle. I used to trickle but had one blow up my battery (on a boat) so not doing that again.

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CardinalFlyer Enlisted Member 6 Rep 31 Posts Drives: 2014 BMW 650i Convertible Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Central Florida iTrader: (0)	Those tires will definitely acquire flat spots after sitting like that. Should smooth out after a bit of use.
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RJV3 Customize Everything! 44 Rep 279 Posts Drives: 17 F06 Gran Coupe/ 16 F10 535 Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: NY iTrader: (1)	Keep your car on jack stands to avoid that, but they'll go back 8nto position after a few miles of driving. The tires are just slightly warped because of the weight of the car and the air compressed in one spot in the tire.
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eye4speed2 Private First Class 13 Rep 107 Posts Drives: Alpina B6 Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Michigan iTrader: (1)	I had a similar issue on my other car. I am going to have the wheels rebalanced just in case. I have tried the overfilling method before storage with limited success. I also came into a dead battery that luckily was able to be recharged on trickle. I used to trickle but had one blow up my battery (on a boat) so not doing that again.
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