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Installing tires

I mount my own tires.
That way I can't get ****ed off at some stranger for poor quality work.

The only mechanical work I have paid for over the last 10 years are some four wheel alignments.


Mike
 
Aurora40 said:
With all the talk of what tires to buy, and given that I need tires in the not-to-distant future, I got curious.

Do/did you all just take your car in and get the tires changed? If so, do you drive it around to the bay, or watch it go around? Any special precautions?

Anyone not bring their car in? I have zero intention of taking my car to a tire place and letting them drive it. I plan on bringing in the wheels only, that way the worst they can do is ruin my wheels, poorly mount the tires, and take my money. Anyone else do this?

Aurora,

Go look at my response in the Balancing Tires thread that I THINK was in the C4 General discussion a few weeks ago. It will tell you what you need to know about balance.

You should not be NEAR as worried about them driving your car into the shop as you should be about their jacking the car up properly and their mounting and balancing equipment and savvy. Make sure they use a rim clamp machine or a center post machine with the proper delrin protection pieces on their tools that touch the rim.

Good luck,
 

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