Trouble mounting E.T. Streets on stock 16 X 8 Wheels
05-03-2004, 04:14 PM
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Trouble mounting E.T. Streets on stock 16 X 8 Wheels I recently tried mounting my E.T. Streets on my stock TA wheels and I couldn't get the bead to pop up on one side of the tire. There is about a 6 inch portion where it isn't popped up. I thought I may have a defective tire, so I tried mounting the other one (on a different rim) and the same exact thing happened. Both rims were perfectly clean and we lubed them very, very well. We tried everything from car wash soap to Armor All to Vaseline. Nothing worked. 
We beat on the tires with a rubber mallet. I even tried putting as much as 45lbs of air in them (Mickey Thompson doesn't reccomend going above 35psi to seat the bead). Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and if so, how did you deal with it. I am thinking about just mounting the tires on the car and driving it around the neighborhood to see if the bead pops out. If it matters, these are 26 X 11.50 - 16 ET Streets.
We beat on the tires with a rubber mallet. I even tried putting as much as 45lbs of air in them (Mickey Thompson doesn't reccomend going above 35psi to seat the bead). Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and if so, how did you deal with it. I am thinking about just mounting the tires on the car and driving it around the neighborhood to see if the bead pops out. If it matters, these are 26 X 11.50 - 16 ET Streets. 
05-03-2004, 08:00 PM
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I have 26x10.5x16 on my 16x8s and they took a lot more then 45psi to seat the beads. NTB(National tire & Battery) had a hell of a time geting mine to seat too. Try more air. I know the 11.5s will also fit on the 16x8 rims.
05-03-2004, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 14u2nv
I have 26x10.5x16 on my 16x8s and they took a lot more then 45psi to seat the beads. NTB(National tire & Battery) had a hell of a time geting mine to seat too. Try more air. I know the 11.5s will also fit on the 16x8 rims.
05-04-2004, 04:50 PM
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Do you guys happen to know how much air pressure it finally took? I just put 55lbs + in each one (not sure how much; the gauge goes to 55 and it was pegged way past 55). Anyway, they didn't even budge. Then I took them down to 20psi and drove around on them. Still nothing. Maybe I'm being a *****, but I'm afraid to put too much more air in them cause I'm afraid the thin sidewalls will give and they will blow up. I've heard stories about people getting killed that way. Anyone have a psi suggestion? Thanks.
05-04-2004, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by GC99TA
Do you guys happen to know how much air pressure it finally took? I just put 55lbs + in each one (not sure how much; the gauge goes to 55 and it was pegged way past 55). Anyway, they didn't even budge. Then I took them down to 20psi and drove around on them. Still nothing. Maybe I'm being a *****, but I'm afraid to put too much more air in them cause I'm afraid the thin sidewalls will give and they will blow up. I've heard stories about people getting killed that way. Anyone have a psi suggestion? Thanks.
05-05-2004, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by GC99TA
Do you guys happen to know how much air pressure it finally took? I just put 55lbs + in each one (not sure how much; the gauge goes to 55 and it was pegged way past 55). Anyway, they didn't even budge. Then I took them down to 20psi and drove around on them. Still nothing. Maybe I'm being a *****, but I'm afraid to put too much more air in them cause I'm afraid the thin sidewalls will give and they will blow up. I've heard stories about people getting killed that way. Anyone have a psi suggestion? Thanks.
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05-06-2004, 10:17 AM
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Lube them up real good, and add lots of pressure. This scared me too, I believe the sidewall states never inflate above ~40psi. I ended uptaking them to three different places before getting them on. Took ~65psi for my 11.5's on 16x8 z28 rims.
Hope this helps. I have had no ill effects from going to this pressure. I did let them right back down to~20 right after it popped.
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Hope this helps. I have had no ill effects from going to this pressure. I did let them right back down to~20 right after it popped.
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http://j.cz28.com
05-06-2004, 02:32 PM
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I fought with mine also. Finally took them back to the shop where I bought them. Figured if they messed them up they would replace them. With lots of lube a few choice words and 60+ Psi the went on.
05-10-2004, 04:08 PM
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I'm pretty surethe problem is with the rim design on the front side of the wheel. It has a very large/squared-off shoulder that the bead of the tire needs to sear over. I ended up using a graphite-based lube, inflated the tires to 45PSI w/o walve core, then 65PSI ( 
) w/valve core, and walked away. After about 30 seconds it seated by itself. To say I was uncomfortable with this amount of air would be an understatement, but it worked. Good luck.
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) w/valve core, and walked away. After about 30 seconds it seated by itself. To say I was uncomfortable with this amount of air would be an understatement, but it worked. Good luck.Jeff
05-10-2004, 04:48 PM
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Yeah, I noticed how squared off that portion of the rim is. The inner doesn't seem to be that way. I was almost tempted to grind a chamfered edge on it, but I realized that wouldn't be real smart. I was just getting desperate. Once I posted on here and found out that I wasn't the only one having this problem, I regained faith and let someone else put the pressure to them. I'm just glad mine finally went on. 
