What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?
Put 4 black Enkies on the SC400 today for the college boys weekend home. The 93 OEM 9 spoke chrome plated AL's were rotting inside (plating was flaking off) and the bead wasnt holding so off they came. Did the entire R&R with hand tools and a bead breaker! Note to self: remove tire over the top of the rim, not the bottom! The first one took an hour wrestling with the tire irons trying to mount the thing, but we were doing it wrong for these rims . Lay the rim down face up and lube the tire bead, set tire down and just start walking on the bead and itll pop right on, use the irons for the last bit of oomf. Top bead of the tire is the same, just get one side into the small of the inner diameter and start pushing on the other sides while standing on the side in the small part. Use the irons for the last few inches. 3 and 4 literally took 10 minutes each. Must have them balanced though......Not a fun job but we both did it together and that was worth it. Like these but black.
Put 4 black Enkies on the SC400 today for the college boys weekend home. The 93 OEM 9 spoke chrome plated AL's were rotting inside (plating was flaking off) and the bead wasnt holding so off they came. Did the entire R&R with hand tools and a bead breaker! Note to self: remove tire over the top of the rim, not the bottom! The first one took an hour wrestling with the tire irons trying to mount the thing, but we were doing it wrong for these rims . Lay the rim down face up and lube the tire bead, set tire down and just start walking on the bead and itll pop right on, use the irons for the last bit of oomf. Top bead of the tire is the same, just get one side into the small of the inner diameter and start pushing on the other sides while standing on the side in the small part. Use the irons for the last few inches. 3 and 4 literally took 10 minutes each. Must have them balanced though......Not a fun job but we both did it together and that was worth it. Like these but black.
