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0 pointshyghjiyhu5mo ago0 comments

I haven't done it myself but isn't a tire change suppose to be pretty easy thing to do, certainly better than sitting the whole day in the shop?

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greedo5mo ago

First you have to get big bulky tires delivered to wherever you're going to install them on to your wheel rims. Then you need equipment to remove the old tires from your rims, and install the new ones on the rims. Next you need to balance the tires, then you need to take care of all the TPMS components. After this you need to mount your tires. Forget something? Too bad your car is out of commission til all the above is done.

maxerickson5mo ago

Usually it involves swapping the new tires onto the rims. It's not easy to do.

MegaDeKay5mo ago

Plus balancing the new tires on those rims, and next to nobody has the gear to do that.

Ccecil5mo ago

When I last priced the equipment it wasn't that bad costwise. In my case though it was only worth it to get rid of the whole "dealing with tire shops" issue. A close friend owns a used car dealership and they bought the mounter and balancer. IIRC...it just needed a 240v line.

I have also lost days waiting for tire shops and alignment...as those are the only 2 things I don't do myself.

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potato37328425mo ago

A $50 static balancer will do good enough for new tires in reasonable sizes.

You wanna take used half worn tires and put it on bent rims and make it come out ok, you need a digital balancer to make that not suck.

temp_praneshp5mo ago

definitely not easy by yourself, but the whole process (change, then alignment etc) shouldn't take a decent mechanic's shop more than a couple of hours. I've changed tires on my nearly 200k mile car several times now, and it's usually a few days for the tires to be delivered (in america the mechanic will just receive it) and a 2h appt to get the work done. I'm shocked your parent comment mentioned waiting a whole day at the mechanics'.

My friend does this at Costco, and it takes longer purely because of appt mismanagement and backup, the work itself is quick.

potato37328425mo ago

It's a real bitch with spoons.

Tire machines from china are getting better and cheaper all the time, but balancers are still expensive.

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greedo5mo ago

maxerickson5mo ago

Usually it involves swapping the new tires onto the rims. It's not easy to do.

MegaDeKay5mo ago

Plus balancing the new tires on those rims, and next to nobody has the gear to do that.

Ccecil5mo ago

I have also lost days waiting for tire shops and alignment...as those are the only 2 things I don't do myself.

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potato37328425mo ago

A $50 static balancer will do good enough for new tires in reasonable sizes.

You wanna take used half worn tires and put it on bent rims and make it come out ok, you need a digital balancer to make that not suck.

temp_praneshp5mo ago

My friend does this at Costco, and it takes longer purely because of appt mismanagement and backup, the work itself is quick.

potato37328425mo ago

It's a real bitch with spoons.

Tire machines from china are getting better and cheaper all the time, but balancers are still expensive.

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