Beading a Tire With Ether.... Anyone Done It? Or The Bicycle Tube Trick?

[RedE46Bimmer]

A cheetah is what the guy at the tire shop used.

The tires I have are Falken 512's

i've used the bicycle tube and it worked great but the stretch wasn't that crazy (195 on a 8.5) it would be worth a shot, also have somebody with you that can hold the tire in place against the rim while your filling it with air.

Is this a hard method?

I may have to go to a 225/35 if I can't get these on. I just need it by next week!

[itsbrokeagain]

sounds like someone needs to find a friend with a cheetah, we never had any problems once we would get the cheetah out at the shop I used to work at (we did a lot of mounting on wheels that were 20"+)

+1. Had to use that to seat 235/35/19s on 10" wheels. Popped em right up into place.

[Stan Marsh]

sounds like someone needs to find a friend with a cheetah, we never had any problems once we would get the cheetah out at the shop I used to work at (we did a lot of mounting on wheels that were 20"+)

[Team_Gileto]

i've used the bicycle tube and it worked great but the stretch wasn't that crazy (195 on a 8.5) it would be worth a shot, also have somebody with you that can hold the tire in place against the rim while your filling it with air.

[vdubsunday]

Dis nga ^
They should be able to seat but I guess it does depend what tire you're trying to put on. I've never had a problem with a 215/45 on my 10s. Did you keep giving it air once it seated?

[Dubmd]

what tires are they?
cuz some tires will look like shit on a 17x10
i mean thats what size i had.
do not get fusions..
they looked like shit!lol

u need a tire that doesnt stretch to good.
like a federal, cuz thats a crazy stretch for a 10.

my last set of tires i had wouldnt seat perfectly and would fall off the bead every now and then lol


idk if this makes sense. lol im still hungover

[Zic]

I hope you have the valve in. Because if you don't do that, it will lose all the presure, and pop off.

[RedE46Bimmer]

So I've got these 17x10's and I'm trying to get a 215/40 on there, I took it to a shop and he said he tried and tried and got really close each time, but he coudn't seem to manage to get them beaded. So I bought a can of starting fluid and watched about 20 youtube videos and tried a couple of times. I got them beaded on one side and so close to beaded on the other side, but it would always pop back off.

Anyone have any pointers? I think I need to take the inside of the valve stem out to try and blow up the tire faster....

Or has anyone done the bicycle tube method?