Discount Tire in Campbell will mount 4 for $20. No
balance needed on the Miata. I've used them a few
times and no problems yet. They were familiar with
Kumho's and Hoosiers.
It's worth getting on first name terms with your tire
mounter.
Craig
--- "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Darren Madams wrote:
> > 3. If you do have tires that can be flipped on the
> rims (not just
> > rotated front to rear), you can get quite a bit of
> extra life out of
> > them... but the cost of unmount/mount adds up.
> And you'll be left
> > with a high point of tread in the middle.
>
> That reminds me...
>
> What's a normal cost to mount and balance tires out
> here? Motorsport
> Techniques charged me $80 to mount and balance four
> tires (gave 'em the
> car & tires). That certainly seemed pretty high to
> me, but I've got a
> tire machine back home and haven't paid to have
> tires mounted in recent
> memory.
>
> Is that normal? I mean, it only takes an hour for a
> schmuck like me to do
> a complete mount & balance, including torqueing the
> wheels, setting air
> pressure, etc! The guys that really know how to run
> the tire machines are
> quite a bit quicker...
>
> Mark
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