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Old 02-07-2007, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by sinned
The wheel gets mounted upside down in a rim clamp machine clamping the reverse method with rim protectors. This is NOT a job you want to attempt without a newer machine AND expereince.

Exactly, the rim protectors are plastic sleeves that are the shape of the steel clamps that hold the rim of the wheel. I just had mine mounted today and they used the rim protectors. The wheels had to be mounted upside down since they are reverse lip (smooth lip): not one scratch on any of them.
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