[KenTheJeepGuy]

I am about to purchase my 48" tires for my rig, and just trying to figure out what the best way to mount them is?

i am doubting a conrads or tire america will be able to mount these guys.

will a local truck and commercial tire shop do it for me? or do they only deal with fleets and such?

Is there a way i can do it from home?

My rims are the stock rockwell one piece 20" military steel wheels.

how do you guys get this done?

 

[KenTheJeepGuy]

wow, um how does it work.... i just figured they poped over the seat like normal tires do... i dint know these rims were anything special.

anyone know of instructions or photos of how these things come apart or go together? not that i would try it myself... i am just curious as to how they work, i have heard stories of these things... My dad used to work in construction, and i guess big machines use rims like that... but i never understood how they work or what exactly is so dangerous about them

 

[KenTheJeepGuy]

I would take it to one of the big rig shops. Them dam split ring can be a bitch. There petty good at snapen shines. Have u flipped the ceters yets. Do that first.

flipped the centers? what do you mean?

are you talking about rotating the hubs to narrow the axle? if so, no i am keeping them full width, wish they were even a tad wider. even thought about turning the rims backwards, so they act like offest rims.

 

[KenTheJeepGuy]

http://www.scorpion3d.com/jeep/images/rearcorner2.jpg


they are THOSE kind... what ever you call them.

 

[KenTheJeepGuy]

So are they split ring rims or not. Hey do they have a split on one side of the rims edge. If there a solid rim i would still take them to a tire shop. A couple buck for alot of work. Why do you want to be so WIDE. Is this a mudding rig.

mostly mud and just woodland terrain. no rocks out here. just fields and mud and woods.

wider is more stable and less likely to flip... i figure i am already freaking wide, so if i am not going to fit now, I am going fit any less if i am wider. so why worry about it at all. and already my hubs stick out like 6" past the outter edge of my tires... so they are going to get hung up on trees and such, so might as well flip the rims and prevent the hubs from becoming tree anchors.

it is just a thought... not set on it at all...