changing tires onto new alloys

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2013 Rugby Posts: 170 1.1 Saxo Desire
    #1
    How easy is it to do this? Found some alloys on ebay. How much would it be likely to be if i would to get them done at a garage? Cheers
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo
    #2
    most garages charge £40 that i asked at, my mates garage did it for me for £30, when i lived in a city and went to a big tire/exhasut place the boss was hardly ever there so they did things like that for a fiver or tenner especially if both sets of wheels were off the car and it was a quick job where the car doesnt have to come in

    one place i went to wanted £1 per inch plus VAT so for a set of 15" wheels it would be £15 a corner so £60 plus VAT at 20% so that worked out at like £72!!! and they looked at me offeneded when i laughed in their face, and that was with the wheels with no tyres in the boot so the car didnt have to be put on a ramp or jacked up no tyres needed to be taken off such an easy job f**king cowboys
  3. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #3
    Yeh some saturday mornings you can get it done cheaper if you pay cash as they put it in their pocket.

    Otherwise £10 a wheel usually.
  4. Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2013 Rugby Posts: 170 1.1 Saxo Desire
    #4
    Cheaper than i thought then, cheers lads.
  5. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
    #5
    I do that cash in hand, no way I'd pay more than 5 quid a corner. That includes fitting, new valve and balanced. Absolutely no way I'd pay 40 quid for a ten minute job.
  6. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2013 Derby Posts: 150 Wicked Red Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR 2003
    #6
    Local scrapyard (to me) will change customers own tyres for £6 a pop., including balancing, buy can't balance alloys on VTR/VTS (as they don't have the adaptor to allow the balancing machine to do them)