Is it impossible to mount 19" 35 series tires to wheels by using hand tools such as tire irons and pry bars?

I did a motorycyle tire once and it was a pain in the a$$, so I imagine it's near impossible to do a car tire, especially a low pro tire?

 

It may not be impossible, but do you really want to risk damaging an expensive aftermarket wheel just to save $20?

 

What would be the benefit of doing it yourself? You still have to go to a shop to balance it.

 

Ha, I remember when I was a kid, my Dad used to pull tires off the steel wheels of our old VW to patch holes in them. I remember it being a major PITA and what was required to do it by hand like that you would in no way want to come within 100' of decent rims. Low profile tires would be even harder.

Sometimes I wish I had a tire machine in my garage so I could do it myself b/c I hate letting some underpaid guy at a shop do it and potentially mess up my rims, but there's pretty much no other choice. Just gotta watch 'em like a hawk.

 

Most places mounting is free but you have to get it balanced so that is where they get you, save your self the headache and frustration can just let them do it.

 

Wasn't really planning on trying to do it, was more or less just curious if it could be done. The idea wasn't about trying to save a few bucks but to save my wheels from chance of getting scratched by the tire guys.

They would probably just scratch them when they balance them anyway.

 

Just like he said "Watch them like a Hawk"
good luck

 

Are you living way beyond your means?! LoL

 

It's not the balancing you have to worry about - it's the mounting. Ask around town, check with other "car guys" and see who they use. Chances are it will be a place with a touchless mounting machine. If they have one of them and are highly competent and you get a recommendation from somebody, then you probably won't have to worry.

 

The Bigger the Wheel, the bigger the Risk. Period.

 

Don't do it. I have done motorcycle tires b4 and car tires are 5 times harder. Don't risk F'ing up the rim

 

Damn right. Those were the good old days when men were men!

I used to change tires on a Datsun 210. Balancing? Sure. Just put the center of the wheel on something sturdy, and see which way the tire leans. Then hammer on a couple of weights. Life was so simple then.

 

I line the lip with blue tape before i give it to them