Tire MountMate - please share your experiences

[1969CamaroRS]

For those that have used a Tire Mountmate:

http://www.autowaretech.com/mountmate/index.html
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

in your experience was the tool worth it? Especially given the cost of 379?

I'm coming up on finishing my entire suspension and going to need to measure for wheels/tires. I want to get rims once and have them be perfectly sized, so I thinking about buying one of these to make sure.

Any experiences you can share about this tool would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

[oestek]

I have not used it, but I have used the Percy's Wheel Rite tool. Works well, lots cheaper.

[MarkM66]

I have the Percy's tool also. It only goes to around 5" of backspacing, so if you need anymore then that, it's worthless.

Seems like it should cost around $9, not $90.

[1969CamaroRS]

I have the Percy's tool also. It only goes to around 5" of backspacing, so if you need anymore then that, it's worthless.

Seems like it should cost around $9, not $90.

That is odd, I was looking at the Percy's tool on Summit:

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=PHP-01201&N=700+400251+115&autoview=sku

And they indicated it went to 10-1/2. I would definitely need more than 5" of backspacing on the rears.

[oestek]

I think ours goes to 6.5" of BS. In all reality, you can make a tool to do this with a piece of angle iron and a threaded rod... the tricky part is to simulate the tires. The Wheelrite uses a piece of wire. Not very scientific, but if you have the tire spec sheet, you can make it work.

[Bad94]

We have a mount mate, and i always use it on every set of wheels we order.

[Twentyover]

Wy coudln't you cut the profile of the tire and rim (A radial cross section) the size you plan on using from a piece of plywood, a bolt pattern from a second piece of plywood and attach the two w/ a length of 2 x 2.

You could set the axle or A-Arm on a jackstand, jump on the fender to cycle the suspension a couple times, then sweep the Tire/wheel end of the deal to check clearances. You can move the tire/wheel profile in and out by relocating it on the tubatu

[Hi-po SS 454]

I have the Percy's tool also. It only goes to around 5" of backspacing, so if you need anymore then that, it's worthless.

Seems like it should cost around $9, not $90.

The wheelrite goes more than 5" BS with extension added, which is supplied. But to get accurate measurement in the 5 1/4 to 6 1/2 area is useless because thats were the plastic nut holds the extension on and is right in the way when your measuring for 10 and 11" wheels... Right were I needed to measure.. Wasted my $70
Had much better results just using a straight edge on axle flange held on by 2 lug nuts. Got ALL my accurate measurements that way. All this for the rear wheel measurement

[BRIAN]

That Percys tool is a piece of garbage plain and simple. It is so flimsy that it couldn't cost them more than $10 to make it. It just bends all over the place. Like noted above you are better with other measuring tools.

The Wheelrite is a solid piece but also takes a bit of set up to get it going but if you are doing several cars it is worth it???