Geez just take it Jeff Jio's Firestone in Mountian View. If you talk to
Jeff he is a very cool guy and an x-autocrosser. He can also get you
Kumho race tires. Or just call Cut tires 1-888-775-8646.
Vic
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John J. Stimson-III
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:17 PM
To: Jim Ochi
Cc: james creasy; 'Jeremy Rine'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Looking for Kumho Tires
I wasn't very happy with the America's Tire in Mountain View. They
quoted me $70 for mount and balance over the phone, which they said
was for balancing on the Hunter GSP9700 machine. When I arrived, they
tried to increase the price and then mounted and balanced the tires
with the standard low-budget equipment. The GSP9700 machine was
broken. In their favor, the tech that put the wheels back on did use
the torque wrench I brought to torque down the lugnuts.
I have heard more positive things about the America's Tire in San
Jose. On Brokaw? I don't remember.
Firestone at Wolfe and Kifer in Sunnyvale was cheap and very friendly,
but the guy had a heck of a time getting the PZeros off and even more
trouble getting the Kumhos on. I was afraid he was going to break his
tire levers, they were flexing so much. The result was multiple nicks
in my rims. He also used an impact wrench on the lugnuts, so I got
quite a workout taking the wheels off that evening.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 03:46:38PM -0800, Jim Ochi wrote:
> They didn't charge me for shipping. I forgot what the
mounting/balancing
> fee was - I think it was something like 15 bucks a wheel, but can't
swear
> to it....
>
> Jim
>
> At 03:31 PM 1/30/2002 -0500, james creasy wrote:
> >except for the tax. which is over 50 bucks a set for me. does
America's
> >Tire charge for shipping? how much for mount/balance?
> >
> >-james "big tire" creasy
> >OSP #74
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jim Ochi" <jim_ochi@yahoo.com>
> >To: "'Jeremy Rine'" <geratol@hotmail.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:13 PM
> >Subject: RE: Looking for Kumho Tires
> >
> >
> > > I've had the same experience at America's Tire - they ordered
Kumho R
> >tires
> > > for me, and matched TireRack's prices. Otherwise, you might want
to try
> > > ADDS (if they're still around...), AIM up at Sears Point, or CUT
(Vilven
> >Tire).
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > At 01:03 PM 1/30/2002 -0800, Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} wrote:
> > > >Tom at Wheelworks in Sunnyvale was very nice to us and said he
could
> >order
> > > >Kumhos and anything else you could get from TireRack.
> > > >
> > > >Peter
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Jeremy Rine [mailto:geratol@hotmail.com]
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:58 PM
> > > >To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > >Subject: Looking for Kumho Tires
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I solved my problem of finding 13" rims, I just need to find some
tires
> >for
> > > >them. I was going to go for 235/45/13 Kumhos but it looks like
they're
> >on
> > > >back order until February 10. I was wondering if anyone knows of
a shop
> > > >that might still have a set?
> > > >
> > > >If not I was wondering if anyone has any experience with Yokohama
A032R?
> > > >They are my alternate choice because Hoosiers are just to
expensive for
> >me
> > > >right now.
> > > >
> > > >-Jeremy Rine
> > > >#12 DSP Now with 13" rims! (I just need the tires)
> > > >
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john@idsfa.net John Stimson
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