Problems getting 315/30/18's mounted...
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Problems getting 315/30/18's mounted... I'm having a hell of a time finding a place to mount my tires (central Massachusetts). Last year I ended up having TCI tire in Auburn mount my tires, but they did not have the proper machine and they scratched up the wheels. Since then, I've had all the tires taken back off, and I just sent the wheels down to Chrome & Performance to be refinished.
18X11's and 315/30/18's
I absolutly do not want these wheels scratched up again, yet every place I have called says they cannot mount these tires. What gives? Who the hell can mount these tires?
I drove 1-1/2 hours down to Rolands to get the tires taken off (heard they had the right machine), well guess what... more scratches!! Not too big of a deal because they were getting refinished anyways, but still, almost 3K for the wheels and everytime they come off the car some knuckle-head goes and ***** them up.
I really dont care how far I need to go to get it done... I JUST WANT IT DONE RIGHT!!
Suggestions please......
18X11's and 315/30/18's
I absolutly do not want these wheels scratched up again, yet every place I have called says they cannot mount these tires. What gives? Who the hell can mount these tires?
I drove 1-1/2 hours down to Rolands to get the tires taken off (heard they had the right machine), well guess what... more scratches!! Not too big of a deal because they were getting refinished anyways, but still, almost 3K for the wheels and everytime they come off the car some knuckle-head goes and ***** them up.
I really dont care how far I need to go to get it done... I JUST WANT IT DONE RIGHT!!
Suggestions please......
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I need a place that has a AM26 Artiglio machine (or equivalent). The tires need to be mounted with the wheels upside down, due to the design of the wheel. The standard tire machine that grabs the outside of the wheel will not work, I take that back, it will work but it scratches the wheel all to hell. The wheels need to be held on the inside, in order to do it right, or so I've read.
I really dont understand why it's such a pain in the *** to find a place that can do these wheels. Half of the damn "high-end" sports cars run wheels and tires of my size or larger (Viper, Z06, Porche, Ferrari... ect.), where the heck do they get their tires changed?
I **** you not, I've been to (and called) atleast 10 tire shops. When I show up with my wheels/tires they just look at them like this
, and then to proceed to tell me that they have never seen tires that wide and they cannot do them... for christ sakes, they are just 315's. Alot of cars out there run stuff bigger than mine (335's and 345's), yet they act as though this is something new.
Sorry for venting...
I really dont understand why it's such a pain in the *** to find a place that can do these wheels. Half of the damn "high-end" sports cars run wheels and tires of my size or larger (Viper, Z06, Porche, Ferrari... ect.), where the heck do they get their tires changed?
I **** you not, I've been to (and called) atleast 10 tire shops. When I show up with my wheels/tires they just look at them like this
, and then to proceed to tell me that they have never seen tires that wide and they cannot do them... for christ sakes, they are just 315's. Alot of cars out there run stuff bigger than mine (335's and 345's), yet they act as though this is something new. Sorry for venting...
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Originally Posted by Frans96SS
i would go to a place that mounts like 20's and 22's and stuff.... they will have the right machine....
Bay state customs in Taunton can do them. They do lots of 22's-24's and have a new $30k tire machine. All plastic and rubber on anything that touches the wheel. Just had them mount 35" tires on teflon wheels for my f-250. not even a scuff. They also spent the 2.5 hours it took to balance them properly.
