Fitting and removing tyres - damaging?

[George182]

My dad wants winter tyres (lets not turn this into a winter tyre debate :rasp and instead of purchasing a separate set of wheels he is considering having the summers removed and the winters fitted - vice versa in the spring.

Is the harmful to the tyres in anyway?

 

[Lal B3N]

Nope, plenty of places do it. Some garages will store the summer tyres for you until spring too.

 

[George182]

Just the man I was hoping for a response from!

PM'd you too :rasp:

Cheers mate

 

[Corby G]

I doubt it for car tires, as long as they're not damaged when taking off/putting on the 2nd time round.

When I chop and change my kart tires they're softer 2nd time round to fitting but as long as they're not damaged by the bead retainer they're fine.