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Posted by greenbarn
 - December 05, 2015, 21:42:29 PM

more pics

Posted by greenbarn
 - December 05, 2015, 21:41:20 PM

Run-Flat tires: Some of the Honda Odyssey vans have what they call run-flat tires.  Only Michelin makes replacement tires, and you have to have a Michelin tire machine to change them.  Well, the tires are about $250-300 each to have them replaced so it turns out that I can sell  new rims and really nice "regular" tires for about the same money.

What a mess...In order to dispose of the old tires, I had to cut them off of the wheels.  Cut around the rim with a knife, to get the bulk of the tire rubber off.  Then cut the tire bead with a cut-off wheel (sawzall wouldn't touch it).     Inside the tire, there is this hard plastic ring that the tires rides on when it goes flat - that's what allows them to be driven flat.  That too has to be cut and chiseled off.  But what's left is a real heavy aluminum wheel.

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