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Old 10-15-2014, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by shagino
Have any of you done this with premounts? I heard those were near impossible to get off.
Yes. About a year ago Trevorstoybox (eBay seller) was closing out a bunch of discontinued Proline Premounts on Protrac wheels. They were litlle more than 1/2 the price of the tires alone. I bought a bunch, unmounted them, and put them (with their liners - see next comment) on the wheels I wanted to use.

Some premounts are glued better than others. The Blockades took easily 3 times as long to get off as the Tazers. Just happens some time.

Originally Posted by ThePanda
Acetone will essentially destroy closed cell foams. It will also shrink clay compounds. So just fyi if you wanted to know.
If that's your experience, you were doing something wrong. I've removed many a tire off a rim and never destroyed a closed cell foam.
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