Calgary Jeep Association
4x4 Related Groups => General Talk => Topic started by: lizard230 on November 20, 2009, 07:02:28 PM
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i just picked up some new tires and rims and does anyone have the tools to mount and balance them or knows of a place that can do it for cheap that wont cost me $300(kal tire)
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Thanks for the Vodka next time just Vodka not Peach Vodka....but take them over too Action Tyre. The last set I took cost me $40. May charge you a little more but you never know.
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Thanks for the Vodka next time just Vodka not Peach Vodka....but take them over too Action Tyre. The last set I took cost me $40. May charge you a little more but you never know.
alright i though you where a peach guy ill check them out thxs bud
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country tire service in westwinds.
I know the owner and the guys that work there.
used to work with a few of them.
I think they are somewhere arround 15 a tire(just a guess)
but they can do bead balancing for a little extra too.
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PM Jay Lemon-aid Jay on this web site he has a shop and does tires at a good price.
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I just had a set of tires removed from one set of rims and installed and balanced on another set for 100.00 from tirecraft on 32nd
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100.00 for a set of tires changed, that's ridiculous. Guess I'm used to small towns!
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100.00 for a set of tires changed, that's ridiculous. Guess I'm used to small towns!
i wish it was that cheap at a lot of local places. cost me 100$ to have all my old tires on the dodge REBALANCED.....
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should have bought your tires at costco!!
free is a whole lot better.
(allthough, I guess it would depend what tires you wanted and what size/load range, etc)
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should have bought your tires at costco!!
free is a whole lot better.
(allthough, I guess it would depend what tires you wanted and what size/load range, etc)
Sorry, Dude...no such thing as free. If you don't pay for it on top of the retail price, it's rolled into the retail price. It's less painful when the price is hidden in with the price of the tire, and you're less likely to get gouged that way...but you're still going to pay for it, one way or another.
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should have bought your tires at costco!!
free is a whole lot better.
(allthough, I guess it would depend what tires you wanted and what size/load range, etc)
Don't forget Costco also includes free rotation, flat repairs and tire balancing for the life of the tires. The balancing really adds up at about $15.00 each.
When I bought my tires there (BFG 275/55R20) they were significantly less expensive than other tire stores.
Oh yeah, I second Country Tire. I've been there a few times with the Jeeps and always got great service with low prices.
Vince
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I just count myself lucky as I have my own tire changer, and my buddy has a balancer at his shop :)
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what tire mounter do you have WagoneerXJ?
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what tire mounter do you have WagoneerXJ?
The heavy duty manual one from Princess Auto. It's great, paid for itself in the first few months I owned it. I even make a little money (and beer) doin tires here and there, for friends and neighbours :)
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PM Jay Lemon-aid Jay on this web site he has a shop and does tires at a good price.
Ditto for Jay
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Don't forget Costco also includes free rotation, flat repairs and tire balancing for the life of the tires. The balancing really adds up at about $15.00 each.
When I bought my tires there (BFG 275/55R20) they were significantly less expensive than other tire stores.
Oh yeah, I second Country Tire. I've been there a few times with the Jeeps and always got great service with low prices.
Vince
Dont forget you cant get MT tires and the fact that if you want any other Load index rating, speed rating or size they will not install your tires. perfect for the family van, maybe not the jeep. :P
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things have changed my friend,
especially for smaller suv's and trucks that do not require LR E tires.
and you can get mud terrains, higher load indexes are ok, speed ratings on the big wheeling jeep are not usually a problem(unless you started with the srt8 maybe), and we can go to bigger sizes.
Costco has had some policy changes that make buying bigger tires for jeeps much easier.
their are some restrictions
1. they can't rub(at least while on flat ground, hard lock to hard lock, or be very very close to rubbing)
if they do rub with articulation, the tires are yours anyway, which most people are good with, and will mod the jeep to get them not to.
2. we have to be able to inflate to the placecard air pressure(even if you would actually run a little higher or lower)
3. the tires have to be able to hold the same if not more weight than the stock tires.
4.they can not be too wide or narrow for the rim.
might be one more, but I didn't get any sleep last night, so I can't think of it now.
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Well thats good to hear, i just remember them being real sticklers on that stuff.
I have access to a tire machine and balancer on weekends. I work in a import dealership so we're not ideally set up for anything over a 32 (i know i installed my 35's). if you need tires installed/balanced send me a pm we can work something out.
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I would have to check the machines, I know we can do up to 30 inch rims on the mounters, with I want to say 40 or 44 inch tires
I don't think we would be able to actually put them on anything, but ya never know.
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I've got tire equipment. (snap on)mounts up to 20" rims and 37" tires. Or tire irons to mount big stuff on big rims.
Out in strathmore though.
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the machines we have are the coats APX90E mounters (slow, but can do 44 inch tires, 30 inch diameter wheels and 16 inch wide wheels)
and the coats XR1800 balancers( has some nice tricks, they can take a little while, but work ok)