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 Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:14 am |
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does anyone know of anyone/had any stretched tyres fitted around Stourbridge/birmingham and can recommend a garage that know what they are doing?
i've never had stretched tyres fitted myself before so don't know anyone 
cheers
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:23 am |
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Did you try my brother??
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:48 am |
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They are fitted just the same as normal tyres
Just have thme fitted then inflat as normal
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:35 pm |
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| AshH wrote: |
| Did you try my brother?? |
not yet just gathering a few numbers to call round tomorrow he is one of them
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:45 pm |
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Any tyre place will be able to do it, but the more 'upmarket ones' probably won't want to touch them. Just phone around till you find ones that say it's fine but you may have to sign some sort of disclaimer if it's large stretch.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:08 am |
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called round a few places
a couple said they can't do it, and from the ones that could the cheapest i can find is £10+vat each corner
not cheap this stretching tyres business is it
ashley you're brother didnt answer but i'll try again at some point
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:29 am |
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| JordGJ wrote: |
called round a few places
a couple said they can't do it, and from the ones that could the cheapest i can find is £10+vat each corner
not cheap this stretching tyres business is it
ashley you're brother didnt answer but i'll try again at some point |
I think thats about going rate for fitting tyres, you have to remember that if your supplying the tyre they cant make any money on it so they charge alot for fitting.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:43 am |
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yeah i know mate, it's annoying though because i know people who will fit tyres for a few quid for me but noone wants to do that much stretch, ah well will have to pay up i suppose
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:37 pm |
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Unless you have some sort of mates rate deal £10 a corner is normally about right, they have to balance them as well remember.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:42 pm |
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Yeah £10 a corner is the going rate mate, I paid this not long back when fitting tyres to my new wheels.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:18 pm |
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I would do it for free, if you lived close
Butttt
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:19 pm |
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just to clear this thread up, i tried a couple of the places the first couldn't get the tyre to pop onto the bead the bloke tried for half an hour (didn't really know what he was doing).
So i took them to Wheel Maniacs in Tipton (Dudley) and they were brilliant, knew exactly what they were doing, fitted all 4 without marking the paint at all and used bike inner tubes to trap the air and pop them onto the bead. Can't recommend them highly enough they really know what they are doing when it comes to wheels/tyres/fitment/stretch EVERYTHING! 
And for the record Adam no its not just like fitting a normal tyre, it might be for you're little p***y stretch  ... you can get the tyre on the rim yeah but unless you know what you're doing its not easy to pop it onto the bead at all.
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:55 pm |
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| JordGJ wrote: |
| And for the record Adam no its not just like fitting a normal tyre, it might be for you're little p***y stretch ... you can get the tyre on the rim yeah but unless you know what you're doing its not easy to pop it onto the bead at all. |
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The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
Forged 1.6 Turbo
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206 Gti Race Car
Click to see more
For all Race/Track Preparation, Feel Free to PM Me!
Whether its for a custom ratio gearbox or track-day alignment, I can help! | |
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