R888 users beware!!

[PPTom]

Found this over on Pistonheads, regarding R888's and cold weather!
http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/tirestorage.pdf
Just moved mine from the garage into the Bedroom, the Mrs is over the moon, but Sh1t, its all about priorities.

 

[daviebroon]

you think they'd undertake these sort of conditional tests beforehand

 

[Henry]

it's due to the compound of the rubber; fairly widely known consideration in the storage of competition tyres. never had problems through storing mine in the garage over winter though (ed. although it is particularly cold this winter). and you'd obviously have to be slightly nuts to have them on the car this time of year anyway

 

[daviebroon]

^ aren't they standard on quite a few nippy cars at the mo

 

[Henry]

they seem to be; the Yokos fitted to the Elise/Exige (etc) are no different either

yet another of the compromises in tyres like that

 

[chrispy.clio]

Oh finally i have done somthing right. I have been sorting mine in the utility room for the past few weeks. Nice and warm
Hope bedford isnt snowy on the 20th.

 

[White16valver]

What a dumb thing to have happen.

WTF are R26.R owners with them on going to do? Or any elise owners running them? Are they going to drive them into the house??

 

[richy22]

I thought this was common knowledge to everyone?

4. Remove these tires from the vehicle and deflate to half the normal air pressure during prolonged periods of nonuse
or storage.
5. Do not move a car that is in storage with these tires, as the tires may crack.

 

[Fletcher]

What a dumb thing to have happen.

WTF are R26.R owners with them on going to do? Or any elise owners running them? Are they going to drive them into the house??

Heated garage FTW.