garretts77
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- 2007 WRX VF39'd
Using nitrogen instead of compressed air has distinct advantages, which lead to immediate benefits for the vehicle owner.
1. It has more mass, so it migrates through the tire three to four times slower. The result: Tires hold their psi longer.
2. It runs about 20% cooler. Less heat results in less tire degradation.
3. It drastically reduces oxidation on the rim and inner-liner (nitrogen systems almost totally eliminate oxygen -- the cause of oxidation -- from the mix). 4. It is environmentally safe.
* I took this from this site: http://www.mtdealer.com/t_inside.cfm?action=art_det&storyID=1207
I had read someplace that it is mostly because Nitrogen doesn't expand and contract as much as compressed air.
Sorry to thread jack. Nice wheels! What tires will grace them?
1. It has more mass, so it migrates through the tire three to four times slower. The result: Tires hold their psi longer.
2. It runs about 20% cooler. Less heat results in less tire degradation.
3. It drastically reduces oxidation on the rim and inner-liner (nitrogen systems almost totally eliminate oxygen -- the cause of oxidation -- from the mix). 4. It is environmentally safe.
* I took this from this site: http://www.mtdealer.com/t_inside.cfm?action=art_det&storyID=1207
I had read someplace that it is mostly because Nitrogen doesn't expand and contract as much as compressed air.
Sorry to thread jack. Nice wheels! What tires will grace them?
