My bro got some BFG KD's 285/30/18's brand new for half the price of new on ebay. Took them to discount tire to have mounted. He has 18x9 saleens in the rear. So they get one mounted perfectly, no problems. The second tire, they spent 3 hours trying to get the bead to pop so it would hold air. Finally they just gave up. WTF? They just said sorry we cant do it, re mounted my old tires and gave me the new ones back. There are a ton of people running 285's on a 18x9, why wont his go on? I'm just confused that a professional tire place couldnt do it. And in the process of hammering at the tire, they managed to chip the powdercoat on the rims also. Do you think its something wrong with the tire? Or do you think it needs a wider rim? The dude at the shop seems to think that if it were a 18x10 it would go on easily, he thinks the side wall is to stiff to squeeze on a 9 inch rim. I guess i just dont get it, because arent a lot of people here running this size on a 9 inch wide rim?
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hotrodnut
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That size tire has a 10-11 inch rim width range, a 10" being ideal. If you are putting that size on a 9" rim it should be eaiser to get it to bead. They didn't rip the bead of tire putting it on the rim and now it won't seal good enough to pop it on did they?? 
loosescrew79
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I used to install tires. Some tires do need alot of air to pop that top/front bead. How much air were they putting into it? You are not supposed to exceed a certain psi while trying to inflate a tire but I learned that sometimes you have to. Depends on how brave (aka: stupid) the installer is and how much air they are willing to pump into the tire.
I installed certain brand tires that did require alot more bead lube and air than others. Michelins often take alot more psi. Keep inmind, they also make BFG.
Worst case cinerio is those real cheap tires were cheap because they were seconds from the plant and the bead was made to small.
I installed certain brand tires that did require alot more bead lube and air than others. Michelins often take alot more psi. Keep inmind, they also make BFG.
Worst case cinerio is those real cheap tires were cheap because they were seconds from the plant and the bead was made to small.
hognutz
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I think the guys at the tire shop just suck. that is not optimum size for a 285 but they got one to work so it is obvioulsy not impossible.
inspect the tires and rims. if there is not visible damage it should bead. sometimes it is a complete pain in the ass though.
when I had my tires mounted last time the guys were pissing and moaning about them being hard to mount and they were not using any lube of any kind. I walked back to the machine lubed up the tire an it went right on. don't assume that they are experts.
inspect the tires and rims. if there is not visible damage it should bead. sometimes it is a complete pain in the ass though.
when I had my tires mounted last time the guys were pissing and moaning about them being hard to mount and they were not using any lube of any kind. I walked back to the machine lubed up the tire an it went right on. don't assume that they are experts.
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I used to do tires as well - there are some times when putting on low profile tires it would require a LOT more air than others - same with huge truck tires, just to get the bead to seal up. There are newer Euro machines that have a piece that rolls on the top of the tire to get the top lip over the rim, and another piece that brings up the side from the bottom to help seal it up. Try taking it to a shop that has one of those machines.
Dan_Soprano
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they had a hell of a time getting the beads to seat on my BFG's about 2 weeks ago. they had to keep on breaking the bead and soaping the rim up to try to get her to pop and seat correctly. It was on stock rims (17x9) and BFG KDW T/A's (275/40/17).
Dan_Soprano
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...and incredibly dangerous...
I saw that on a show on TLC a long time ago. Amazing Machines? Something like that.
I got a pair of KDW2s on Ebay, that turned out to not be perfectly round. The deal did seem too good to be true, but I went for it anyways, and got burned. Since then, I have bought all of my tires right from a shop I go to, so if there are any problems, they can deal with it, or I stick it to 'em. I do believe the place I go to also gets tires from Tirerack.
I saw that on a show on TLC a long time ago. Amazing Machines? Something like that.
I got a pair of KDW2s on Ebay, that turned out to not be perfectly round. The deal did seem too good to be true, but I went for it anyways, and got burned. Since then, I have bought all of my tires right from a shop I go to, so if there are any problems, they can deal with it, or I stick it to 'em. I do believe the place I go to also gets tires from Tirerack.
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