Fastfwd
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I was using the Tire Rack website of their network of installers as a guide to what I might expect to have my take-off PP1 summer tires installed on a new set of SVE 19x10 wheels. The fee schedules break it down by aspect ratio price brackets. Generally around $15 per wheel to mount and balance according to what they have 'contracted.'
So, I was pretty pissed off that almost everywhere I went wanted at least double that to do it. I had it quoted as high as $200 to do all 4. I called maybe a dozen shops looking for a touchless machine and couldn't find one in operation. It finally just worked out that I found an independent that had one and I coughed up the $30 per tire to have them mounted and balanced and even then $120 bought me some weights for silver alloy wheels (white/silver) on my brand new black powder coated wheels that I even took the time, money, and effort to ceramic coat before having the tires mounted. I had to take them home and use fucking touch up paint to mask the wrong color wheel weights. He told me I could find some black weights and put them in place of the ones they installed for $120. Thanks. I was just thrilled they didn't fuck up the wheels getting the tires on at that point.
I bought my own TPMS. Installed them myself. It was a relatively 'easy' job - just take the wheels out of the boxes and put the tires on and balance them. I hauled them there and home. They didn't need to take them off a car and remove old tires, swap tpms, nothing. Very simple and clean.
Is $30 per wheel pretty normal?
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So, I was pretty pissed off that almost everywhere I went wanted at least double that to do it. I had it quoted as high as $200 to do all 4. I called maybe a dozen shops looking for a touchless machine and couldn't find one in operation. It finally just worked out that I found an independent that had one and I coughed up the $30 per tire to have them mounted and balanced and even then $120 bought me some weights for silver alloy wheels (white/silver) on my brand new black powder coated wheels that I even took the time, money, and effort to ceramic coat before having the tires mounted. I had to take them home and use fucking touch up paint to mask the wrong color wheel weights. He told me I could find some black weights and put them in place of the ones they installed for $120. Thanks. I was just thrilled they didn't fuck up the wheels getting the tires on at that point.
I bought my own TPMS. Installed them myself. It was a relatively 'easy' job - just take the wheels out of the boxes and put the tires on and balance them. I hauled them there and home. They didn't need to take them off a car and remove old tires, swap tpms, nothing. Very simple and clean.
Is $30 per wheel pretty normal?
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