Mount your own tires?
Mount your own tires?
Any way to mount your own tires, I have a few events coming up and have tires and the rims, but the tires arent mounted. I dont need them balanced I dont think, because they are just going to get eaten up in a few hours of drifting. Any safe way to mount your own tires? Im just wondering. I do access to a variety of good tools.
NO.
It doesn't cost that much money to take them to a shop and simply have them mounted. I can guess that they *might* charge $5 or so, per tire to mount and inflate them for you.
Do NOT mount your own tires. Absolutely DO NOT inflate tires without proper safety training and proper safety equipment in place.
It doesn't cost that much money to take them to a shop and simply have them mounted. I can guess that they *might* charge $5 or so, per tire to mount and inflate them for you.
Do NOT mount your own tires. Absolutely DO NOT inflate tires without proper safety training and proper safety equipment in place.
I hate Discount also. I'd rather buy online from Grant, if I was in need of tires/wheels.
However, I don't think $80 was unreasonable, considering how service prices have doubled over the past few years.
If they dismounted your old tire and mounted a new tire... $7pereach balance... $10per
...give or take a lil...
$68 before tax.
Disposal fee? it all adds up..
and I remember when a balance was $5 and people complained about that
However, I don't think $80 was unreasonable, considering how service prices have doubled over the past few years.
If they dismounted your old tire and mounted a new tire... $7pereach balance... $10per
...give or take a lil...
$68 before tax.
Disposal fee? it all adds up..
and I remember when a balance was $5 and people complained about that
No. You are abusing your tires. For "drift practice only" wheels and tires, there is no need for spin balancing.
Not that there's anything wrong with doing that with the car, but let's call a spade a garden tool here.
The idea is to compromise traction in the rear, to overcome grip. If you're doing this intentionally, the tire/wheel assy's balance, or imbalance, isn't important. Finding a good supply of inexpensive rubber is!
Let us know what you decide to do and how much it costs. Hey, you're in N. Cali.. just go to LeTire & have them do it.
Not that there's anything wrong with doing that with the car, but let's call a spade a garden tool here.
The idea is to compromise traction in the rear, to overcome grip. If you're doing this intentionally, the tire/wheel assy's balance, or imbalance, isn't important. Finding a good supply of inexpensive rubber is!
Let us know what you decide to do and how much it costs. Hey, you're in N. Cali.. just go to LeTire & have them do it.
Yeah was hoping to hear that. Im signed up for 2 drift events coming up soon, and just didnt want to spend an assload (student speaking here) on balancing a buncha sets of tires just to waste them the next day and have to do it over again. I do have access to the junkyard, they have loads of tires in their showroom with great tread, 5 bucks a pop. They even have matching tires zip tied together so you dont have to mismatch.
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Yeah i worked at a tire place for like 2 weeks then got lazy and quit but. You definitly need a machine to do it properly. Just take them in to like Tires Plus or Sears its like 12 bucks a tire that is it. so like almost 50 when your done.
I can explain how its done though. Basically you have a rim put it on a hydraulic grip machine ad a soap water substance to the lips of the tire and the crowbar through the whole tire and put the bottom lip of the tire in the well of the rim. The machine rotates so you just put the crobar in and it will rotate and slide the bottom lip on. Then you got to get the top on which is harder depending on the wheel. You use the same method but you gotta put the crowbar on correctly for it to even rotate sometimes it will get so stiff that the machine stops. THere is alot of force going throught that machine and if it stops you know its gonna be a ***** to get on.
But yeah that is the simple summarized way to do it.
I can explain how its done though. Basically you have a rim put it on a hydraulic grip machine ad a soap water substance to the lips of the tire and the crowbar through the whole tire and put the bottom lip of the tire in the well of the rim. The machine rotates so you just put the crobar in and it will rotate and slide the bottom lip on. Then you got to get the top on which is harder depending on the wheel. You use the same method but you gotta put the crowbar on correctly for it to even rotate sometimes it will get so stiff that the machine stops. THere is alot of force going throught that machine and if it stops you know its gonna be a ***** to get on.
But yeah that is the simple summarized way to do it.
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