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Old 03-25-2008 | 08:20 PM
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How do I get the old tires off the wheels of my firestorm?
Old 03-25-2008 | 09:02 PM
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boil in water 15 minutes a side. reactivates th glue and slides right off.
Old 03-26-2008 | 04:52 PM
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Old 03-26-2008 | 10:39 PM
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just make sure youre wearing gloves and that you tie a string through the wheel before you put it in the water so you can get it out.
Old 03-27-2008 | 11:46 AM
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does the water do anything to the wheels or tires?
Old 03-27-2008 | 12:32 PM
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it melts tha rim don't do it it happend to me and i left my rims in for 5 mins ok don't i repeat don't do it
freeze it then put it in warm water
Old 03-27-2008 | 02:24 PM
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Or if you got a crappy glue job like mine had, you can use a scalpel to separate the bead from the rim. I had to do that when the inner bead pulled completely away from the rim. They did a really bad job of gluing the tires at the factory lol. All I had to do was break the bond with the scalpel (very carefully) and then clean up the rim a bit. The new tires went on and fit no problem.

If the glue job is like it should be, you'll have to bake them off or boil them off.
Old 03-27-2008 | 07:49 PM
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Just buy new rims most of them are between 5 and 12 bucks for a set of 2, so why make rubber soup[sm=confused.gif]

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