I've been having a hard time finding a shop that can properly mount wide race tires. My car uses 16x12 BBS centerlock rims that have relatively small diameter mounting face 4 3/4" and 6 on 3 3/4" drive pins. I know race tires are challenging to mount, so I look for experienced shops to mount tires. These wheels seem worse than others for some reason. Just had a BBS wheel center ruined by a shop that has probably mounted 1000s of race tires, including wide, low profile, etc.
Is there a trick to mounting tires on this type of rim? Particular tire machine? Take the wheels apart to mount tires? Pic of the inner mounting face of one of my wheels below.
I've toyed with the idea of getting a Roger Krause tire machine, thinking about it again now! Is that the answer?
Thanks!