hi is it a diy job? i need to refurb some alloys
Adrian
No take then to a tyre place then if you want them putting back on they are more likley to agree to fit used tyres to your rims
Pop down your local tyre place and give a bloke a fiver and it'll be done. Bit much to do on your own. Also a bit risky.
My local Kwikfit said they would take them off for free and stick tyres back on for £4 each including balancing. Could always get kwikfit to take them off then find a cheaper place to put them back on!
Mega hard job to take them of if you havnt got the tools.
£4 each to refit them is crazy cheap!
I got a good quote for a set of new tyres.
I went to the tyre place early on a friday morning and asked them to remove the tyres and give me the rims ("see you later" ). I nipped
over to Lap Tab and dropped the rims off at about 10am to be refurbed (I'd pre-booked). I collected them, all finished at 4pm the same day.
The tyre shop had the new tyres fitted by 5.30.
Easy peasy!
[Edited on 26/4/06 by Dave Ashurst]
tyre place it is then
Thanks
My dad had 2 tyre levers, a footpump,puncture repair-kit and a starting handle as part of his normal toolkit.
[Edited on 26/4/06 by Fatgadget]
We used to put a plank on the tyre and run a car up it to break the bead then fetch the tyre off with a set of levers but it's not a 10 minute job. It costs tyre depots to get rid so not many will do it unless they are replacing them at the same time.
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Originally posted by Fatgadget
My dad had 2 tyre levers, a footpump,puncture repair-kit and a starting handle as part of his normal toolkit.
[Edited on 26/4/06 by Fatgadget]
Its a doddle to to DIY with a 9" angle grinder. You may wish to tell the misses to take the washing in first!!
That was of course a joke.
My local tyre place took my old tyres off for a fiver cash. I then took the old tyres to the council tip 300yds away and skipped them free of
charge.
I refurbed the wheels myself - never again. Ive just had a set done professionally on teh BMW and would never contemplate doing them DIY again. Yes
its cheaper but if you costed the hassle factor its a no brainer.
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Originally posted by Jon Ison
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Originally posted by Fatgadget
My dad had 2 tyre levers, a footpump,puncture repair-kit and a starting handle as part of his normal toolkit.
[Edited on 26/4/06 by Fatgadget]
And always a gallon of water and one of oil, oh and a toe rope, and no phone, how did they /we manage, my 1st car would go no where without the oil n water in boot tool kit too.
