tyreleader.co.uk

[SmilerFTM]

Just a heads up. Ordered some new tyres off these and requested them to be shipped to a local garage to have them fitted. Called the garage today and they don't deal with tyreleader anymore so my tyres are being delivered to a company that won't accept them. If you order anything from them, might be an idea to check with the garage you are choosing before doing so. I'm now stuck not knowing how long it'll be before I have a car that has 4 working tyres on it again.

[trickywoo]

This is more a shortsighted / stupid garage problem than a tyreleader one.

I'm sure you have a good reason for requesting the tyres to be delivered as you did however, I'd always take delivery personally and then arrange fitment.

Still at least you can strike a garage of your list for future custom.

[Driver101]

If your car doesn't have "working tyres", how were you going to get to the tyre fitting place?

Sounds like a bit of a mess up but hopefully the garage will be nice enough to take delivery at the very least.

Did they say why they no longer fit for Tyreleader?

Do you pay for fitting in advance to Tyreleader, or on the day to the tyre fitter?

[PositronicRay]

trickywoo said:

I'm sure you have a good reason for requesting the tyres to be delivered as you did however, I'd always take delivery personally and then arrange fitment.

All very well, but I can only fit 2 tyres in my car.

[kambites]

PositronicRay said:

trickywoo said:

I'm sure you have a good reason for requesting the tyres to be delivered as you did however, I'd always take delivery personally and then arrange fitment.

All very well, but I can only fit 2 tyres in my car.

Me too, but last time I ordered tyres I got them delivered to me and then made two trips to the fitter. I felt that getting them delivered to a garage was just asking for them to go AWOL.

[SmilerFTM]

The local garage told me they'd cancelled their dealings with tyreleader a while ago. It's tyreleader who still have them listed on their website.
I can get my car there by pumping the broken tyre full of sealant and then pumping it up. That'll get me to a local garage to get new rubber fitted but not much further.

[SmilerFTM]

PositronicRay said:

All very well, but I can only fit 2 tyres in my car.

I might get one in if I'm lucky and it's not raining.

[kambites]

Pft, if I can get two rears in my Elise you can get two in an MX5.

Doesn't help if your existing tyres are knackered beyond use, though.

[Monkeylegend]

PositronicRay said:

All very well, but I can only fit 2 tyres in my car.

Drive twice, fit once

Or take 2 winters and get them fitted, take 2 summers home.

Take 2 winters and get them fitted, take 2 summers home.

[Baz Tench]

The garage I chose to fit mine had to ship the work out to a proper tyre place, who just happened to be next door.

The garage owner said that they were to big for his machine (19"/255/35), even though Tyreleader.co.uk stated on their site that the garage accomodated anything up to 22", so there are inaccuracies.

All was sorted without any problem though, and I'm more than happy with the tyres and the price I paid.

[Sonic]

The only time i had tyres delivered from Tyreleader to one of their garages they disappeared for a week (garages fault no tyreleaders) and then charged me double what was quoted on the Tyreleader website to fit them as apparently the info on tyreleader was incorrect.

Still happy to to use tyreleader, but i get them delivered elsewhere now.

[anonymous-user]

Do people not just go to a garage and get them fitted as well, instead of delivering them to there house, 2 trips to the fitters, whilst saving 5 pounds, seems a lot of work for naught. and

i am sure the garage could order them in if not in stock.

[SmilerFTM]

I'm getting these for 340, cheapest a local garage would do them was 415. Add a tenner a corner to the 340 and it saves 35 quid. I'm living on a tight budget and need to buy things as cheaply as possible. Doesn't help when someone keyed my car last week either and that is another £180 I've got to fork out to repair the bodywork.

[Baz Tench]

The Spruce goose said:

Do people not just go to a garage and get them fitted as well, instead of delivering them to there house, 2 trips to the fitters, whilst saving 5 pounds, seems a lot of work for naught. and

i am sure the garage could order them in if not in stock.

You can have them delivered directly to the garage, which I did. Tyreleader do recommend that you are there at the time of delivery to make sure it is accurate, which is a bit difficult of course. You could run the details by the garage boss, but how thoroughly they check it is anyones guess (my tyres are staggered sizes).

Anyway, the garage I used were fine with the agreement. The owner said he didn't have the hassle of ordering them in, he just gets them fitted and makes a bit (charged me £12 per wheel, balancing included). Everyone's happy.

ETA: You can choose mobile fitting too.

Edited by Baz Tench on Tuesday 11th November 18:24

[rallycross]

I use them and they are very cheap, I get them delivered to the house to sort out a cheap tyre fitter of my choice later and avoid them going missing or getting in the way of other stock.

[Cockey]

The garage I chose no longer existed, but was able rearrange delivery by contacting the courier directly.

[Patrick Bateman]

The Spruce goose said:

Do people not just go to a garage and get them fitted as well, instead of delivering them to there house, 2 trips to the fitters, whilst saving 5 pounds, seems a lot of work for naught. and

i am sure the garage could order them in if not in stock.

I've never seen a garage get remotely close to the price of the tyres I can find online.