Any good deal to pump nitrogen for tires?

[Fivegear]

Hi,

Am wondering whether is there a good deal out there in the market that allow drivers to go back for free nitrogen top up? How much?

[Karsoon]

Free? I dont think so.

Discounted rates for members, yes.

[Wrc206]

I go Stamford for top up. Good service too.

[Alvinchua1975]

For me since I bought from Hankook & paid for nitro, they say I can go back to pump for free once in every 1 to 1.5 months lor.

[Bluemice]

usually if u buy tyres( set of 4) from autobaccs or stamford, they would usually give "foc" for a certain no.

 

eg autobaccs is 80,000km worth of topup for the tyres distance + rotation + patch, etc...

 

mice

[Ahbengdriver]

Air is made up of majority nitrogen, so I just pump normal air ...FOC

[Kelpie]

Hi,

Am wondering whether is there a good deal out there in the market that allow drivers to go back for free nitrogen top up? How much?

 

If you drive a Honda, you pay a one-time $40 for the nitrogen top-up throughout the lifespan of your tires. If you buy tires from Hankook, I think they probably will give you free top-up too, can check with them to confirm.

 

Regards,

Edited December 3, 2006 by Kelpie

[Kelpie]

In Indonesia, workshops pump nitrogen for free. They've long stopped using normal air to pump.

 

Regards,

[Rustycar]

Everywhere pumps 70% N2.

 

If you ain't racing, U ain't needing N2.

[Yeobh]

Smart move, why go all the trouble to pump nitrogen when the gain is so minute. Nitrogen was initially used in aeroplane tyres to overcome low temp and high altitude problems that comes with air.

[Yeobh]

Maybe you are referring to JKT Kota, I am very sure other parts of indoensia are till using air to pump tyre from home make air compressors.

[Kelpie]

Yes, at least at JKT. My uncle operates a workshop in town and he told me that workshops have stopped using normal air pump since ages. He pointed his "antique" air pump to me at his backyard.

 

Regards,

[Tanjkp]

Air is made up of majority nitrogen, so I just pump normal air ...FOC

But everytime U top up will notice drop in pressure at each pump up.

For N2, U can be sure for months the pressure remain the same. This save time to frequent pump up and tyres always run at proper inflated stage. Wear and tear will be more even.

[Cool_jazz]

are you sure that N2 keeps pressure for months?

I had Conti Sports Contact 2 from Stamford and they put in N2 (free "top-up" for life of tyres) and I need to go for "top-up" every second week. Do you use a tyre pressure gauge to check your tyre pressure? From my experience, even with N2 regular "top-up" is needed.

[Blurtux]

A newbies to N2 but I noticed that H Tyres is providing 6 months guarantee for their customer who use their N2 nitrogen pumping service ... free top-up if during this 6 months should their tyre pressure drop. IMO, maybe it might really last for months longer than normal air pump

[Cool_jazz]

6 months guarantee is great. Take it.

 

I only used N2 on my Conti Sports Contact 2 and after making several trips to Stamford to top-up N2... decided to save myself the trouble and pump at petrol stations instead.

 

Maybe there was something wrong with my tyres/valves that required regular top-up. It will be great if N2 retains pressure for 6 months.

[Wrc206]

Mine using N2 from Stamford but seldom have to top up. Maybe once every 2mths at most and even then still not much drop in pressure.

[Ahbengdriver]

Aiya, I wash my car every weekend after that I drive to Esso Mobil to top fuel. Same time I add air from their digital guaged air pump. For most cars no need N2 lah, even some tyre/rim shop also tell me they dont use, they say might as well pass on the savings to customers. Some say some tyres sidewall soft, so need N2. For me I just pump extra 5 kPA of air . Some also say N2 molecule bigger so lesser leaking, well I guess if I check/pump every 2 weeks, this shld not be a problem. After there is a screw cap on our rims wha.

 

Anyway the esso mobil pump quite nice to play

Edited December 4, 2006 by Ahbengdriver