I swapped out my Advans for Blizzaks a couple of weeks ago. The rear wheels on mine had stuck too. A couple of whacks on the tire with a rubber mallet freed them up quite nicely. I hit the mating surface on the wheels with a surface prep pad on an air grinder, just enough to take off the rust, then put a light coat of CLP on them before bolting them on. I'd be real leery of the 'mechanics' at some of these tire places. I've seen them throw torque wrenches across the floor, strip lug nuts and break studs...
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