so where and how do you store winter tires?

[evident]

Seriously considering a rwd car but have storage issues. I have a small one car garage with no basement. Where can I store a set of winter tires?

What do you guys do? If you can fit it in your garage/house. How do you store them?

 

[Railgun]

I have a one car that's barely big enough for a mini, let alone storage for house stuff and a motorcycle.

That said, just stacked in the corner. Two sets actually.

 

[skyking]

I have overhead space in the carport. I put up some plywood and take them up a ladder and store them up there.

 

[pauldun170]

Corner of the garage. One of these days I'll get wall rack

 

[Vdubchaos]

Why exactly are you considering RWD car?

You live in Phily, you should be able to use public transportation during snow storms (might be an option).

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Self-storage lot

 

[cbrsurfr]

Discount Tire has offered to store my winter wheels/tires for 50 bucks a year and they will swap them over for me. But I have the room so I store them myself. I have nice totes from Tire Rack and use the cardboard circles from the many wheel/tire orders I've done to protect the inside/outside of the wheels.

I also have some heavy duty wheel hangers in the garage for additional wheels. For those I have to remove the center caps and slide the wheels on.

 

[Virge_]

A handful of 2x4's, a few steel threaded rods and some bolts, and all 8 are lined along the ceiling with about an inch of clearance. Pretty space efficient.

If you don't need to worry about mounting them as flush to the ceiling as I did for space, or if you just don't like redneck engineering, there are quite a few fancier (and significantly more expensive) systems:

http://www.mygaragestore.com/Tire-Storage-Racks.aspx
http://www.carguygarage.com/tire-racks.html

 

[Vetterin]

Just make a rack. There are plenty of DIY instructions on the interweb.
http://www.arcair.com/sbarc-uploaded-forum-images/00230.jpg

 

[evident]

Why exactly are you considering RWD car?

You live in Phily, you should be able to use public transportation during snow storms (might be an option).

To clarify, i live in the philly burbs. it's not even remotely possible that i could ever take public transportation to where i work. Taking my wife's car is an option when it snows because she can easily work from home, but its not something I want to do all the time.

considering both the RWD and AWD versions of the Lexus IS350 FSport. Not many available on the used market with all of the features I want right now, but there is a fully loaded RWD one in the color i want about 200 miles away from me.

 

[Belegost]

I have a small one car myself, I line them up along the wall standing upright. I have considered some hooks to hang them flat against the wall though.

 

[desy]

I have them store my tires for 50 a yr
Beats having to haul around grungy tires and store, I never touch them

 

[Bacstar]

One car garage as well. Some 2 x 4's and made a tire rack mounted on the back right side corner of the garage, or would that be the front...:\

 

[exar333]

In a stack in the corner.

 

[JulesMaximus]

My winter tires also serve as my summer tires and vice versa so I just store them on the car.

 

[jagec]

I shove them to the back of the wardrobe.

 

[evident]

My winter tires also serve as my summer tires and vice versa so I just store them on the car.

wish i could live in hawaii. i wouldn't have this issue either.

 

[cyclistca]

I store mine in a pile on the side of the garage.

The RWD Lexus IS350 FSport is the way to go. It comes with the newer 8 speed auto. The AWD comes with an older 6 speed auto.

 

[evident]

I store mine in a pile on the side of the garage.

The RWD Lexus IS350 FSport is the way to go. It comes with the newer 8 speed auto. The AWD comes with an older 6 speed auto.

AWD apparently is a few tenths of a second faster due to more traction. the 8 spd auto and VGRS options are what i really want. and better fuel economy is a plus too. I can honestly go either way though. if one pops up closer to me that happens to have everything and AWD i would probably consider it too. i friggin love this car either way. I have a feeling they will finally be updating their engine in the MMC though

 

[Murdoc]

In the corner of the garage.

 

[Murdoc]

Could you store them outside? You could get a long chain to thread through all of them with a padlock so they they wont get stolen (easily).

 

[Corn]

Discount Tire has my winter tires and wheels. A bargain for swap and storage at $50 per season.

 

[rickon66]

Key West

 

[DaTT]

Discount Tire has my winter tires and wheels. A bargain for swap and storage at $50 per season.

I'm still looking for a place nice and cheap where I live. I would love to have someone else change my tires for me.