How hard is it to remove tyres from rims?

Bigsy · 30 Dec 2007 at 15:43

I have 4 alloys taking up room with dead tyres on, which I'm probably going to sell thus probably have to courier them. Is it hard to remove the tyres myself and without destroying the rims?

I was thinking it may be possible to slice the sidewalls with a stanley knife or is there steel in there or something?

Ta.

badbob · 30 Dec 2007 at 15:45

You can do it, if you're popeye.

Glaucus · 30 Dec 2007 at 15:47

you can do it. but they will have steel reinforcement. So a dremel would be needed.

It's also possible to remove them by first driving over the tyre to break the seal. Then placing the wheel on the rim then running over them again. To get the tire partly off. From there you can use car tyre leavers.

But the easiest is just take them to a tyre place. They'll probably charge you a £5 to remove all the tyres.

GinG · 30 Dec 2007 at 16:42

what alloys are they just out of interest?

Tomsk · 30 Dec 2007 at 16:59

Just sell the rims with the tyres on.
Whoever buys them would probably be putting new tyres on them anyway so they wouldn't be paying any extra to have the old ones removed and disposed of.
Alos the tyres will give some protetcion to the rims during transport.

Bigsy · 30 Dec 2007 at 17:04

They're white civic type-r alloys.

And yeah, I think its best to leave them, in fact I may just get new tyres stuck on them. After 2 years of white rims I was going to switch back to standard silver ones...I do like the white though, but its a bitch to keep clean.....hmm.