"jjhats" (ssaxman)
07/15/2015 at 09:12 • Filed to: None
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"jjhats" (ssaxman)
07/15/2015 at 09:12 • Filed to: None | 1
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so I scooped up some pilot super sports off the craigslist and am shocked at what shops are asking me to pay to mount them. before I bought, I used tire racks find an installer function. it lists shops around you and what they charge when you ship them tires from tire rack. my question is are these prices special or lowered for tire rack? when I call they are not in the same ball park at all. One Mr. tire said 65 to do all tpms sensors recalibrated when online it says 5 per wheel. Idk I just feel like im getting hosed because I didn’t buy from them. sorry id rather buy tires for 87 bucks instead of 220.....anyone have any advice? the guy I bought from said check sams club. I would like to pay 25 per tire for everything tire rack shows 15+5 at many nearby shops. im in the Washington dc region, the tires are 235/40/18. Any help is appreciated
nafsucof
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 09:18 |
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Problem is this is a tougher size to do unless you have newer machines. $25 a tire sounds about right not including disposal though. I think I payed that locally in ct. Try a pep boys they are pretty good/inexpensive
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 09:20 |
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I usually pay roughly $20 per corner for tire mounting and balancing.
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jjhats
> nafsucof
07/15/2015 at 09:21 |
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so the tire rack rates were all listed based on tire series? I think its called. basically 235/25/18 is expensive 235/50/18 is cheap. but today when I called he asked what diameter and implied up to 16 is cheap over that is expensive. idk I just think they are pulling numbers out of space
davedave1111
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 09:22 |
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http://www.harborfreight.com/manual-tire-ch…
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nafsucof
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 09:23 |
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I too have an st...it's the lower profile tires are harder because of the stiff sidewalls. They definitely have a hard time mounting 18s and up ESP with older equipment. Keep calling around someone will do it.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 09:38 |
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d.i.y.?
how hard can it be?
Tekamul
> davedave1111
07/15/2015 at 09:43 |
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Not much help with the TPMS and balancing....
Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 09:49 |
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Those are pretty standard rates for TPMS.
The local shop near me, family owned mom & pop type place that’s very honest and reasonable, said $120 to mount 4 tires and reprogram TPMS. Dealer quoted me double that for the same job.
E92M3
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 10:09 |
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Find a small local place. I don’t think Sams Club will even mount tires you didn’t purchase thru them. All the big chains get their pricing from corporate so usually there’s no deals given.
I will caution you if you have nice wheels though. A lot of smaller (1 location) places have older equipment. They are more prone to scuffing your wheels than somewhere like Discount Tire.
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davedave1111
> Tekamul
07/15/2015 at 10:10 |
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Chuck a few BBs into each tyre, that’ll take care of the balancing. I have no idea about TPMS sensors: my car has external tyre pressure indicators. (You can see if the tyres are flat when you walk up to the car.)
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Tekamul
> davedave1111
07/15/2015 at 10:19 |
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All great solutions for a $2k craiglist car. Probably not what he’s looking for if he’s puting on PSS tires
deekster_caddy
> jjhats
07/15/2015 at 10:38 |
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If you were in new england I’d tell you to bring them to me. After my brother working at sears/NTB for many many years, we were disgusted by how much it cost for mounting and balancing, so we bought our own old tire machines off Craigslist and now we mount and balance our own!
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davedave1111
> Tekamul
07/15/2015 at 10:51 |
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Wimp :)