Tyre fitting place in Melb

[NightKids]

Hi looking for a cheap place in Melb to fit tyres, any recommendations? Read some posts that said it was $5 per wheel but dunno if it's still that cheap anymore...

[m3ntAL_l2]

$5??? where??? everywhere i go is $40/4 but again.. thats for tsf set of tyres from one set to another

[mocchi]

Hi looking for a cheap place in Melb to fit tyres, any recommendations? Read some posts that said it was $5 per wheel but dunno if it's still that cheap anymore...

lol 5 bucks. no way on earth. $40 sounds more like it. but wouldn't mind to know some cheaper place too! :D

[NightKids]

Yeah I dunno where I read it from, it was some thread from here. Prob from Cabra where the owner is a friend of a friend or something.

So where do you go mocchi?

[IEVAQ8]

what area u looking for???? or are u from????

[mocchi]

Yeah I dunno where I read it from, it was some thread from here. Prob from Cabra where the owner is a friend of a friend or something.

So where do you go mocchi?

well if you know where to do it for $5 a tyre, hook a brutha up :cool:

last time i did it at kmart, around $25/30 i think + alignment was around $140-150 total.

i brought my own rims and tyres.

ievaq8: east side? west side? if its $5 a corner ill go westside hehe.

[mrwillz]

try canterbury tyres on princes hwy, springy
they seem to be cheap

[mocchi]

try canterbury tyres on princes hwy, springy
they seem to be cheap

been there before? how much roughly, im gonna need to fit some tyres soon.

[mrwillz]

i have been there before
he charged me pretty cheap
i cant remember if it was 5/10bux a rim
but yeah im sure u can negotiate

[mocchi]

i have been there before
he charged me pretty cheap
i cant remember if it was 5/10bux a rim
but yeah im sure u can negotiate

there you go NightKids. mrwillz = hero.

oh wait... did you buy tyres from them or rims?
or just brought your own tyres and rims and the cost for fitting is 5/10bucks each

[IEVAQ8]

it used to be tyre power in sunshine.................

now known as tyre professionals same location on mcIntyre road, but they charge $10 per tyre..........if i remember correctly, as i dont pay when i go there, but i remember they are the cheapest i know

[mrwillz]

there you go NightKids. mrwillz = hero.

oh wait... did you buy tyres from them or rims?
or just brought your own tyres and rims and the cost for fitting is 5/10bucks each

brought my own tyres there

[NightKids]

Yeah I'm from east side so I might give canterbury tyres a go, hope they're cheap! Might give them a call 1st

[mocchi]

Yeah I'm from east side so I might give canterbury tyres a go, hope they're cheap! Might give them a call 1st

let us know how you go boss

[power_of_dreams]

nightkids, you planning on alignment + balance as well?

[richy]

remember to factor in balancing as well guys. I've been quoted $15 bucks each from a bunch of stores for fit and balance.

[NightKids]

I'm not sure what balancing is, is that wheel alignment?

[mocchi]

I'm not sure what balancing is, is that wheel alignment?

lolwut? they glue on aluminium weights onto the inner side of your rims.
the idea is so that when the wheel spin, looking at 0 offset left and right side is balanced.

wheels that aren't balanced can cause vibration when driving.

[mrwillz]

Yeah I'm from east side so I might give canterbury tyres a go, hope they're cheap! Might give them a call 1st

yeah buzz em first

i've never had a problem with their services, been there few times.

[NightKids]

yeah buzz em first

i've never had a problem with their services, been there few times.

Cool... will keep everyone up to date on prices, services next week...

[NightKids]

Gave Canterbury Tyres a call mrwillz, the guy didn't seem very nice.

So I made another call to Bearepaires & he was much better! Real nice & helpful so I made a booking with him. (it's amazing how important customer service is)

Been quoted $20 with balancing included.

[mocchi]

which beaurepairs? youre bringing your own tires yea?
$20 is not bad

[NightKids]

Yeah i'm bringing my own tyres, lug nuts & wheels. I've told them that I want them hand tightened, should I stand there & watch them put it on though cause that seems kinda rude...

[mocchi]

yea just stand and watch, specially if you got bling nuts.
my bc nuts gone rusted cos they use air tools. i dont really mind, theyre not bling nuts anyways.

[power_of_dreams]

Gave Canterbury Tyres a call mrwillz, the guy didn't seem very nice.

So I made another call to Bearepaires & he was much better! Real nice & helpful so I made a booking with him. (it's amazing how important customer service is)

Been quoted $20 with balancing included.

i got quoted $10 a corner for balancing alone from beaurepairs, which means you are paying $10 a corner for tyre fitting.

it seems reasonable, though if you were to badger around I'm sure you could save $5 a corner

[NightKids]

Hmm didn't know you could do that for places like beaurepaires. Gotta keep that in mind next time to get a cheaper rate.

There's been a bit of a problem with the courier delivering my tyres so hopefully I can get the tyres tommorow and my wheels put on!

[power_of_dreams]

Hmm didn't know you could do that for places like beaurepaires. Gotta keep that in mind next time to get a cheaper rate.

There's been a bit of a problem with the courier delivering my tyres so hopefully I can get the tyres tommorow and my wheels put on!

When I say badger around, I meant at other places :thumbsup:
All up you are paying $20 a corner for fitting and balancing, what I meant was that at another place you could probably get the same done for $15.

I don't think they negotiate, but maybe they price match?

[NightKids]

Yeah seems like an alright price, hope they do a good job.

I read up a bit on wheel balancing. May sound a bit noob but I bought light rims and it seems as though they're gonna add some weights to it! LOL

[power_of_dreams]

Yeah seems like an alright price, hope they do a good job.

I read up a bit on wheel balancing. May sound a bit noob but I bought light rims and it seems as though they're gonna add some weights to it! LOL

They are.
Without balancing you will have excessive tyre wear though.

[mocchi]

Yeah seems like an alright price, hope they do a good job.

I read up a bit on wheel balancing. May sound a bit noob but I bought light rims and it seems as though they're gonna add some weights to it! LOL

lol. funny kient.

[NightKids]

Just got the wheels on from beaurepaires.

My booking was for 3PM & it finished at around 4:15PM, it took forever cause they were under staffed. They hand tightened the nuts but was still able to make a few scratches on a few of them. Think i saw a lil mark on the edge of one of the rims too.....

So overall they were OK but may be able to find better places.

[mocchi]

fitting is $10 per tyre
$5 extra for balancing.
at canterbury tyre and mag supamart and liza tyres springy.

[sangyz]

Mocchi dont go kmart anymore to do wheel alignments and shit man. I used to work at kmart as a mechanic they are dodgyy lol the wheel alignment machine aint even computerized its done by lasers and it aint that good. and if the wheel alignment still isn't right after its done they guess it and hope it drives straight lol.