OEM recommended is 33 psi. Don't bother with nitrogen, not worth it. Just check it maybe weekly like I said. Checking tire pressure often also helps you find slow leaks from small punctures that you might not otherwise find until you're on the side of the road with a flat.

Also just visually check your tires whenever you walk away from/toward your car. You'll be able to see if one is drastically low.

 

If your area gets really cold as in -20 to -30c during the winter the nitrogen makes a huge difference. I check my tire pressure monthly regardless of anything else, and the nitrogen inflated winter tires stay very steady in pressure. Even more steady than my summer tires do in the summer between each tire pressure check. Of course, if you barely go below freezing then it probably makes less of a difference.

Most wheel/tire places offer this for next to no extra cost, so it would totally be worth it depending on your local winter conditions.

 

^ Good info. I just air up my tires at home so I've never considered actually going with nitrogen.

 

It only gets down to -20 about 3 nights/year (wind chill - actual temp is -10). I did check and I am at 29 PSI - so for today, its more air.

How is the Honda at starting in cold weather? I have heard the battery is a wimpy.

 

Mock up for a new grille project I'm working on. This one is just plastic mesh that I had left over from my fog light project. The idea is the final one will be metal wire mesh, and will be in the lower grill as well. This one doesn't look too bad from afar. It will do till I find the time to make the final product.

And yes, the car is dirty and needs some paint!

 

Amen, one day we both will.

Maybe we can go halfsies? lol

Good idea to check it weekly, I have been using Nitogen in both of my cars but just because it is free at my tire shop. Otherwise I wouldn't pay the premium for it.

I will say that investing in a good tire gauge is really important. I had one 3 of those free gauges and all 3 gave me a different reading but when I used the $10 gauge with a pressure release valve it was accurate.

I use this one:


Nice setup!

I'm not sure about that grille but will wait and see what you have in store

 

Some new tires arrived today. Putting them on this weekend since it supposed to start snowing next week. My bald OEM dunlops can't even handle wet roads, so don't want to chance them in the snow.

 

Waizz - Yes,got a $10 one at Autozone. 34PSI all around now.Schoat - I got the clear bra so, w brand new OEMs, going to see how it goes. Would like to wait for a year. Trading them out yearly and storing is not cost effective. If it's bad, I'll reconsider. My drive is only really bad a few times a year and I am not under huge time pressure those days. I'll look forward to your updates.

Any thoughts on cold weather start up reliably?

 

Installed my Clazzio seat covers last night and this morning. It took me way too long. Those headrests are a pain to get on.

 

Unless you have wheels with two valve stems, one to put the nitrogen in, and one to let the air out while trying to replace the air coming out with nitrogen you really have very little nitrogen in your tire. The nitrogen can NOT displace the air in the tire if it has no escape.

Very common problem that has many threads about it on other sites. Just search something along the lines of "do my tires really have nitrogen in them?" or similar.

Then search is it worth trying to use nitrogen in my car tires ?

Those two subjects may change your mind on the subject.

 

Yeah I read that before. I remember it said air is already about 70% nitrogen, and that you need around 93% to have any benefits. My tires were filled with nitrogen when they were mounted, so I'm confident that the displacement of nitrogen is relatively high.

In any case it was free to get nitrogen at Costco, and it does seem to work anecdotally. I lost less than 1 psi during the 6 months of storage, and the pressure remains more stable than my summer tires do despite huge temperature fluctuation. (~5C to - 30C)

That said, if I had to pay a bunch of money just to get nitrogen I would pass too. Checking the pressure regularly is easy enough. But if it's free, why not?

 

Let's see some pics!

 

Thanks Connor. Costco is a 60 mile drive, compressed air is 5 blocks. I'm also in sagebrush land Colorado, not a ski slope. At 5 k feet above sea level, I doubt there would be much benefit. Location, location, location. If I ever change my altitude to a higher zip, this will be good to know. I will keep a close eye on the gage. Thanks!

 

Finally got some wheels on my car. They are old skool 2pc wheels but I think they look good on the car. Need to have the faces re-finished and lips polished. Got them on the cheap with some crappy ass sunny tires.

 

Got it washed... ready for more DIYing...

 

What I hope to do tomorrow is make my first payment on time by Monday. Honda is being slow so I'll call the dealer tomorrow.

 

Alberta problems

 

Just bought some Husky floor liners so nothing can ruin my floors hopefully and they were the only ones I really liked that weren't super expensive either.

 

The install of the grille looks easy, but I am worried about the cutting parting. What are your thoughts?

 

Went to the beach today and had a little surf session, got home and when I came back outside after having breakfast I realized the windshield got cracked and have no idea how it happened