hey guys where do you get your new tires mounted and balacned?
i called americas tire and since i did not buy the tires from them they want $150 bucks!! for 4 wheels!

are there any bay area poeple that can reffer me to a shop that is cheaper and wont damage my wheels while mounting them since i didnt buy it from them?

 

I've only had my tires balanced once since I've owned the car, and I had the dealer do it since I was there for service anyway. They charged either $20 or $25 a tire...I can't remember. It wasn't too terribly bad. That was when I lived in Oakland...took it to Oakland Acura.


It looks like I'm going to be ordering a set of rims when I get new tires...so good ol' tirerack.com will mount & balance them for free. lol.

 

:ibcartalk:

 

That's way too much. I think $10-15 a piece is what I paid the last time I had mine done.

 

at the place where you bought your tires

 

Wrong forum, but try the dealer. I had them do it for $99.00

 

that would make sense but i got my tires on tirerack.com

and sorry for the wrong forum.

 

Tirerack for me as well.

 

I've heard the NTB will discount mounting/balancing tires if purchased from tirerack. Something about authorized installer or something.

You could also try walmart. gulp.

 

get them mounted and balanced in cartalk.

 

Discount tire.

 

Same as America's Tire



your local rim shop... some of them are pretty cool and won't even charge... shouldn't be more then 20 or 40 bucks... don't know of one in your area though...

 

If you are in their database, they may not even charge you. Or at least that's what usually happens to me

 

They will also price match just about anything you can find online.

 

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Its free because you either bought the tires from them or are a customer... They charge otherwise...

Just go to a Rim place and they'll usually just charge you labor... or less...

Wheel Works
1499 Franklin St
San Francisco, CA 94109

$13.99 per tire...

 

go to a used tire place

 

that is the most i would pay

 

Go to Tirerack.com and find their local installer that is near you.

 

Pretty good deal!

 

Costco and they fill tire with Nitrogen

 

my acura dealer used to do mine for 45 bucks for all 4, haven't found a better price than that, and they never marked up the wheel.

 

Sears is another good spot @ 10.00 per tire

 

I have to do this as well. My grandma's car needed tires. There's a place here tire kingdom. They are $18.99/tire. Plus the alignment I'm looking at around $150.

 

My dealer did mine for $40

 

Go to tirerack and look up their recommended installers in your area. Other wise call around. I have lick with my local sears. They usually charge 65 for mounting and balancing (4 tires)and tire disposal. there is a guy at mine that does good work and is good to the rims.

 

 

I got mine done at Tires Plus for about $95.

 

Got mine done at the honda dealer for $15 a tire. A local mechanic who works at the acura dealer does it for $10 per tire at his personal shop. It shouldn't be much more than that.

 

americas tire is such a rip off place. I called about 4 months ago and i got a quote for my tires and they wanted about 50 bucks more than what tirerack.com would chargred shipped. Then about a week ago i called again to see how much they were again and they all of a sudden want $1150 for my re01r vs. $800 for what i paid at tirerack.com And to top that off another $15 bucks per tire to mount and balance.

i called another location and they want $1150 for the tires too but they want $25 per tire to mount and balance.
Jesus why are the prices different from one location to the next and why is it when ever i call back again later the prices always change. not cool.

i just went to big o tire and got them on for $80 bucks. took 20 mins.

 

oh yea and costco will not mount and balacne any tire that was not bought from them.
And costco does not carry bridgestones, which is what brand i was looking for. though the nitrogen is awesome though.

 

where are you located? i worked for a few shops north of SF that you can go to.

 

Damn. these prices are astronomical to me. makes me glad my best friend owns a shop. phew.

 

walmart. 30 flat IIRC

 

I've called up about 8 shops for mounting and balancing 18inchers, they want anywhere from 25-35 per wheel. i got lucky and found a shop i bought wheels at previously and they said $60 for all 4.

 

Geez, you mean they didn't even fill the tires?

Find a local shop. It should cost you around $15 a tire for mount and balance - plus another few dollars each for disposal.

As for tire prices being different at different shops - it depends on who their suppliers are. My local shop has a supplier for Toyos, so they came out about $25/tire cheaper than at any of several other places I called.