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Anyone know some less expensive places to have a set of tires mounted and balanced ???preferrably in the eastbay area (vallejo(rich ,pablo)or maybe even marin or east county? Toscalito wanted to rip me - 80 for 2, sears wanted 50 for 2. I'm aiming for more like $25 for 2....
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go to small tire shops they dont charge as much i got 2 of mine swapped for 24
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walmart is cheap but i think you half to buy from them also

worth a try

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too cheap to pay full price

willing to pay bridge toll and drive all over the fucking place to save a few bucks

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quote:
Originally posted by solbrothers:
too cheap to pay full price

willing to pay bridge toll and drive all over the fucking place to save a few bucks

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lol,
its mental thing, you save on the thing your aiming for, but dont see how much more your loosing

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quote:
Originally posted by SwEeT 03 Gt:
quote:
Originally posted by solbrothers:
too cheap to pay full price

willing to pay bridge toll and drive all over the fucking place to save a few bucks

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lol,
its mental thing, you save on the thing your aiming for, but dont see how much more your loosing

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quote:
Originally posted by solbrothers:
quote:
Originally posted by SwEeT 03 Gt:
quote:
Originally posted by solbrothers:
too cheap to pay full price

willing to pay bridge toll and drive all over the fucking place to save a few bucks

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lol,
its mental thing, you save on the thing your aiming for, but dont see how much more your loosing

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damn it mentality not mental!
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I'm biased seeing as I work at Americas Tire, But most shops are small for a reason. They suck at what they do. They cant balance worth a shit, and most of em sell fucked up used tires I wouldn't use for a tether ball pole. If you have tires you want to be installed on your vehicle, its $16 per wheel mounted and balanced THE RIGHT WAY. Any Americas Tire/Discount Tire store.

[ December 01, 2012, 10:39 PM: Message edited by: 925_GT ]

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last place i went to (big o in benicia) tried to charge me $20 to mount a tire (not even balance it)

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Anyone know if i can go smaller than 245 tires on a 17x9 wheel?

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of course you can

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quote:
Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:
Anyone know if i can go smaller than 245 tires on a 17x9 wheel?

Short answer, Yes. You can probably get a 215 on there. It will look dumb as hell though.

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One of my friends somehow got a 225 on a 10.5" wheel.

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quote:
Originally posted by SLOWSN95:
One of my friends somehow got a 225 on a 10.5" wheel.

A lot of flammable products and matches lol and a quick shot of a lot of air

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I thought it was 10mm in either direction ,safely.so if it starts at 245mm wide you can go 255 or 235 and be ok.
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everytime i go i go to calderons and they usually charge me about 15 bucks per wheel to mount and balance

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quote:
Originally posted by solbrothers:
too cheap to pay full price

willing to pay bridge toll and drive all over the fucking place to save a few bucks

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Um ,NO, I slide through those areas for other shit all day.So no its not some mental mind trick to save a few bucks going on here. HAHA¡
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quote:
Originally posted by 1ST0KGT:
everytime i go i go to calderons and they usually charge me about 15 bucks per wheel to mount and balance

That's a reasonable price !
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My guy charges 10 a wheel for mount and balance here in sac... Don't matter what size or type of wheel or the type of weights your car needs ... Small tire shops = small overhead, mounting a tire and balancing it isn't rocket science ..

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$20 a piece at my shop. Larry's Tire in Hayward. 510-581-6020 ask for Eisa

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quote:
Originally posted by 925_GT:
quote:
Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:
Anyone know if i can go smaller than 245 tires on a 17x9 wheel?

Short answer, Yes. You can probably get a 215 on there. It will look dumb as hell though.
why?

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I think walmart is pretty cheap, but the tire must be a certain tread depth for them to legally mount it.

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Whats 245 and 225 come down to in inches?

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