DIY: Tire install without using the tireshops

[Monster]

Hows it going guys.............

I figured I would post up tire install my friend did at his house recently. No use of tire shop at all cause he didnt wanna risk getting his Freshly shipped Watanabes to get scratched or ruined. So this is a copy and paste from a local forum he and I are on.


This method does not require fire , lighter , flammable sprays or anything like that. So if you cant afford the firefighers coming to your place over a 911 call because your neighbor don't like you, this method will help you. Enjoy.

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Alright.... after you got the tire in the rim somehow, is time to inflate that phucker.




Now to solve our problem, we have to make the tire touch the inner rim lip enough were it can seal a bit when we start inflating. But what do we do with that gap the size of Africa? Well, seal it with a bicycle tire tube. We will need a couple of tools that you should have by now... if you dont, you are watching too much initial D. For my 15 inch rim I used a 12.5 inch tube because it was the closest size to a 15 I could find at wal-mart. For logical reasons, you want to keep your tube size smaller than your rim. I had good luck with 12.5 but I thought it was too small at first. Dont be afraid to stretch it. I Think it was $2 and some change. Below is some of the stuff I used.


(I didnt use the pry bar on the picture. I dont know why it was there)


The jack stands I used to make the tire rest on them as I push down the rim to make the bead touch the bead seat.


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Then we turn then rim around and have the side that is pressed on, facing down. Gravity is on our side here.

After we rotate the rim, I sprayed some wd40 on the TIRE (dont spray the tube cause you want the friction/grip to hold the tube against the bead seat ) Is not really necessary but I did it and it didnt harm anything.




Then we strap the tube on the rim


(excuse the auto focus)





Accommodate the tube were the valve stem does not get pinched as we start inflating and the tire expands out.




Inflate the tube a bit. After inflation, check the tube and make sure is sitting evenly all the way across... that way we get a nice seal.









After you make the tube sit pretty nice, you can inflate it a bit more to make it seal jdm tight but dont over inflate it.

Then you start inflating the tire. Make sure you pay attention to the noise that is coming from inside the tire. If you hear a high pitched noise but not too loud, then is inflating. If you hear like a pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound then you have a leak somewhere. Always make sure that the bottom part of the tire (the one facing the jack stands) is still somewhat pressed. If not, you will have to apply some pressure to one side and try our trick with the tube on the other side. Watch your fingers when you are inflating the tire. Anyways....

If you see the tube getting bigger on one side, is because that side is getting more air than all the others meaning that the tire is pushing it out or is starting to slide off with little expansion from the tire. Now if that happens, sometimes you have to kind of hold it in there because the tire (while expanding) will push the tube out and all the compressed air will escape since the bead hasn't touched the bead seat yet. Therefore, not sealing.




If the tube starts getting too big (because the tire is squeezing it) then you have to deflate your tube as you inflate the tire. That's how I got 3 of my tires inflated. If not, the tube will just pop out if the tire is not pinching it or anything.

[Monster]

End result

[BonesZ33]

great write up.. still have to get them balanced though.

[Monster]

They are already balanced, I did them personally at a friends shop

[BonesZ33]

very cool! .. Good way to keep your rims fresh

[Gspec]

I've always used ether when diy'ing.....no firefighters yet.

[silviakid2790]

"Alright.... after you got the tire in the rim somehow"

thats my fav part haha

[murderrsirenss]

^hahaha that made me laugh also.

[03civicdx]

I've always used ether when diy'ing.....no firefighters yet.

haha thats what i was expecting to read here ether and a match.. old school DIY

[xxbowiexx]

a very informative thread indeed. I would like to give this a try sometimes. I have a set of rims sitting at home in need of some tires change. I bought the tires but haven't got around to doing it yet. I'm guessing i'll go home, deflate one of the tires, remove it and try your method to see if it works. It's a 17" tires so what size bike tires do you recommend me getting?

[s2k05]

nice write up and that wagon is hottttt

[Supracerxtreme]

This thread rocks!!!

[unijabnx2000]

great write up.. still have to get them balanced though.

They are already balanced, I did them personally at a friends shop

I was hoping for the DIY @ home for this also!

[steve_o]

about getting the tyre on the rim...