Tire Stretch Guru's Please take a look(255/35 on a 13in)Having Trouble
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Tire Stretch Guru's Please take a look(255/35 on a 13in)Having Trouble
Hey guys,
im cancelling work for the rest of the week or until I get this resolved.
for the few that have been helping me in my other thread I decided to not attempt the 245/35 on my 13's and I purchased two 255/35's and im still running into some serious trouble.
The tire shop that tried to install them could not get the stretch good enough to make any beads on either side. He was afraid to put the pressure higher then 8psi and it would not get over the hump.
I am going to try a few more tire shops tomorrow but if they cant help me I will be going with the butane method.
My question would be does this even look possible to you guys? Or is it too extreme?
Does anyone have any advice on how to get these on? Anyone ever try the butane method? Is there a certain type of tire machine that is able to do this? I heard of "cheetah" in my other thread.
I also was told that truck tire shops are more qualified for this kind of thing?
Basically any help would be appreciated as im quite bummed out over this,,and very tired as well, these wheels have been giving me trouble at every turn.
Thank you,
*****
im cancelling work for the rest of the week or until I get this resolved.
for the few that have been helping me in my other thread I decided to not attempt the 245/35 on my 13's and I purchased two 255/35's and im still running into some serious trouble.
The tire shop that tried to install them could not get the stretch good enough to make any beads on either side. He was afraid to put the pressure higher then 8psi and it would not get over the hump.
I am going to try a few more tire shops tomorrow but if they cant help me I will be going with the butane method.
My question would be does this even look possible to you guys? Or is it too extreme?
Does anyone have any advice on how to get these on? Anyone ever try the butane method? Is there a certain type of tire machine that is able to do this? I heard of "cheetah" in my other thread.
I also was told that truck tire shops are more qualified for this kind of thing?
Basically any help would be appreciated as im quite bummed out over this,,and very tired as well, these wheels have been giving me trouble at every turn.
Thank you,
*****
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I had the same issue on my S13 where the guys mounting the tires were horrified when I told them what I wanted and they tried to mount them. The guy expressed deep concerns about how difficult it was to get them to seat.
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took a $50 loss on the returned tires, had to argue quite a bit to even get that, I guess it was somewhat reasonable considering one of them had already been mounted and stretched to hell.
Ordered some really cheap 275/35/20 nankangs, ran them before had a lot of issues with them, but they are like half the price of the other brands so im gonna give them a try again.
Ordered some really cheap 275/35/20 nankangs, ran them before had a lot of issues with them, but they are like half the price of the other brands so im gonna give them a try again.
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took a $50 loss on the returned tires, had to argue quite a bit to even get that, I guess it was somewhat reasonable considering one of them had already been mounted and stretched to hell.
Ordered some really cheap 275/35/20 nankangs, ran them before had a lot of issues with them, but they are like half the price of the other brands so im gonna give them a try again.
Ordered some really cheap 275/35/20 nankangs, ran them before had a lot of issues with them, but they are like half the price of the other brands so im gonna give them a try again.
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At 275 it looks like im still gonna be running a very aggressive stretch , but im sure this time I can pull it off
oh yea and they are nankang NS 2 model
oh and I finally have got myself a proper camera lol ,,,its about time