So with $500 for the paint, $250 for the exhaust, and $55 for the wheel being money well spent but money spent none the less I've emptied my bank account and not getting paid again for 2 weeks. I need to move my original tire off my old rim and install it on the new one.
The fear is that its $35-$45 to pull a tire at the local shop and I'm not sure if that is to remove than install and balance the tire on the new rim. Thats fairly pricey and means no golf next week.
So I searched you tube and found a video of a guy doing it in literally 2 mins worth of work. It was somewhat legit as he was teaching some sort of race school. He used 2 tire irons from harbor freight that are $6 a peice and some plastic to protect the wheel.
I am curious if anyone on here has done this and if you'd recommend giving it a try. I don't want to mess up the tire because it has less than 2000 miles on it but I don't want to spend $70 if I don't have to. What do you guys think, good idea? bad idea?
Plan to polish the parts tomorrow or sunday and be riding monday by the way, with pics a plenty.
Thanks
Tom
The fear is that its $35-$45 to pull a tire at the local shop and I'm not sure if that is to remove than install and balance the tire on the new rim. Thats fairly pricey and means no golf next week.
So I searched you tube and found a video of a guy doing it in literally 2 mins worth of work. It was somewhat legit as he was teaching some sort of race school. He used 2 tire irons from harbor freight that are $6 a peice and some plastic to protect the wheel.
I am curious if anyone on here has done this and if you'd recommend giving it a try. I don't want to mess up the tire because it has less than 2000 miles on it but I don't want to spend $70 if I don't have to. What do you guys think, good idea? bad idea?
Plan to polish the parts tomorrow or sunday and be riding monday by the way, with pics a plenty.
Thanks
Tom