There is a little tire shop just off of 101 on Oakland Ave, one exit South
of 880. It's called "A & M Tires". The place doesn't look like much, but
they do an excellent job. They have never complained about mounting and
balancing my odd-sized tires/wheels (I've put 275/35/18 Hoosiers on 8.5"
wheels and I mount tires on 18X10s all the time). They have never scratched
any of my wheels doing it either. They can usually get it done while you
wait. The mounting machine is good and they work fast.
The owner's name is Aries (Greek guy) and he charges me $35 total for
mounting and balancing of 4 tires. He knows me well, so don't expect the
same price. But it shouldn't be much more than that.
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hung-Jen Hung [mailto:ospfd@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:56 PM
> To: Boris ELpiner; 'Bay_Area_Autocross_List'
> Subject: Re: Local tire shops (was: Looking for Kumho Tires)
>
>
> Hi Boris,
>
> Do you know if Costco can balance 17x10 size wheel?
> I've been to Wheel Works at Milpitas once. They
> charged $25 per wheel for tire mounting and balacing
> for the wheels I brought into the shop. To me, Wheel
> Works certainly is not a place I'd like to go back
> again.
>
> Hung-Jen Hung
>
> --- Boris ELpiner <boris@elpiner.net> wrote:
> > It parallels my experience with the America's Tire
> > in MV's store. I've
> > since moved my business to Wheel Works in Santa
> > Clara. Service there
> > also depends on who's at the counter, but they
> > always did a good job for
> > me and honored a low price I've negotiated some time
> > ago. BTW I do not
> > balance my autocross tires, but on couple of
> > occasions when I needed to
> > do just balance, guys at Sunnyvale Costco did an
> > excellent job for $6
> > per wheel.
> >
> > Boris.
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