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Tire mounting?
My new wheels and tires came on the UPS truck today!
Who is the local hookup for mount and balance? Thanks.
Last edited by creek; 10-21-2008 at 10:31 AM.
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Drum roll ...... BAM! @ NTB in Grapevine
'06 RSX Type-S NBP
I just use a local immigrant-owned-was-a-gas-station-but-is-now-a-cheap-tire-store. They mount and balance mine for $10 each.
When I used NTB, they were nice enough to tack on some BS fees, similar to a 'fuel surcharge'.
I got my last set done at Walmart. No complaints and it was cheap.
Just make sure you have 4 hours to spare, in at 5:30 out at 9:30 to mount 4 street tires. The alignments are much faster though!Originally Posted by Nexus Flux
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M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
Is it mount and balance or just mount at walmart?
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
Mount and spin balance just like Discount.
WM couldn't do my OEM 195/50/15, too low profile. :WTF:
Discount wanted $20+ to put my tires on bare rims, and was a prick to boot.
I don't shop at discount anymore, and thats been over 5 years so far.
I don't pay more than $10, and use a small tire store as well.
They always have treated me nice, even when I showed up at nearly closing.
Paul, You should be able to find a shop out your way.
Just don't let them impact them on! :O
I took my wheels and tires to Wal-Mart once, and I didn't even let them do it.
"These are directional tires."
WM tire guy - "What's that mean?"
"Use sticky weights."
WM - "What are those?"
"Nevermind, I'll take them somewhere else."
Wealth, power, and experience are apparently not enough to save us from social influences. Groupthink, as described by I.L.Janis, is the tendency for group members to reach a consensus opinion, even if that decision is downright stupid (Janis 1982).
Does Titus have his machine up and running yet?
1990 White NA - SOLD
1994 Black NA - SOLD
2006 Red NC - GT with limited slip, HIDs, all OEM.
Nice I may try that next time.
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
Nope... and I'm not sure I ever will... I am considering putting it back up for sale.
+1 for the local I.O.W.A.G.S.B.I.N.A.C.T.S.
...although the one I used to mount my T1R's is owned by a white dude.
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Can't you just stick it in the corner of the kitchen?Nope... and I'm not sure I ever will... I am considering putting it back up for sale.
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Too bad it wouldn't fit in there... at least then I would have a 220 outlet near by to plug it in to.
No room in the barn's breaker box to add a 220v circuit? Materials would be fairly cheap.Too bad it wouldn't fit in there... at least then I would have a 220 outlet near by to plug it in to.
Yes, and that is the plan. Just too many things I want to do and only so many hours in the day. Right now, I would settle for getting the shop all unpacked and getting some overhead lighting installed. When I consider the fact it will take more time and money (granted not that much) to get power to it, the thing takes up a big chunk of space in a shop that is already smaller then I would prefer, I will still have to pay a shop to mount the tires before I can balance them, and it could be flipped for what I paid for it to finance other shop stuff (or the mounting and balancing of a dozen sets of tires at my local I.O.W.A.G.S.B.I.N.A.C.T.S.), I'm just not convinced that buying it was one of my better decisions.
Below is a picture of how I have spent the last 3 weekends and way too much coin. Can easily be assembled in 4-8 hours MY ASS!
Last edited by Titus; 10-21-2008 at 03:03 PM.
Nice fort! I built one similar for my kids many years ago, and they definitely take more than 4-8 hours to construct!!
1990 White NA - SOLD
1994 Black NA - SOLD
2006 Red NC - GT with limited slip, HIDs, all OEM.
Yea but Titus doesn't have kids. That's the mother-in-law's guest house.
But why in the heck would you spent that kind of money on a place for your mother-in-law!
We got a new dishwasher and I saved the box it came in.
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