help mounting stretched tires?

[chmercer]

hey guys, im trying to get some tires mounted for my wheels

specs are 18x10 18x12 with 235/40 fk451 front, 265/35 bridgestone s-03 in back

been to like 4 tire shops around my area and nobody can do it

the tires are on the wheels but cant get them to seat using only a cheetah, and none of the stores have bead rings (only one of the shops even knew what i was talking about)

could anyone give me any tips on how to mount using lighter fluid? its the only thing i can think of besides buying my own bead rings.

[jdmpalace]

I mounted 245 on 12s with bare hand, what is bead rings :-\

[DXJP]

OK here is how I do it. Im not responsable for you or your stuff if you blow up or burn to the ground.

Get a remote air chuck something you dont have your face over the wheel putting air in.

Spray a little staring fluid between the tire and the rim. A LITTLE not a can full.

Light a match and throw it at the tire as soon as the fluid flashes hit the air. Done corectly it will blow the tire up to the bead long enough to fill it up much like the cheeta.

[chmercer]

I mounted 245 on 12s with bare hand, what is bead rings :-\


man, what tire? that seems crazy

got the 235s to mount up today with standard tire mounting stuff, im thinking about giving up on the 265s and just getting some more 275s, anyone know a good tire in that size (like good stretchwise, performance is not super important), before i used some shitty hankook tires or somthing, says "Sport IV" on the sidewall, pretty junky. sidewall bubbled out all gross like when you stretched them.

[jdmpalace]

I went cheap on one of my cars and stretch 215/35/18 Nankang on 11s, but that tire was 245/35/18 Falken 451!!

[chmercer]

hey fellas, i was thinking about putting 285/30s on the 18x12s since the 275/35 sidewall is kindof big and gross, you guys think i woudl have any problems getting that mounted? its pretty wide (the tire im looking at is rated for an 11" wheel in the first place)

[chmercer]

anybody know? :)

[AME_VIP]

I think that would be fine. I don't have experience with that size but I do have 19x11.5 with 275/30/19 and it wasn't that tough according to the shop.

Nikolay's Falken Azenis ST-115 255/35-18 on 18x11.5 from ziptied

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c334/go4speeed1st/133.jpg

[firelizard]

A 275/35 sidewall is a bit bigger than a 265/35

[chmercer]

I think that would be fine. I don't have experience with that size but I do have 19x11.5 with 275/30/19 and it wasn't that tough according to the shop.

Nikolay's Falken Azenis ST-115 255/35-18 on 18x11.5 from ziptied


cool thanks for the info on the 19s, that makes me feel safer, havent had much experience stretching 30 series.

[One Ton VIP]

I mounted 245 on 12s with bare hand, what is bead rings :-\


I remember going to pick and pull one time in the morning... and seeing this big guy wrestling with a wheel and two big screwdrivers... I leave at closing time a good 5-6 hours later (don't even remember why I was there so long... probably pulling audi wastegates if I remember correctly) and saw the guy in line to pay for two used crappy tires. So he spent like almost 6 hours dismounting two used crappy tires from two used crappy junkyard wheels... with two screwdrivers. And I bet the price he paid on those tires wasn't even that good!

[chmercer]

rofl. that is awesome.

anyway i finally got my stuff all mounted up, ended up with 235/40 fk451 on the 10s, 275/35 fk452 on the 12s.
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5682/pic0073kw.jpghttp://img88.imageshack.us/img88/328/pic0049fe.jpg
looks MUCH better than the stupid kumhos i had before, baloon sidewall city

[AME_VIP]

Very nice glad you got it all sorted out. Those look muuuch better with the nice stretch.

[jdmpalace]

I remember going to pick and pull one time in the morning... and seeing this big guy wrestling with a wheel and two big screwdrivers... I leave at closing time a good 5-6 hours later (don't even remember why I was there so long... probably pulling audi wastegates if I remember correctly) and saw the guy in line to pay for two used crappy tires. So he spent like almost 6 hours dismounting two used crappy tires from two used crappy junkyard wheels... with two screwdrivers. And I bet the price he paid on those tires wasn't even that good!


Damn, he wanted those tires really bad I guess,
Maybe I should have said, stretched them with bare hand. That's one thing I can not do mount and dismount the tires with hand, I know I'm either going to damage the tire or mess up the lip of my wheel. I even get my 10" slicks mounted with machine even they are soft enough for mounting by hand but I found the best way to stretch tires is with hand and enough air pressure.