Use starter spray to mount tires!?!?

[YuriOrlav]

I found this on youtube, looks pretty scary to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N252RPAM ... re=related
There's a bunch more like this on there.

[wittyhoosier]

Never done it, but I believe this is one accepted method, an old school trick. (although I think staying on your feet might be a good idea!)

[CSS-Registry]

i've done that before - make a really cool sound!

not for the faint of heart though...

[RussRoth]

i've done that before - make a really cool sound!

not for the faint of heart though...

I agree. Been there, done that. Just don't overdo it. DAMHIK

[YuriOrlav]

So everybody else had already heard of this? Huh. I talk to a lot of old timers and try to gather info, but I'd NEVER heard of such a thing.

[OleRed66]

I've seen the "professionals" do it. Scared the lickety split out of me. Makes for a real nice pop sound. Quite effective however.

[mopardwh]

Used the method for industrial equipment. Not much choice really, do what you gotta do. We used ether though.

[jonx4x4]

I had to do the exact same thing to mount the hummer 37x12.5's on my 16.5x9.75 American Racing rims. My idiot friend threw the match while I was still spraying though... singed the *#%^ out of my beard, sideburns, and arm hairs. OH... and then he told my other friend that it was my wife's fault!

[slick]

Oh the memories...my dad was a truck driver growing up and that's how we would mount his semi tires

[Tufftruck]

Did that while 4-wheeling and popped the bead way out in nowhere land. Got us out of there and back on the road. You really have to be careful because you can really do damage to yourself or someone else.

[Daddiojoe]

I saw it a while back on Learning Channel or something like it show about four wheel drives. Arctic explorers did it out on the tundra in the snow. One of those "no choice" situations. Looked extra cool in the cold.

Joe

[steven]

I've heard of it, too, never seen it though. Makes me want to go bust a bead and try it.

[Cageman]

I thought they label ether as starting fluid so it can be sold as tire mounter and no one will get mad.
I have done that 100 times, it really isnt a big deal, monster truck tires, those are really fun, whaaooommph.
The 20's on my 95 I mounted that way, my old 17's on my Honda accord I used to have I did that, those low profile tires are impossible to mount in a garge that doesnt ahve a good modern tire machine, I have an air chuck, valve core remover, tire spoons and ETHER. Oh, tire plugs too, you have to fix nail holes somehow.