The wheels come with metal valve stems and I was wondering how tight I should make the nut - don't read Japanese, unfortunately .

 

ive wondered this too. on the works..

my wheel people just do em to like 10-15lb ft. a lil over hand tight.

they also tell me i can use 2 rubber washers or jst one

im the wheel whore and i dont even know. i wish someone would clear this up..

soo..

how tight lb/ft for the valve stem nut.

and do you use 1 or both rubber washers (one inside.. or both of em)

 

Are you installing the tires? If not, why worry about it? This is something the tire shop would do and they would know these things. When you take your rims to the tire shop to get tires put on, give them the valve stems. They'll know what to do with them.

 

I worry because I live in SoFla where it is patently impossible to find someone reliable to do any work at all, much less correctly. So, I've found being an educated consumer is the only way of getting what you want/need...sometimes . If I had the tools to mount the tires myself, trust me, I would.

 

I feel you...Never mounted tires before ( no machine ) so I wouldn't know either.....

How's the wheels looking?

Steve - Evolution
703-961-9090

 

I must agree.. Last week I noticed that the local Firestone dealer mounted my directional RE050 tires with the sidewall rotation arrows BACKWARDS!!

 

I worked a tire shop for little over a year.

 

Steve - the wheels look awesome. Just go the Advan Neovas mounted on the rims and will be putting these on the car this weekend. I'll try to get some pics up later, but really nice setup.

 

This past week I had my local firestone mount a pair of tires on a set of stock rims. I got them back with one front tire on a rear rim and one rear tire on a front rim