Flat Spot???
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Flat Spot???
What is it anyway? My 240 is sitting in the garage all day from Monday to Friday. I only drive it on the weekend. Is it means it has the flat spot? How to avoid it? I am planning to get the 18” and it will be sitting in the garage from Monday to Friday, will it damages the new 18”?
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dude just over inflate your tires you dont have much to worry about.
A week is nothing just keep normal tire pressure, if you want to be **** just over inflate every time before you put the car back in the garage for the week.
A week is nothing just keep normal tire pressure, if you want to be **** just over inflate every time before you put the car back in the garage for the week.
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2003 C230K Sport Coupe, 1986 190E 2.3
The only way to stop it is to keep it off the ground. It is much easier to deal with it until the tires warm and the flat spots go away. Only should take about 5 minutes at highway speed.
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put something under the tires like a rug or wood. the cement somehow manages to mess up tires. the coldness from the cement does something to the tire, not exactly sure wat it does but it does cause tires to go bad.
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From: York, PA
2003 C230K Sport Coupe, 1986 190E 2.3
Originally posted by elchinocache
put something under the tires like a rug or wood. the cement somehow manages to mess up tires. the coldness from the cement does something to the tire, not exactly sure wat it does but it does cause tires to go bad.
put something under the tires like a rug or wood. the cement somehow manages to mess up tires. the coldness from the cement does something to the tire, not exactly sure wat it does but it does cause tires to go bad.
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'14 GLK250 Diesel
We use 4 cheap Wally-World [Wal-Mart] floor jacks with wood blocks attached to the saddles [to avoid damaging the jacking receivers] and simply jack up the car on all four corners after every use.
This takes a grand total of maybe 2-3 minutes at each end of the transaction. Been doing this for the past 13 years, ever since I retired and the car[s] stopped being used for commuting.
Otherwise, assume that flat-spotting will happen. Depending on too many variables to list here, this may be a minor problem that will go away each time you use it after a few miles, or cause permanent lumpiness that can't be made right. I've had different tires over the years that met both those extremes....so I no longer worry about it....just jack it up.
This takes a grand total of maybe 2-3 minutes at each end of the transaction. Been doing this for the past 13 years, ever since I retired and the car[s] stopped being used for commuting.
Otherwise, assume that flat-spotting will happen. Depending on too many variables to list here, this may be a minor problem that will go away each time you use it after a few miles, or cause permanent lumpiness that can't be made right. I've had different tires over the years that met both those extremes....so I no longer worry about it....just jack it up.
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My issues with flat spots have been well documented on this board. Some are worse than others, I think mine is pretty bad, or maybe I'm just more sensetive to it. I will say my pilot sport tires that came originally on my car had no flat spots at all...as soon I as I got my contiextreme's it was discovered two left one's were out of round....well I wished, and prayed it would go away, and it's still there...taking in the car back to the tire place and complain, they said they might give me replacements.......but nothing is more annoying to me than flat spots 
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From: York, PA
2003 C230K Sport Coupe, 1986 190E 2.3
Originally posted by c230pete
My issues with flat spots have been well documented on this board. Some are worse than others, I think mine is pretty bad, or maybe I'm just more sensetive to it. I will say my pilot sport tires that came originally on my car had no flat spots at all...as soon I as I got my contiextreme's it was discovered two left one's were out of round....well I wished, and prayed it would go away, and it's still there...taking in the car back to the tire place and complain, they said they might give me replacements.......but nothing is more annoying to me than flat spots
My issues with flat spots have been well documented on this board. Some are worse than others, I think mine is pretty bad, or maybe I'm just more sensetive to it. I will say my pilot sport tires that came originally on my car had no flat spots at all...as soon I as I got my contiextreme's it was discovered two left one's were out of round....well I wished, and prayed it would go away, and it's still there...taking in the car back to the tire place and complain, they said they might give me replacements.......but nothing is more annoying to me than flat spots
