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Old 01-17-2007, 05:43 PM
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Default HOW TO REMOVE OLD TIRES FROM RIMS

how to remove old tires from rims if super glued on. Boil in water i tried this and works great watch out for the steam .no need to scrap a rim or tire cause one or other is bad .
Old 01-17-2007, 11:17 PM
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Havent tried that yet, but i threw away four decent tires due to stripped rims, wish i would have tried, oh well, i got pro-line big joes instead!!

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Old 01-18-2007, 12:15 AM
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what about nail polish remover?
Old 01-18-2007, 11:59 AM
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rare yes that works for fingers that you have super glued together. But don't work to good or at all on tires i have tried that this boiling water trick is real slick
Old 01-21-2007, 01:26 AM
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better be careful with boiling your rims. Ive seen a hpi daggers get all waped and misshapin
Old 01-21-2007, 10:35 PM
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i haven't seen tires get Waped and Misshapin
Old 01-23-2007, 08:40 PM
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RCENTH LOL that last post is just funny sad thing is he is from pa. lol but hpi does make some crapy cars imo thats why they have to change there cars every week (new) model

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