Weatherlawyer wrote:

Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre?
I have leaking rims I was told is due to fitters using the wrong type of
lubricant in the good old days. (It's a 12 year old Mondeo.)

Apparently, all I need do is take the tyre off and sand the rims, repaint
them and replace the tyre with something less corrosive than soap.

not at all if you can make a diy bead breaker
http://preview.tinyurl.com/oxkfjll

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