Tyre fitting, Aberdeen area

Tyre fitting, Aberdeen area

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8bit

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Wednesday 1st November 2017
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As above - where's decent and reasonably priced? The wheels in question are 20" on the wife's M class. I'm assuming I'll be sourcing the tyres online unless there's somewhere competitive locally but to date I've yet to find anywhere that's not been significantly more expensive than the online places.

8bit

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Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Parsnip said:
I have used Laws in Altens and Costco and both managed to work with silly low profile 19" RFTs without damaging the rim - not sure what else you want from a tyre fitter.

If it looks like a dodgy outfit, it probably is, but with massive rims and low profile tyres, I suppose there is always a risk of damage, even at the best places.
I've used a place in Altens a few times, they've never damaged rims but if the wheels are going straight back on the car then they seem to like using an airgun to do them up to like 5,000Nm torque, even if asked not to. I've had to get them to refit tyres twice now because the bead isn't sealed right or the valve was duff, hence looking for somewhere else. Prices weren't bad though.

Laws want £25 per corner for fitting and balancing which seems a bit steep to me? Costco only seem to offer one make and model of tyre in the size we need and it's way more expensive than the ones we're after but maybe they have more in store than the website suggests so I'll give them a shout, thanks.

Thanks for suggesting Motorwerks James, I'll try him too. Does he supply and fit or just fit?

8bit

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Friday 3rd November 2017
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Tried Tyre Devotion, very expensive, as were Law's.

8bit

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Thursday 15th February 2018
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Just to close this out, went with Motorwerks in the end and very happy with them. They were competitive for the price of the tyres too. Will definitely go back there.