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Re: Tire mounting costs (was: Poor, poor tires..)

To: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tire mounting costs (was: Poor, poor tires..)
From: craig boyle <craig_autox@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:50:11 -0800 (PST)
Discount Tire in Campbell will mount 4 for $20. No
balance needed on the Miata. I've used them a few
times and no problems yet. They were familiar with
Kumho's and Hoosiers.

It's worth getting on first name terms with your tire
mounter. 

Craig
--- "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com> wrote:
> 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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