[Gerald]

Spray ’em down with 303 once a month & forget the covers. They’re a pain. Just my 2.

[Roy]

If you are parked 6 months per year is might help a bit to have covers. If you move every 2-4 months a tire cover is not necessary.

[David]

I also have jumbo tire covers and don’t use them anymore. I bought them for the ’08 Dynasty and they also fit the Liberty (black covers).

I ‘might’ put them on only if I were parked outside for a very long time, otherwise, I use 303 Aerospace Protectant to protect the tires.

Safe travels,

Mark

[George]

Thank you for your thoughts, good information. I’m going to leave then off and spray them.

[glen]

Hello,

There seems to be two types of 303 Aerospace products, one is 30307CSR and one is 30340CSR which says Marine UV on the bottle.

Which is recommended for tires?

Thanks

David Thomas

1998 XL Featherlight

[DON]

I like my tire covers protects tires and keeps wheels looking good, Before I drop the bus down it takes me 5 minute’s to put covers on.

[Archived]

Remember that Michelin says “no protectant solutions to be used on tires” or your warranty CAN be voided if premature dry wall cracking happens. I use covers only. Chemicals in protectant CAN attack tire compound, period.

[Jeff]

So … the perplexing problem of the day is:

To Spray, or Not to Spray?

I’m less concerned a about how the tires “shine” than I am about protecting the tires. I’m a new tires every seven years guy, who parks outside (most of the year in Wisconsin), facing north, with partial shade during the day on both sides of the coach.

From what was said above, am I to infer that Michelin wants NOTHING sprayed on the tires? Do I extend that and conclude there is NOTHING that Michelin thinks that should be put on the tires. Have ai reached a logical conclusion? Apparently Michelin doesn’t sell something for us to put on our Michelin tires.

[frank]

As a former plane owner whose plane was equipped with de-icing boots companies that make products made of rubber will provide products that extend the life of the product. BF Goodrich who made the boots on my plane likely made a ton of additional dollars selling products to be applied to protect the boots and extend their life.

If Michelin who knows people are putting all sorts of products on their tires wanted an additional revenue stream they could create and promote products that made tires look pretty.

Or maybe they have done the calculation and determined they will make a hell of a lot more money selling tires that have been prematurely damaged by folks that just cannot seem to have a set of tires that look like natural rubber and who insist on spraying or wiping on shiny stuff.

If you want tires to last and you want to avoid premature cracking and aging drive the bus often and exercise those tires to release the compound built into the tire to prevent aging. But for me a real clue about tires and their age is that Michelin will not cap a casing seven years or older.

May I assume when tire covers are put on the tires they are also put on the inner drives because those crack just as bad and as fast as the outer drives?