Tyre fitters pricing

[MartinQ]

I swapped from my winters to summers today and as I work in Derby I went to a couple of tyre fitters there. Bearing in mind I had the tyres with me, wanted fitting and balancing only and were taking the old ones with me, the first one wanted £25 ... per wheel! Is that not slightly taking the piss? And it's not like they were even busy - they had ~8 bays and not a single vehicle in. The next one not too far away wanted a bit less - £18 per wheel.

In the end I gave up and went to my usual fitter in Mansfield and paid a much more reasonable £25 all in.

I can only assume that the first two take such a big cut on tyres that are bought there that they can charge what they like when someone with their own comes in.

So, was I being unreasonable with the first two? How much do you pay for tyre fitting?

[Steamer]

£7 per wheel

[Deluded]

I expect the average will be £10. I wouldn't pay more.

Few weeks back my partners pinto needed a new tyre and my spare wheel needed a new one too. Luckily the car came with a new Bridgestone for the spare that the previous owner hadn't fit.

Went to a local independent tyre place (not dodgy backstreet...) and the put the tyre on for a fiver. Even put it on the tailgate for me. Result.

[Jakg]

Normal price from the place I use is ~£12 per wheel, fitted & balanced if you supply your own tyres (although obviously they'd rather sell you the tyres as well).

Last time I got some tyres swapped (4x tyres from one set of wheels to another) they charged £40 all-in.

If anyone knows anywhere in Suffolk that does it cheaper, let me know...

[Jimmyarm]

The majority of the profit is built into the tyre price. It's the same amount of work for them to do your 4 swaps as to sell four new ones so why not make an equivalent profit ?

£25 a wheel is pretty steep though

[philmots]

At the most a tenner.

[irf]

when i needed some tyres changed i went to a few local places (n/w london) and prices varied from 23 to 28 quid. per tyre! and they seemed surprised that i was surprised!

its only because i know someone who knows someone working at a tyre place that i can get them done for 7.50 per tyre.

Edited by irf on Thursday 1st March 18:26

[richyb]

I paid £25 to have 4 tyres done recently. £25 a wheel must have been the politest of way saying ps off!

[lgw]

Nothing as the company we use to supply tyres for our fleet do punctures and tyres changes to all the workshop staff foc, yearly tyre bill is huge though

[John D.]

I'm getting 4 swapped for £40 on Sat (including valves and balancing).

Seems reasonable enough I suppose. Helps I like the garage and would rather give them business than others.

[Nedzilla]

£10 per wheel is about the cheapest ive come across.£25 each I would tell them where to go.

[CarGeeksWife]

MartinQ said:

I swapped from my winters to summers today and as I work in Derby I went to a couple of tyre fitters there. Bearing in mind I had the tyres with me, wanted fitting and balancing only and were taking the old ones with me, the first one wanted £25 ... per wheel! Is that not slightly taking the piss? And it's not like they were even busy - they had ~8 bays and not a single vehicle in. The next one not too far away wanted a bit less - £18 per wheel.

In the end I gave up and went to my usual fitter in Mansfield and paid a much more reasonable £25 all in.

I can only assume that the first two take such a big cut on tyres that are bought there that they can charge what they like when someone with their own comes in.

So, was I being unreasonable with the first two? How much do you pay for tyre fitting?

At that price you could do what we do, buy a set of rims & fit winters to those. You won't have to pay to change them every time then. Just change the wheels yourself

[VR6 Turbo]

+1 for £10 just paid that to fit 4 new ones for the MOT.

although the nipper wanted the 2 part worn P zeros off the back got him up to £30 for the pair.

VR

[johnpeat]

£7-10 per wheel is usual, in my experience - although most places would rather not do it (as there's basically no profit in it) so I expect larger prices are quoted if they're busy or can't be bothered...

If you can get it done for less - you've done well!!