went to big-o today with loose wheels- $10 per and i dont get them balanced.
(plus $2.50 disposal)
they had trouble mounting the r-tires though, and i may have to tip/bride
them next time to get them to do it. ive been turned away at other places
when they see the race tires.
what a shame to dump them, 160 runs on the fronts and still some tread on my
kumhos! i must not have any traction up there.
-james
OSP #74
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J. Andy <marka@telerama.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 10:21 PM
Subject: Tire mounting costs (was: Poor, poor tires..)
> Howdy,
>
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Darren Madams wrote:
> > 3. If you do have tires that can be flipped on the rims (not just
> > rotated front to rear), you can get quite a bit of extra life out of
> > them... but the cost of unmount/mount adds up. And you'll be left
> > with a high point of tread in the middle.
>
> That reminds me...
>
> What's a normal cost to mount and balance tires out here? Motorsport
> Techniques charged me $80 to mount and balance four tires (gave 'em the
> car & tires). That certainly seemed pretty high to me, but I've got a
> tire machine back home and haven't paid to have tires mounted in recent
> memory.
>
> Is that normal? I mean, it only takes an hour for a schmuck like me to do
> a complete mount & balance, including torqueing the wheels, setting air
> pressure, etc! The guys that really know how to run the tire machines are
> quite a bit quicker...
>
> Mark
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