Mounting slicks Lube or no lube

Just starting out changing my own tires. (No mar classic) . I have 3 street tires under my belt. My next set is bridgestone vo2 slicks. Do you recommend a tire mounting Lube, installing dry , or another method to reduce the risk of tire slip on the rim. 2021 aprilia rsv4, trackdays only, if that matters. Thanks in advance.

 

clean & dry
as long as you keep the tire in the drop center.

 

Wait and do this first. Clean all of the residue at the bead seating areas, and after that make sure these areas have a bit of roughness to them to help prevent the tire from moving on the rim at low psi race pressures.
A totally clean inside and out rim makes tire guys happy!

 

Can you explain exactly what you mean by roughness. Are you lightly Sanding or just make sure no slippery waxes or chemicals are there. Thank you

 

No waxes or chemicals but a slight texture to the bead seating area that helps the tire NOT move when in use. Do I know how to do it exactly, nope but others do and Marvic and Marchesini sell wheels with this texture on bead areas ready to go

 

I think he’s referring to a knurled pattern in the bead seat area of the rim to increase the coefficient of friction between tire and rim so it doesn’t slip. Many sports car wheels have been doing this for years.

 

Thanks for the additional information. Now I understand what you are referring to. I have seen the wheels with the textured area.

 

you can start with the simple things like marking the rim/tire with paint when its mounted.
Then if you see movement try hairspray.

 

I use Ruglyde that I bought from NAPA. Just takes a little and it evaporates pretty quickly.

 

Hair Spray.

 

Those tires can be a bear on a no-mar, especially if cold. How did it go?

 

That's why you warm them in the sun for an hour to help them

 

or with a tirewarmer for when its cloudy or raining

 

Actually went really well. It was sunny and in the 80s outside. So set them in the driveway for a while then slid them on.

 

There you go

 

Thoughts on applying something like this to the inside wheel bead?



https://brocksperformance.com/uhs-anti-slip-coating-installed-on-bst-wheel/

 

looks like you can only get it if you buy a bst wheel from them, any source for buying it standalone? would be willing to try it on one of my wheel sets

 

I have 3 sets of OZ wheels getting powder coated, thinking of just sanding the bead area to help prevent tire slipping. Anyone ever sprayed some paint on the bead, then tossed sand on it or something? I called that Brocks Performance, and they definitely did not want to give me any information, nor sell me the product to install myself. Looks like some Poly and a handful of sand will do the trick??

 

Sanding won't work, there are coatings with abrasive in them for the bead - tossing sand onto wet paint works for about one tire change.

 

How about just that anti-slip paint stuff? Looks like just about every hardware store sells it in spray cans and regular 1 gal cans.