Nitrogen in Tires

**1D4LV** · February 15th, 2005 09:44 AM

have heard about them, actually Minerva tires in alabang offers tire inflation using nitrogen for 25 bucks (for the four tires na...)

what's good about them? aside from the fact that the molecular weight of nitrogen is lighter than oxygen, which may result in lower weight in tires (???). if this is the point, why not use helium? hehehehe.

what's bad about them? di ba highly explosive gas ang nitrogen?

**323f** · February 15th, 2005 09:52 AM

yup! available yan sa tyre boy sa banawe. dunno how much pero yun 25 buck looks cheaper than tyre boy.

**amboy** · February 15th, 2005 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by happy_gilmore

what's good about them? aside from the fact that the molecular weight of nitrogen is lighter than oxygen, which may result in lower weight in tires (???). if this is the point, why not use helium? hehehehe.

what's bad about them? di ba highly explosive gas ang nitrogen?

hmmm.... is that all the benefits of using nitrogen in your tires? parang its not worth it.

**co_drums_ol** · February 15th, 2005 09:55 AM

tlga? nitrogen pla yun.. what i know is they use a diff kind of gas nga din sa bridgestone (the fort). bka nitrogen nga.. more stable daw in changes in temperature.. that is if its nitrogen nga (not sure)..

years back, what i read in the internet na using clean filtered air is has also an advantage than just the N air.

**mazdamazda** · February 15th, 2005 09:59 AM

the advantage of nitro over regular air can only be felt on the track (since it helps in keeping the tire temp & pressure constant). but for regular driving, regular air is just fine (as tires have already been engineered for this).

**BlueBimmer** · February 15th, 2005 10:34 AM

normal air is just fine for me, grabe naman gastusan pa hangin ng gulong lng wakekeke

**hagiber** · February 15th, 2005 11:09 AM

Regular air is 70% nitrogen diba ?

**1D4LV** · February 15th, 2005 11:21 AM

thanks john. clear.

btw. human fart (as in utot) is 90% nitrogen. ang problema lang eh paano mo ikakarga sa gulong mo. hehehehe.

**paj4x4** · February 15th, 2005 01:02 PM

25 bucks does sound a bit cheap. A few months back I had my rigs tires filled with Nitrogen in Tyre Boy near Quezon Ave. They charge P100 per tire for SUV's.

The main advantage of using Nitrogen is that tire pressure does not go up even if you're running at high speed at noon time even for a long period of time. A few people have also said that the ride is much softer than normal air.

Bridgestone at the Fort also offers this service at P125 per tire (for SUV's).