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sleepy gary
Jan 11, 2006

Just use the biggest most powerful impact wrench you can find and friction weld the loving things on like they do at the tire shop.

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sleepy gary
Jan 11, 2006


Ah yes, torque to yield.

sleepy gary
Jan 11, 2006

Safety Dance posted:

Crossposting from my TSD thread:



Is there any salvaging this, or should I start unwrapping and butt splicing?

Oof, good lord.

sleepy gary
Jan 11, 2006

It is wild how much of a difference tires can make to how a car feels, even if you're not pushing the limits at all.

sleepy gary
Jan 11, 2006

VelociBacon posted:

You can probably find a longer version in my previous posts in the thread but buying used tires with 75%+ life left can be an extremely good deal. Often these tires are just on cars that get written off and they're sold to the used tire place. I find I generally pay 35% of what I would be paying new, and my place mounts them, balances the wheels, and gives me a one year replacement coverage in case I get a puncture from a nail or whatever. Woman owned shop also which is nice. YMMV.

This is what I do as well. My tire guy has a few grades of used tires including barely-used ones. Not sure I'd recommend it to someone who doesn't know what to look for though. Might end up with some dry rotted linglongs or something.

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sleepy gary
Jan 11, 2006

Please post photos of your van raccoons, tezer.

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