Fitting a Tyre to Alloy???

[AliMak]

blew a tyre out few months back havent had the money to get a new tyre, but now xmas is coming up someones getting me one for a present :y:

jus wondering can i take the blown tyre off the alloy and put new 1 on myself, there tubeless tyres.

cheers

[John]

if you have a beadbreaker and tyre bars yes or a tyre machine if not that will be a no.

[AliMak]

devostating

any ideas on what a garage would charge?

[steve_335]

i work in a garage and we charger £10 to swap a wheel over, that includes rebalancing and putting on car aswell

[stalkah66]

£25 to fit a tyre!

You will need it doing properly to get it balanced.

Have a word with one of the people working in a local tyre place they will probably do it cash in hand for a tenner. Don't ask at reception they will go thru the books

[Wayne]

best to take it to a garage like i do mate:y:

[steve_335]

£25 to fit a tyre!

You will need it doing properly to get it balanced.

Have a word with one of the people working in a local tyre place they will probably do it cash in hand for a tenner. Don't ask at reception they will go thru the books

You get ripped off mate, i do it for a tenner

[stalkah66]

I dont pay anything, normally dont pay for the tyres either, brother works at a tyre place :p I just know round that way thats how much most garages charge to fit a custoemr supplied tyre and balance it

[TIPSY]

ive never been charged more than a tenner like, bloke round ours fits and balances for £5 and refits wheel to car if you want him to

[Lozza_vtr]

I paid £11 to get the wheel removed, new tyre fitted then balanced and put back on the car. That was a tyre i supplied myself.

[steve_335]

I do plenty of them where i work and everyone is cool with a tenner, and that involves everything.

[TypeRhys]

best bet is to find a local garage i.e. not kwik fit or ATS.
ask them how much for cash....

in my experience they love the cash jobs lol !!!

[alextoffie]

I got fitting from a station near me after buying tyres from mytyres... They fitted and balanced it for £10 a wheel... £25 for fitting a single tyre is outrageous!

On the other hand, unfortunately the place that fitted the tyre (and about 4 other garages - including big ones) didn't have the equipment to balance the tyres because apparently VTR alloys require a special fitment tool that they didn't have!

I rang citroen and they quited £40 inc VAT for simply balancing 2 tyres... fook that! Finally went to my local ATS and they did it for £7... Just thought i'd warn anyone with VTR alloys to check the garage has the fitment to balance them otherwise i'd suggest going somewhere that does! And preferably not citroen judging by the price i was quoted lol.

[steve_335]

It's because some citroen and peugoet wheels don't have centre caps, they are solid and the bit you need to buy to balance them is well expensive.

[VTR_Nick]

my local tyre place charge £7 to fit and balance a tyre :)