Old Mar 21, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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Default Re: Need some thoughts on a tire/wheel mount issue

Originally Posted by waldig
I tried to get some Kumos on that were the same size as the Hoosiers that I had, two shops spent lots of time, the Kumos were not going on. I found that the hoosiers have a bead that goes IN about an inch, so they wrked. Sounds like you should reconsider. Woody
Reconsider what, I do not understand. Reconsider not mounting them and getting a different tire or reconsider going somewhere else? Thanks.


I was able to get them on, I took it to sears, they charged me $47.68 to just basically air them up and balance them. I told them/showed them that they were still not seated properly. the idiots tried way overinflating them and they would not seat. I told them to dismount and remount them like i said and use plenty of soap but they would not listen. I got a refund, took it to a tire place that specializes in aftermarket wheel/tire setups. They had the tires on in 5 minutes and good to go and best of all did not charge me anything after me telling the headaches I had today lol. I plan to go back next week and buy 2 tires for the daily driver since they were so nice. When I spoke to Mickey Thompson they told me there was no reason why those tires and wheels would not work, he said they were the correct width.
 
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