Can you damage Cups in Cold Weather?

**$w!ft** · 30-10-2010, 01:47 PM

Was wondering, if I were to leave the cups on the car the whole winter, is there any chance the rubber will loose its properties due to sufficient exposure at cold temperatures?

I was told this would happen with Toyo's R888....

**AlexGTT** · 30-10-2010, 05:52 PM

Not that I know of. Winters aren't that harsh in UK these days. Are you taking it to the Arctic Circle or something?

monkeycsl · 30-10-2010, 06:04 PM

That is true with the toyo r888 they crack below 5 degrees if storing release air pressure, would have thought due to the very soft rubber compound that this could happen to the cups too but not sure.

**Mark CSL** · 30-10-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexGTT

Not that I know of. Winters aren't that harsh in UK these days. Are you taking it to the Arctic Circle or something?

Where were you last year alex

Cups dont work under 7c and i dont know about the cold but the sun can affect them

**AlexGTT** · 30-10-2010, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mark csl

Where were you last year alex

Cups dont work under 7c and i dont know about the cold but the sun can affect them

Well, apart from digging snow drifts off my front door, I was mostly in the pub.

I think the op is asking about the effect of storing cups in cold conditions. Never had an issue with mine, that's all I can say.

**glendog74** · 30-10-2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mark csl

Cups dont work under 7c

They do on a nice dry winters' track day

**$w!ft** · 30-10-2010, 07:47 PM

alirght thanks, so I shouldnt be worried about leaving them on my car this winter then

**shimmy** · 10-12-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by $w!ft

alirght thanks, so I shouldnt be worried about leaving them on my car this winter then

I personally would wrap them in a blanket and put a hot water bottle on each one.

**AlexGTT** · 30-10-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by glendog74

They do on a nice dry winters' track day

................and on Ring this week coming.

Weather is looking up.

derek · 02-11-2010, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mark csl

Where were you last year alex

Cups dont work under 7c and i dont know about the cold but the sun can affect them

Not a problem for us with 3 days sunshine a year

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$w!ft S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: London (W1) Posts: 309 Casino cash: $3311	alirght thanks, so I shouldnt be worried about leaving them on my car this winter then