Nitrogen Tire Fill?
Sep 7, 2005, 01:25 PM
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Nitrogen Tire Fill?
Has anyone inflated their tires with Nitrogen yet?
It is suppose to be lighter than air,,, bigger particles, No leaking and dosnt turn mosit in your rims?
A shop here has it, and charges $5 per tire to fill. Also said you can mix air with it if your in a pinch.
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It is suppose to be lighter than air,,, bigger particles, No leaking and dosnt turn mosit in your rims?
A shop here has it, and charges $5 per tire to fill. Also said you can mix air with it if your in a pinch.
Thanks.!
Sep 7, 2005, 01:39 PM
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My local Costco has nitro fill on their tires that they install and they don't seem to charge any more for the service. The nitro allows the tire to hold inflation pressures for a longer period of time and the molecules are larger. but $5 per tire is too much.
Sep 7, 2005, 01:40 PM
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The main reason for filling your tires with notrogen is that when you get your tires hot (like autocrossing) your tire pressure doesn't rise as much as it would with air.
There is no appreciable weight savings. You would probably lighten the wheels more by cleaning the brake dust off the inside of the wheel.
There is no appreciable weight savings. You would probably lighten the wheels more by cleaning the brake dust off the inside of the wheel.
Sep 7, 2005, 01:46 PM
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I order Nitrogen bottles for my job all the time(USAF), we buy the standard 220cu/feet bottles for only $17.00 from a company called Praxair. I am sure you can buy them much cheaper locally.
Whomever is charging $5 a tire is making a huge profit, the bottles ususally last a lot. By charging you $5 per tires they are paying their bottle entirely.
Ridculous!!
Whomever is charging $5 a tire is making a huge profit, the bottles ususally last a lot. By charging you $5 per tires they are paying their bottle entirely.
Ridculous!!
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Sep 7, 2005, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kmcconn9
so..im pretty bored: Nitrogen is about 1.81 pounds lighter than air, pound for pound...so it probably wont make much of a difference if any...(7 pounds)