anyone hear about putting Hydrogen in your tires instead of air. The dealer tried to sell me on this ($28) sounds like changing the muffler belt.
thanks for any reply
sam

 

Usually nitrogen, not hydrogen. Use to do it on my autocross vehicle to avoid pressure changes due to temperature.

 

It's nitrogen. They wanted to charge me like $12 last time I had my tires balanced and rotated. $28 seems a little high to me...

 

The product is legit, the price seems a bit steep. There's a few places around here that do that for free now....

 

Hydrogen in tires?

Road+tires+heat=BOOM! (add to that the fact that Hydrogen is going to leak out......tiny molecules+porous containment........there's not much that's not porous to hydrogen)

Nitrogen, absolutely, but in a truck I really wouldn't worry about it.

 

the only reason they use it so u dont have to air up your tires as much during temperature changes

 

Nitrogen, yes. It helps keep a steady pressure.

Hydrogen? You're riding on a time bomb if it doesn't all leak out first.

Costco here will do Nitrogen for you, if you have your car serviced there, for free.

 

Read that it prolongs the life of your tire and lightens the load. Supposedly they use it on air plane / race car tires. I believe the green / teal valvestem covers signifys you have nitrogen. All the Fords out of my stealership are filled with the stuff

 

Never seen it in any race car tires here. Ihave raced everything imaginable too.

 

They will do it for free at Discount Tires...