I did my tires with some longish flat head screw drivers, a tire iron that was way too thick, and the plastic from a five star notebook to protect the rims. It was a total pain in the ass but it's doable and worth the money saved. The hardest part was getting the new tire bead to seat with the rim. I wasn't about to do the
fire trick so I brought the rim with the tire already on it down to the closest tire shop and they used their air compressor to seat the bead in about 5 seconds, for free. Brought the other wheel and a box of donuts, really cool guys.
Oh and I attempted balancing but the weight difference was just not enough to make an effect that I could observe without better equipment. If you line up the heaviest part of the tire with the lightest part of the rim it shouldn't be too off. I just threw in some dyna beads and called it a day. Haven't had any problems.