Do i need to clean the new wheel tire before installation

1990 OPEL CORSA
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XCHCUI
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Before an installation of new wheel-tire,which was about one year in storage (without cover) after its manufactured date.
Do i need to clean the inside of the wheel-tire (with air pressure) before the installation?
And more important, if i will install a wheel-tire that has inside foreign objects like sands etc. could it cause damage to the tire or to the metal wheel?
May 29, 2017 at 8:03 AM
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HMAC300
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if there is foreign material in tire by all means clean it out but as far as cleaning wheel/tire is totally up to you.
May 30, 2017 at 5:41 AM
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Hi HMAC300.

I refer to a foreign material like sands etc. inside the tire, not on the tire surface.
Could it cause damage, with time,to the tire or to the metal wheel?
May 30, 2017 at 9:19 AM
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it may not hurt wheel even in time but would tire.
May 30, 2017 at 9:31 AM
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Ok.thanks for your help.
May 31, 2017 at 1:48 AM
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Please let us know what happens, we are interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Ken
Jun 2, 2017 at 9:18 AM