How much is tyre fitting where you live?

[TTManUK]

As above, how much are you paying your fitters? I got a puncture on my daily, I took the tyre and wheel loose to a tyre fitters and they want £25 a wheel, so £100 just to fit a new set! They are not big wheels and didnt require any care, I had done most of the labour myself! I must be getting old, it doesnt seem that long ago you could get them fitted for a tenner a corner cash. Is 25 a corner the going rate now? Feels like a rip off to me!

 

[BigJase88]

£10 a corner at my local

£25 a corner is pretty much trying to get you to purchase the tyre from themselves. Just find elsewhere who don't mind

 

[W1ghty]

£12 at my local general garage

 

[AMGeed]

£20 a corner last year at my tyre fitter. It's probably more now

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

If they charge me then my preferred tyre fitter charges me £10 per corner to change an tyre (without purchasing a tyre), although they very rarely charge me. That includes storage of the tyres fhey remove too.

Like many things, it’s worth building a relationship with a tyre fitter and giving them your business, even if they aren’t the cheapest every time. I would say it works out better value overall most of the time.

 

[Dickster]

Ditto ^

I recently had a new set fitted to my SL55 by my local village garage without charge. We have a good relationship

 

[geoffus]

Surely if they fit your tyre and then balance it, then dispose of your old one, they will charge minimum of £15 ?

 

[splitpin]

Local tyre shop changed my winter to summer tyres, wrapped & installed them in car plus checked/adjusted tyre pressures.....free (& refused my offering a "drink" )*

 

[ALFAitalia]

Nothing.....but then I do have this at work...! I do have to pay to balance them though if required....waste of time balancing caravan wheels....so we don't have the tool.

 

[TTManUK]

Seems I am on the expensive side as suspected then - I've only recently moved to the area, so not had a chance to build up any relationship, and both places I went, which were independant places rather than the likes of National or Kwik Fit, were in the same ball park - 23/25.

 

[BigJase88]

I do think tyre places charge high money to do this job as they want you to purchase their tyres so they can make profit on the tyres.

However i have noticed most tyre places just sell junk. My local place only sells budgets you cannot even get a midrange there

 

[TTManUK]

Exactly, I dont want to be palmed off with the shit brands they have partnered with, especially the small pokey outfits

I think part of my problem is I have moved to an area of Somerset which is full of affluent old(er) people who are easily parted with their money and don't know whats a fair price. When I was working on an industrial estate in Portsmouth funny enough I didnt have this problem

 

[BigJase88]

Exactly, I dont want to be palmed off with the shit brands they have partnered with, especially the small pokey outfits

I think part of my problem is I have moved to an area of Somerset which is full of affluent old(er) people who are easily parted with their money and don't know whats a fair price. When I was working on an industrial estate in Portsmouth funny enough I didnt have this problem

My local tyre place have a deal with Divanti and when you go you get the

These are just as good as ##insert brand##. Just as good as ##insert brand##



Aye okay if you say so

 

[TTManUK]

Again, reliant on people who don't know any better, which is the majority it seems. They can keep their Linglongs, not for me!

 

[glc43noob]

Had replaced a punctured tyre for £20 at my local garage but because I take all my car there for couple of years now.

 

[alexanderfoti]

Exactly, I dont want to be palmed off with the shit brands they have partnered with, especially the small pokey outfits

I think part of my problem is I have moved to an area of Somerset which is full of affluent old(er) people who are easily parted with their money and don't know whats a fair price. When I was working on an industrial estate in Portsmouth funny enough I didnt have this problem

Youd be surprised, we always try and sell/fit Bridgestone, Michelin, continental, but 2 local suppliers we deal with never have anything interesting in stock, but hundreds of yinglee brand.


I think a lot of budget tyre places are marking these cheapo tyres up by 50% or more.

 

[markjay]

Youd be surprised, we always try and sell/fit Bridgestone, Michelin, continental, but 2 local suppliers we deal with never have anything interesting in stock, but hundreds of yinglee brand.


I think a lot of budget tyre places are marking these cheapo tyres up by 50% or more.

Went yesterday to a local tyre fitter. They had around 20 different brands of tyres, I only recognised one (Michelin), the rest were all brands that I've never heard of before (and I consider myself to be a tyre aficionado).

 

[alexanderfoti]

I found 2 tyres today, w169 size.

£27+ vat each. The logistics must have cost more than the tyre.

 

[markjay]

I found 2 tyres today, w169 size.

£27+ vat each. The logistics must have cost more than the tyre.

What brand (dare I ask)?

 

[alexanderfoti]

What brand (dare I ask)?

So cheap I can't even remember. I'll dig It out tomorrow.