[Scott Kozutsky]

Our team had really excellent luck using hardware store double sided tape to make drilling and riveting easier and stronger. The tape holds the nitrile in place while you drill and rivet, making it less squirrely. It makes it considerably easier to get a very snug fit against the wheel and it also has the added benefit of reducing the shear load on the rivets quite considerably. We had relatively shallow flanges (performance wheels) and we had a rivet every third with extras where the loop ended. Properly installed, our tread would have held without the tape. It's just much easier with the tape and more secure in our experience.