Subject	Best place to have tires mounted and balanced?
Posted by	Evan(CA) on February 20, 2010 at 11:51 AM
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Message	In the Goleta/Santa Barbara area. Is there a specific machine better suited than others I should inquire about? I need 2 275/35/18 mounted on 2 18x10 wheels. Back in the day I'd drop the old Z off anywhere and it would inherently come back with a new ding or scratch which no one would admit to. Or the wheels would be further damaged than when they came in. Well, now with a set of *pristine* Volk SF Challenge's, $125 Rays lugs and a Z with damn near perfect oem paint, I'll be removing the wheels and dropping them and the new tires off myself. Now obviously before hand I'm going to show the wheels to the manager and have before pics taken and explain to him if they come back any different then they came he bought them. Don't know if I'll find a place to accept that especially since I only need two tires mounted and balanced. I know this sounds overkill and I may even sound like a pain in the ass customer but I just want it done right. It shouldn't be such a hard decision process on where to have your tires mounted but these are $900+ a piece and past experience with local tire shops, mechanics and body shops have left a bad taste in my mouth.
Follow Ups	Best place to have tires mounted and balanced? - Evan(CA) 11:51:31 02/20/10 There are machines that dont touch the rim. - slick007l 12:05:20 02/20/10 unpossible. (n/m) - ni[X]it 12:13:19 02/20/10 hi - ni[X]it 12:11:35 02/20/10 2nd (n/m) - ZiNnYc 12:21:57 02/20/10 Thank you. (n/m) - Evan(CA) 12:42:40 02/20/10 Indeed very possible. - slick007l 13:46:06 02/20/10 Prove it. (n/m) - ni[X]it 14:53:22 02/20/10 No tire shop has a magic balancer. - Ashman2k2 18:08:06 02/20/10 Man it's like everyone is stoned on this forum today. - ni[X]it 19:23:28 02/20/10 My bad..I meant to refer to the mounting machine (n/m) - Ashman2k2 21:16:33 02/20/10 he's in agreement with you retard (n/m) - ZiNnYc 00:37:22 02/21/10 read it again (n/m) - Guapo 09:32:55 02/21/10 oops (n/m) - ZiNnYc 16:55:40 02/21/10 Would match mounting be a good idea, as well? (n/m) - HighPsi 13:23:27 02/20/10 Yes, that's what the Hunter GSP9700 does. - ni[X]it 19:24:48 02/20/10 Hunter is the gold standard for tire mounting machines. (n/m) - Gordo 93TT Daytona 21:08:29 02/20/10 Match mounting has nothing to do with the balance machine>> - ZUL8TR 08:29:29 02/21/10 specify your tire pressures beforehand as well (n/m) - ZiNnYc 12:22:32 02/20/10 I use Big Brand on N. Fairview. - Got Z? 12:52:24 02/20/10 2nd on Big Brand. (n/m) - turtleboy 14:50:08 02/21/10 I've used Big Brand on Fairview - B. Lee Wong 20:25:30 02/20/10
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