tire installers?

longemoco · 09-25-2006

anyone knows any tire places that that charges cheaper than 20 bucks to install tires? i'm trying to get me some tires from the internet because it's cheaper, but if i bring it to discount tires shop they want 20 per tire, and if i buy from them it's 11 bucks.i know 9 bucks more but if i do 4 tires that's' 36 bucks that i could use to pay my entry fee at rockfalls. just thought i'd ask.

**Kracka** · 09-25-2006

Wal-Marts and Sams Clubs do it for $5/tire. I'd only go that route if you don't care about your wheels though b/c I'd guess they don't have the best equipment or employees.

Jana · 09-25-2006

I'd stay away from Wal-Mart personally. We had a friend who worked at one, and had them put his wheels on... needless to say, the came off on the hwy.

Bottom line, you get what you pay for most of the time. I woudn't skimp here either.

Jakey · 09-25-2006

I have found that the internet is not always cheaper if you price around to different locations making sure that you include all related costs if you were to purchase the tires online.

**CornFed2.4** · 09-25-2006

wal mart sucks I just did it and they scratched the fuck out of my rims. Stay away

Jakey · 09-25-2006

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Originally Posted by S2kracka

I'd only go that route if you don't care about your wheels though b/c I'd guess they don't have the best equipment or employees.

You can say that again. I'd say the average age of the employees in the shop at the Wal-Mart in my hometown is 17. My parents used to get tire flats fixed at Wal-Mart because they were so cheap. The eventually quit doing it because it would not be long and the tires would be flat again due to not being patched/plugged properly.

iceminion · 09-25-2006

I work at goodyear on weekends, I can install AND balance tires! (even low-pro)

if you dont want to pay me money, you can pay me in electronic junk/car audo/car parts...

94AWDTSi · 09-25-2006

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Originally Posted by Jakey

You can say that again. I'd say the average age of the employees in the shop at the Wal-Mart in my hometown is 17. My parents used to get tire flats fixed at Wal-Mart because they were so cheap. The eventually quit doing it because it would not be long and the tires would be flat again due to not being patched/plugged properly.

Yup 17-18yrs. I went to a post secondary class at Century and Walmart accepted some guys that didn't know shit! I'd stay away also!

longemoco · 09-26-2006

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Originally Posted by Jakey

I have found that the internet is not always cheaper if you price around to different locations making sure that you include all related costs if you were to purchase the tires online.

yeah , that's one of the reasons why i asked, because the tires i want are 86 at discount tires, and 71 at discounttiredirect.com there's a 15 bucks saving per tire.

**Kracka** · 09-26-2006

Remember you have to pay shipping for internet tires, but tax for local tires.

AJ · 09-26-2006

Why not just ask discoutn tire to match the price. If you'd buy them online for $200 for a set of 4 and another $80 to mount them vs paying $250 at a location here and another $60 to mount them. That's a $30 swing, have you asked if discount tire would match the overall cost?

**Kracka** · 09-26-2006

A member on this board is giving me an insanely great deal on tires, mounting/balancing, and alignment for my S2000, but I'll let him toss out the offer if he wants since I don't feel comfortable volunteering his services.

tim · 09-26-2006

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Originally Posted by longemoco

yeah , that's one of the reasons why i asked, because the tires i want are 86 at discount tires, and 71 at discounttiredirect.com there's a 15 bucks saving per tire.

I understand what you are saying, but buying tires online saves you nothing after shipping and additional mounting fees, like you have just found out.

I deal with this everyday, I even debated buying my tires online cause I can usually find them cheaper than my cost through my employer..but I decided not to because of the extra fees associated with it.

ABV · 09-26-2006

I found a better deal at a Firestone dealer than I did at Discount Tire, or anywhere online. Granted they were having a "Buy 3 get 1 free" sale, which brought the price down. I was set on the tires I wanted for my truck and Discount didn't even carry the tires. Tire Rack had them, but after shipping and mounting it would have been about the same price, but alot more hastle. So if you know what tires you want, and have time to wait for a sale, you might find better deals elsewhere.

Plus, when I bought them from the dealer, they gave me free lifetime rotatation (and I'll have to check but it might include balancing too.) And one more thing, never buy the replacement warranty thing. 9 times out of ten you wont even use it, and they wouldn't offer it to you if they weren't making huge margins on it anyway. You're better off saving your money, and if something happens, just buy a new tire.

CVD · 09-26-2006

I buy online because I usually do my research first and go into the tire shop to ask for a particular tire. They usually dick me around and tell me what tire I really want because they dont carry the one I asked for.

dedlewamp · 09-26-2006

Sears offers mounting and balancing of tires and rims under 17" for $9.99. This also includes lifetime balancing and rotation of your tires for the life of the tires. Sears also offers the buy 3 get one free deals, as well as price matching of all local competitors.

tim · 09-26-2006

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Originally Posted by dedlewamp

Sears offers mounting and balancing of tires and rims under 17" for $9.99. This also includes lifetime balancing and rotation of your tires for the life of the tires. Sears also offers the buy 3 get one free deals, as well as price matching of all local competitors.

Yeah, but if you dont buy the tires from them then they will charge you an extra mounting fee.

The 9.99 is for standard passenger car tires less than 17 inches or greater than 50 aspect ratio sidewall. It also doesnt include truck tires. For "low profile", greater than 16 inch, or truck tires it is 13.99 per tire to mount and balance if purchased from them.

But yes it does include free rotation and balance for the life of the tire.

longemoco · 09-27-2006

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Originally Posted by dedlewamp

Sears offers mounting and balancing of tires and rims under 17" for $9.99. This also includes lifetime balancing and rotation of your tires for the life of the tires. Sears also offers the buy 3 get one free deals, as well as price matching of all local competitors.

i might wanna check sears then. thanks

x-pride · 09-27-2006

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Originally Posted by tim

Yeah, but if you dont buy the tires from them then they will charge you an extra mounting fee.

The 9.99 is for standard passenger car tires less than 17 inches or greater than 50 aspect ratio sidewall. It also doesnt include truck tires. For "low profile", greater than 16 inch, or truck tires it is 13.99 per tire to mount and balance if purchased from them.

But yes it does include free rotation and balance for the life of the tire.

Yeh they will charge you 9.99 for regular size tires. If you go low profile it cost more. They will also charge you more if you did not buy tires from them. Than there is the disposal fee, which will cost more if you did not buy tires from them. Also the valve stems they are charging is going to rape you. So, I say you are going to spend some money baby. Oh by the way Sears also scratch rims too. I have two sets that was scratched. I made them replace two of the rims but it was a bitch. Good luck trying to go cheap. You should of just bought the tires from Discount tires intown.

tim · 09-27-2006

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Originally Posted by x-pride

Yeh they will charge you 9.99 for regular size tires. If you go low profile it cost more. They will also charge you more if you did not buy tires from them. Than there is the disposal fee, which will cost more if you did not buy tires from them. Also the valve stems they are charging is going to rape you. So, I say you are going to spend some money baby. Oh by the way Sears also scratch rims too. I have two sets that was scratched. I made them replace two of the rims but it was a bitch. Good luck trying to go cheap. You should of just bought the tires from Discount tires intown.

Nice generalization. Sears is actually equipped with tire machines that have no metal to metal contact. Yeah, accidents happen and yeah it is a bitch to get your money but you got it right?

There is a standard in the tire industry for certain services. You are going to pay pretty much the same price no matter what tire chain you go to. 2.99 per valve stem is the going rate, $2 disposal is prefectly normal too.

I am not here to argue about which shop is better, I just know from experience at my Sears location that we have some top notch techs that know exactly what they are doing.