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Old 12-23-2015 | 08:24 PM
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Ive got the regulator...you here or there?? PM me an address and its yours.
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Old 12-23-2015 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by offshoredrillin
Hey Chris, hope all is well. One of the biggest benefit ofnit is that it wont hold moisture and rot the tires from the inside out. Ever let air out of a tire and it stinks to high heaven, thats the rhbber decomposing from the heat cycle with reg air.
drive your car alot harder and the tires will wear out faster than decomposing,,grandma.
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Old 12-23-2015 | 09:36 PM
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Air is 70% nitrogen. Just top it off with normal compressed air.
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Old 12-24-2015 | 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mwicard
Air is 70% nitrogen. Just top it off with normal compressed air.
Actually 78.9%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth
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Old 12-24-2015 | 04:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Indy
Wouldn't the tire just wear out before that was ever a concern? Driven hundreds of thousands of miles and decomposition from the inside never was an issue.
depends on how long the car sits, for my clients with collections we always swap it out and the tires wont break as fast from the inside.
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Old 12-24-2015 | 10:15 AM
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We have 2 different systems at my dealership. One is a single tire fill and the other does all 4 at the same time. Neither one use a nitrogen tank. They have a membrane in them that pulls the nitrogen from the air. They have a digital guage that shows you the % of nitrogen. It is 90%+. I would think you could pick up the single tire at a time machine cheap! They were to slow for a busy shop.
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Old 12-27-2015 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by phragle
Ive got the regulator...you here or there?? PM me an address and its yours.
PM sent, thank you.
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Old 12-27-2015 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by offshoredrillin
Hey Chris, hope all is well.
Other than a few hurdles, everything is great! Sure do miss boating in the midwest with you guys!
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Old 12-27-2015 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by offshoredrillin
depends on how long the car sits, for my clients with collections we always swap it out and the tires wont break as fast from the inside.
Precisely the situation. A few low-mile collectible vehicles, boat/car trailers, RV, and trucks that are only driven occasionally. Not really an issue for a high-mile daily driver.
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Old 12-27-2015 | 05:32 PM
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