# Help: Tire Mounting At Home? **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [April 15, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801 "2005-04-15T14:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Buddyworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@Buddyworm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Buddyworm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/1 "2005-04-15T14:07:24Z")
What kind of tools do I need to mount my own tires? And what procedure do I follow? Thanks, B-Wurm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rolledmymazda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rolledmymazda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rolledmymazda)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/2 "2005-04-15T15:24:09Z")
wear a rubber ---
**Author:** ![Buddyworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@Buddyworm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Buddyworm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/3 "2005-04-15T16:19:32Z")
:frustrated :lol That’s why I need to mount the tires. Cheaper than taking it to a shop every time I wear down a pair of rears. Friction from spinning on the road would wear down my regular rubbers. 😛 B-Wurm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PyreXXX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PyreXXX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PyreXXX)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/4 "2005-04-15T16:45:50Z")
Nice Charles. :E I don’t know what it’s called, but you’ll need a “tire rack” machine. It places the rim on a little stand and then you rotate this metal bit around the inside of the tire to place it in the right place. Surely one of the mechanically inclined on here know what its called. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rolledmymazda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rolledmymazda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rolledmymazda)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/5 "2005-04-15T17:25:21Z")
Damb, they know my name!! Best bet is to get it done by a pro, this way you get them ballanced, most places will do it for free/cheap if you get the tires there anyways ---
**Author:** ![Apexi240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Apexi240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Apexi240)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/6 "2005-04-15T20:27:31Z")
First, you need to break the beads on both sides of the tires (The thinner the tire the harder it is to break) But anyways, then you need to get a couple pry bars, put rags on the rim so you don’t damage it, then pry one bead over the rim at a time. Really, it’s not worth your time. Just get a shop to do it for you… Plus after that, you have to re-balance them anyways and you can’t do that without a tire balancer machine. ---
**Author:** ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/7 "2005-04-15T20:35:15Z")
If the tires are low profile, you’re better off to suck it up and spend the money and have a pro do it. You’ll fuck up your rims. ---
**Author:** ![Buddyworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@Buddyworm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Buddyworm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/8 "2005-04-15T23:13:33Z")
Well, they’re junker tires and they’d be going on to a set of 15 inch steelies. So I’m not really worried about wrecking much. Besides, I get the strong sensation that I’m gonna be swapping tires on and off the rims fairly frequently this summer so it’ll save me a little bit of cash. \*\*Edit: > [@rolledmymazda](#): > > wear a rubber Oh good lord, I just got the extent of how horribly clever that was :rolleyes: B-Wurm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rolledmymazda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rolledmymazda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rolledmymazda)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/9 "2005-04-16T00:39:59Z")
fuck swapping, buy a cheap set of rims, and change rims/tires when you go drifting or what ever it is your planning on doing with the tires ---
**Author:** ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/10 "2005-04-16T06:45:58Z")
> [@Buddyworm](#): > > Well, they’re junker tires and they’d be going on to a set of 15 inch steelies. So I’m not really worried about wrecking much. Besides, I get the strong sensation that I’m gonna be swapping tires on and off the rims fairly frequently this summer so it’ll save me a little bit of cash. > > \*\*Edit: [quote=rolledmymazda]wear a rubber Oh good lord, I just got the extent of how horribly clever that was :rolleyes: B-Wurm :D[/quote] Go to Princess Auto. They regularly have a manual tire machine for under $100 on sale. I think the regular price is like $119.99. ---
**Author:** ![Buddyworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@Buddyworm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Buddyworm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/11 "2005-04-16T08:45:40Z")
> [@rolledmymazda](#): > > fuck swapping, buy a cheap set of rims, and change rims/tires when you go drifting or what ever it is your planning on doing with the tires That’s the idea. I have the stock 240SX alloys for regular driving and 4 steelies (that I usually have winter tires on) that i’ll use to change out the rears for drifting. And thanks for the heads up chromey. B-Wurm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nis\_mo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@nis\_mo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nis_mo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/12 "2005-04-16T11:10:45Z")
i happen to have a tire mounting machine :E so for a price im sure we can work something out _disclaimer_ i am not responsible for anything happening to the rim tire etc haha pm me if anyone is interested! ---
**Author:** ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-tire-mounting-at-home/138801/13 "2005-04-16T12:39:44Z")
It’s always possible that one of our sponsors _koffcalikoff_ can set you up with a deal for swapping tires. I’m not saying for sure, but it’s worth a shot? 😃