Try motorcycle shops for wire wheel mounting and balancing.
Ron
On Apr 19, 2012, at 10:22 PM, "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I don't have much too add. I am running Firestone 155/80's.
> The only downside is that I have white walls that I have turned
> on the inside. I picked these up locally, I think they were
> about $55 each.
>
> I don't thing I would go over 165 on the width to prevent rub issues.
> I think the bugeye is more susceptible to this of the front btw.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bt246gm
>
> What I want to say is that I could not find a tire place that
> would deal with tires/tubes on wire rims.
>
> So I was then forced to do all the mounting by myself.
> After having gone through all of this, I would say that I would
> now still do it all myself even if I did not have wire wheels.
>
> I bought a couple tire irons from harbor freight.
> It's actually pretty easy to mount the tire on the rim yourself.
> It's like changing a bicycle tire! I would not do this on my
> Ford Explorer with 16 inch rims, but the little Spidget rim
> is very DIY doable.
>
> So from here on out, I'm just going to order my tire of choice
> from tirerack.com and mount them myself. Probably the Kumho
> Solus KR21 or the Sumitomo HTR T4
>
> Balancing is the only trick. In my case I happen to have a piece
> of brass that I was able to machine on the lathe to fit the center
> hub of the wire wheel. I then stuck a bubble level on this to
> static balance the wheel.
>
> Even if you could not balance the tire yourself, a local tire place
> won't charge very much for a more sophisticated dynamic balance.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steven Michelsen
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:03 PM
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net; midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com;
> EasternOshitGroup at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Spridgets] round and round on tires (g)
>
> Another post about tires - sorry.
>
> I am in the market for tires for my '78 with Minilite rims. I am hoping to
> stay away from 175's, to avoid any risk of rubbing.
>
> I see that tirerack has Sumitomo HTR T4s for cheap (165/70r13), though I
> think this may be the tire some folks are not impressed with...
>
> Universal tire has two 145/70r13 tires, which I believe was the OEM size.
> Any advantage/disadvantage to going with one of these?
>
> Tirebuyer.com has Bridgestone Potenza 165/65r13 for $78 - never heard of
> that one, or if the "65" bit is OK.
>
> Any opinions on any of these is appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
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