Hello. Just wondered if anyone knows roughly what a tyre/exhaust garage charges to take a tyre off a rim and put it on another. I'm trying to decide if it's better than filling and painting a rough wheel.
Cheers
Cheers
Cost of swapping tyres
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I’d imagine it’ll be the same or slightly less than a puncture repair. Like a puncture repair, it’ll still need balancing and possibly a new valve.
The small local business that I always use, will do it in a quiet moment and I bung the fitter a tenner.
The time and effort of cleaning, wire brushing and refinishing an old wheel yourself is much greater. And best done after removing the tyre anyway
The time and effort of cleaning, wire brushing and refinishing an old wheel yourself is much greater. And best done after removing the tyre anyway
So, they don’t charge for doing that and you just 'bung them a tenner' or is that on top of the price this charity, sorry, business, charge?
The business doesn't charge. They view it as a trivial job and a perk for the fitter if he was just sitting around.
I've only had it done a few times, two of them when I bought a used full-size spare because I don't like space-savers
They make their money out of selling tyres to locals like me who gave been regular customers for years.
I've only had it done a few times, two of them when I bought a used full-size spare because I don't like space-savers
They make their money out of selling tyres to locals like me who gave been regular customers for years.
I thought you regularly moved around the country? So you are now saying you have been local to them for years? Hmmm. Okaaaay…..
£10 at my local tyre centre.
That includes balancing which is essential.
Do not trust places that will simply swap tyres without balancing them.
That includes balancing which is essential.
Do not trust places that will simply swap tyres without balancing them.
More nonsense from barmy stalker
If you say so, nomad.
Setyres used to charge me £2-£5 to fit new tyre on a loose moped wheel depending on how busy they were .
How long ago was that? 40+ years?
My cost was last month.
Thanks everyone. Sounds like not to much eh.