Getting a tyre bought online fitted
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Cannot understand the point of turning down £60 for fitting 4 tyres from a pure pounds shillings and pence view.
Canny old margin there for not a lot of time.
From a moral point of view , don't fit them because you weren't competitive enough and then you've lost out twice and potentially more for future business.
And the b
ks about not being insured is exactly that.
Canny old margin there for not a lot of time.
From a moral point of view , don't fit them because you weren't competitive enough and then you've lost out twice and potentially more for future business.
And the b
ks about not being insured is exactly that.Hi,
If you don't mind going to Orpington, I have just had 4 tyres fitted that I supplied. The place is called Just tyres (if I remember correctly), it's on sevenoaks way opposite broomwood road. It's set back abit with yellow signs.
Or I have also used tyres r us, which is on the Orpington one way system along side kwik fit. They both charged £10 a wheel.
Hope this helps.
If you don't mind going to Orpington, I have just had 4 tyres fitted that I supplied. The place is called Just tyres (if I remember correctly), it's on sevenoaks way opposite broomwood road. It's set back abit with yellow signs.
Or I have also used tyres r us, which is on the Orpington one way system along side kwik fit. They both charged £10 a wheel.
Hope this helps.
I got so fed up of trying to get my rally car tyres fitted locally for this very reason I invested in a manual tyre changer, a bubble balancer and a non damaging tyre lever for alloy wheels. This has been worth its weight in gold, paid for itself many times over already. Also the job gets done properly and the rims don't get gouged by some monkey.
Buster73 said:
Cannot understand the point of turning down £60 for fitting 4 tyres from a pure pounds shillings and pence view.
Canny old margin there for not a lot of time.
From a moral point of view , don't fit them because you weren't competitive enough and then you've lost out twice and potentially more for future business.
And the bks about not being insured is exactly that.
If you ran a pub, would you let people sit down and drink their 6 pack of cheap supermarket beer on your premises just because they bought a packet of crisps from you?Canny old margin there for not a lot of time.
From a moral point of view , don't fit them because you weren't competitive enough and then you've lost out twice and potentially more for future business.
And the b
ks about not being insured is exactly that.Conscript said:
I can't answer you, but as someone who is planning on buying a couple of tyres from TyreLeader in the next couple of months with a view to taking them somewhere, it's something I'd be interested to know as well!
With tyre leader you can 'nominate' a local tyre fitter where they will deliver the tyres to, you pop along and then pay them to fit the tyres, they give you the price the garage charge per wheel and it varies from £12-£30 depending on diameter and steel or alloy, so read the small print.Some areas also have the option of choosing a mobile fitter which can be cheaper.
Not tried Tyre leader for this yet but have done with Event tyres and it works quite well
Adrian E said:
If you can't find a tyre dealer who will do it, try your local wheel refurbishing businesses. Some will sell tyres, but many won't. They will without fail have tyre fitting equipment which is usually better quality and less abused than the majority of high street retailers. I will only use my favoured refurbisher for fixing punctures, swapping tyres etc and they usually charge a tenner to do so. The one I use sells tyres but they can't match the online prices but don't moan at me for bringing in what I've bought elsewhere
This is sound advice. I had similar issues last year when buying tyres from Camskill, ringing a couple of local garages and they refused to fit anything they hadn't sold. I then rang a local alloy wheel refurbisher, 15 minutes drive from my house. They fitted the tyres for £10 a corner (but don't forget to take more cash with you over the agreed price per corner, as they tend to charge for disposal too, £10 for four old tyres). I'm hoping to get the same done in a couple of days time, since I've got two new tyres on order from Camskill. Actually, they were supposed to come today and they haven't f
king turned up!
Mr GrimNasty said:
If you ran a pub, would you let people sit down and drink their 6 pack of cheap supermarket beer on your premises just because they bought a packet of crisps from you?
Many restaurants will charge corkage, though. I've never had problems getting tyres fitted. They've often been tyres that the average tyre place would have had to order in, I suppose.
The local garage who look after the Saab seem to prefer me to source parts myself.
Small independent places do them, no problem. £5 a wheel seems to be the going rate.
Big places like ATS won't fit them when they're new at all - I tried all round town. However, when it came to taking my winter tyres off and putting my summers back on (ie. no new tyres involved) National Tyres didn't bat an eyelid.
Big places like ATS won't fit them when they're new at all - I tried all round town. However, when it came to taking my winter tyres off and putting my summers back on (ie. no new tyres involved) National Tyres didn't bat an eyelid.
Conscript said:
I can't answer you, but as someone who is planning on buying a couple of tyres from TyreLeader in the next couple of months with a view to taking them somewhere, it's something I'd be interested to know as well!
When i used tyre leader I had the choice of having them fitted at a tyre fitters (they would've been delivered there) but I had them fitted at a local independent.otolith said:
Blown2CV said:
nowhere that has ISO9001 or whatever it is now will allow fitting of customer sourced parts. It's generally seen as a bad idea.
I think my local garage is probably safe 
i think their insurance liability only covers parts they've obtained from regular sources. They may still agree to fit the tyres but if anything happens, and i guess that includes you crashing the car due to a mistake during fitting, then they're not covered, and you're not protected. However, i guess that could be said to be a bit far fetched, but they don't know you haven't gone and got shoddy remoulds or old stock that's as hard as concrete etc.
i think i prefer the idea of the wheel refurb place! At least it's their job to be careful with wheels. There are so many places that just don't give a fk - and that plus the windy gun can cause a lot of damage. I took my Jag when I had one to the reputable specialist in Macclesfield and they trashed the wheels replacing the brake pads, and that's a place with a good rep, that deals with those type of cars every day, and the customers are picky, finicky old men with nothing else to do with their time. They still fked it up!
k - and that plus the windy gun can cause a lot of damage. I took my Jag when I had one to the reputable specialist in Macclesfield and they trashed the wheels replacing the brake pads, and that's a place with a good rep, that deals with those type of cars every day, and the customers are picky, finicky old men with nothing else to do with their time. They still fked it up!Gassing Station | Suspension, Brakes & Tyres | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff