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Froggy
Posted on Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 10:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ok guys, I got access to this bad boy



Except mine is blue. I have used it a billion times to do tires on my car, so I know how to use it. The thing is, can I/Should I use it with my purdy blue XB rims? I would love to try it, but I am afraid of damaging the wheels because I don't even know if the machine can handle it. Is there some kind of motorcycle rim adapter I need, or would it work as is? Please stop me before I ruin something good. Hell I still got my Sunset Orange pair; I can use them as the guinea pigs : )
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Reepicheep
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 09:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have a hard enough time not scratching them using hand tools. Those rims chip easy.
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Barker
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 09:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

On my ghetto manual tire changer, my no-scratch secret is,,,,,,

Milk jugs.

Cut em up. And place pieces b/t metal-to-metal contact.

Not sure if that will work on that fancy tire robot machine.
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Froggy
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 09:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I will give it a shot then. Personally i was just gonna stuff some rags between the arms and the rim, but the jugs might work better. : )
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Hughlysses
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 10:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anti-freeze jugs work well too (thicker plastic).
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Thetable
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 10:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Really any HDPE. I usually end up using strips from old oil bottles because that is what I have handy, but shampoo bottles are the best I have found.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2008 - 12:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Milk jugs or 2 litre bottles work great for me, but I still scratch stuff.

Don't tell anyone, but there may currently be a 4" square of milk jug inside the rear Scorpion Sync on my 9sx. I'm temporarily storing it there until the next tire change.

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Bigdaddy
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2008 - 02:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

6" fatty strips from the industrial sized liquid laundry detergent will last forever -- I never thought of storing them inside my tires. Brilliant! : )
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