# Who's a beast at mounting stretched tires?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 9, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-a-beast-at-mounting-stretched-tires/260797 "2011-10-09T14:26:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ollie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Ollie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ollie)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-a-beast-at-mounting-stretched-tires/260797/52 "2011-10-14T09:35:40Z")

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> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/1630):
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> :lol If you have a good tire machine, the hard part is just seating the bead.

Yeah we’re still having a lot of trouble mounting these at premier… first one went on first try. the second one we tried about 7 times no luck. goin back with some starter fluid and gonna warm these tires up before hand

> [@usmc2801"](#):
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> Just curious, whats the purpose of stretching a tire? Is it just a looks thing? Because to me that shit looks terrible (just my opinion, please nobody get butthurt) and I can’t imagine its that safe to drive on?

bro it looks dope bro

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