Installing tyres on rims

[VrWagz1]

I can get my hands on some cheap tyres, but instead of paying $15 a tyre to have them installed, i wanna swap them onto my vx ss rims myself and then just take them down for a balance. Saves a few bucks anyway. Anywho, how do i take the old tyres off and get the new ones on. Once they are on the rim i have no troubles popping them onto the lip, i can do that with the compressor at work.

[ephect]

can be done, let down the tyres and using 2 tyre levers slowly work around the wheel rim and lever it off. just be careful not to damage your rim, which im sure u wont.

might be easy enough to drop them to the tyre joint.. ring around, i've had mine put on for free (new rims & new tyres both supplied by me) with a wheel alignment.

[shiftySLE]

I wouldn't do it, how are you going to break the beads?

[_R_J_K_]

Sounds like more trouble than it's worth. The hours spent levering the old one off, putting the new one on coupled with the risk of damaging the rims ($15 vs. damage)...

I'd pay the $15 per rim. They would have it done in no time as well.

[ephect]

I wouldn't do it, how are you going to break the beads?

rubber mallat and some arm should do the trick works on tractor tyres

[Disturbed_vegeta]

i spose you could cut them off with a grinder or somethign simular

[greenacc]

i think you would be lucky to get 1 tyre half done before you throw your levers over the fence and beg the local tyre joint to put you out of your misery.

[VrWagz1]

I wouldn't do it, how are you going to break the beads?

i think you would be lucky to get 1 tyre half done before you throw your levers over the fence and beg the local tyre joint to put you out of your misery.

I can crack the bead at work no worries, i have done that before dosnt take a minute. So far what people seem to be saying is its going to be alot of trouble. Anyone actually done it before??

[shiftySLE]

I've done truck tyres, would spend the money any day to get a tyre fitter to do it. I'm all for do it yourself but for $60 they'll fit them and more than likely balance them. Job done and $60 compared to what he'll go through, I'd say its worth every cent.

[ephect]

i have, just takes time and paitence, 2 tyre levers and a rag to place between the rim and the back of the lever just for that extra protection. lots of cursing just as you think u almost have that start, she pops back on the rim ****er!

hand the cash over to a pro and sip a beer whilst watching

[shiftySLE]

if you do get them on, any compressor will pop the bead back on, just wait for two pops and check front and back to see if they are on, take the valve out first and it will pop them quicker.

[HARVZ-6]

i can do stockies in 15 minutes by hand its easy as


but anything low profile dont mess with youll f**k the rim... speakin from experience

[sweefu]

maybe if you call around you can get a better deal? I can get it for $5/rim

[VrWagz1]

i can do stockies in 15 minutes by hand its easy as


but anything low profile dont mess with youll f**k the rim... speakin from experience

They are low profile, might make some calls

[tt460]

Go down on a friday afternoon and offer a case of beer to them as payment.

[klutchboi]

not worth the trouble i'm tyre fitter by trade and anything low profile are just a pain to change machine or no machine but i'm pretty sure if you went down to local tyre shop about 20mins before they shut of an afternoon n tell them u NEED them done they will most likely fit them n not worry about charging you just to get you out the door so they can shut up shop

[love the general]

if you don't know what your doing don't start on alloy rims