# And here I spent all sorts of cash on tire mounting equipment **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 3, 2007, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634 "2007-12-03T07:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/21 "2007-12-03T14:17:28Z")
Starting fluid (ether). Should work with anything similarly flammable, but ether is preferred. You need something explosive though - a slow burn wouldn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/22 "2007-12-03T14:27:44Z")
Well that’s good to know in an emergency. ---
**Author:** ![speedracer329](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/speedracer329/32/5058_2.png) [@speedracer329](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedracer329)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/23 "2007-12-03T15:02:35Z")
saw this trick yrs ago for the antarctica 4x4 expeditions where the tires are only at 10psi or so… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/24 "2007-12-03T15:14:45Z")
probably pyroil ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/25 "2007-12-03T16:03:49Z")
i have been doing this since i was a kid… some times we did it while still on the hub… ---
**Author:** ![MidgeX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MidgeX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MidgeX)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/26 "2007-12-03T16:09:23Z")
i like how he kinda gave a double take because he didnt know the match caught fire lol ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/27 "2007-12-03T16:18:15Z")
yea… but how do you get the tire over the lip of the rim though? ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/28 "2007-12-03T16:21:38Z")
[quote=“Viper966,post:27,topic:39634"”] yea… but how do you get the tire over the lip of the rim though? [/quote] You be a man and use a pry bar. It’s hard at first but after doing it a bunch it’s alright. Had to do it all the time for the race car, but we had other methods of setting the bead. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/29 "2007-12-03T16:25:26Z")
I did this years ago on a tire we put on taurus for a friend of mine. I was probably 17 and we were using crowbars tire-irons and screwdrivers to get it on the rim, huge PITA. ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/30 "2007-12-04T17:54:19Z")
Been there done that. A bead blaster is safer but too bulky of a tool to carry around. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-here-i-spent-all-sorts-of-cash-on-tire-mounting-equipment/39634/31 "2007-12-04T18:50:50Z")
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