Tyre fitters!!

[stusV6]

Can anybody tell me why the he!! ALL tyre fitters have to damage your wheels when changing tyres.......................and compensation is an absolute joke.......................makes me sick

I mean Im standing there making the point DONT DAMAGE THE WHEELS and what do they go and do

Tyre fitters and tilers (another story) just a bunch of to55ers

Stuart.............alias Mr Seriously Grumpy

 

[telford_mike]

What tyres did u get Stu? For the Vee presumably?

 

[Djw John]

How much damage is there and where did you get it done?

 

[stusV6]

Yeah MIke for the Vee...................235/45s rear and 205/50s front, Michelin Pilot Sport SP2.

Stuart

Not long till the 12th now eh

 

[cliosportcraig]

Everywhere ive been say they cant guarantee the rim, its the way they do it.

 

[telford_mike]

Quote: Originally posted by stusV6 on 24 September 2004


Yeah MIke for the Vee...................235/45s rear and 205/50s front, Michelin Pilot Sport SP2.

Stuart

Not long till the 12th now eh

Not long at all wooohooo! Whats the going rate for those if you dont mind me asking?

 

[stusV6]

Quote: Originally posted by EvilJohn on 24 September 2004

How much damage is there and where did you get it done?

Well every wheel is now scratched and all Ill say as far where I got it done goes is "locally" thats somewhere in Scotland.

To be fair the wheels did have the odd scuff here and there but nothing like what they have now

Anybody know who does new wheels same as standard for a reasonable price?

Cya Stu

 

[cliosportcraig]

refurb em ?

 

[clioman]

u got any pics of the damage, would be interesting to see?

Shaw

 

[stusV6]

Quote: Originally posted by telford_mike on 24 September 2004

Quote: Originally posted by stusV6 on 24 September 2004


Yeah MIke for the Vee...................235/45s rear and 205/50s front, Michelin Pilot Sport SP2.

Stuart

Not long till the 12th now eh

Not long at all wooohooo! Whats the going rate for those if you dont mind me asking?

I dont mind at all Mike.....................I think they are about the £150 mark each.......................now I say I think cause I didnt actually pay for them infact Ive never actually bought a tyre before....................why...................well I work for Michelin and get tyres supplied free of charge

Now I can hear everyone who reads this jumping up & down at the prospect of free tyres but its only for the one car per household and the car has to be in the employees name..........SORRY.

Cya Stu

PS Mike you will have PM in about 2mins.

 

[stusV6]

Oh one other thing I do have is the service history of another car I was considering and that car had had the tyres replaced and the bill was £806 + vat for Michelins they were fitted by Renault

Cya Stu

 

[badinvincible]

AA mobile fitters are good so Ive heard

 

[Lee]

Im actually worried about getting mine replaced as chips on the anthracite wheels will show up a lot more than they did on the silver 172 ones.

My local Kwik Fit did all 4 on my 172 and didnt mark a single wheel. Just lucky I guess.

 

[telford_mike]

Quote: Originally posted by stusV6 on 24 September 2004


that car had had the tyres replaced and the bill was £806 + vat for Michelins they were fitted by Renault

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[glenn]

should have to come to me mate my machine has a plastic head so will do no damage to the rim

 

[M.C..]

where i have mine done it has a plastic thing to stop it rubbing the wheel (he showed me before he started)

 

[davidol]

the best people i have ever used and would recommend are motorsport wheels in bristol...absolitely fantastic bunch of lads (and jane!)....always bend over backwards to help u out and personally never had any problems with any of the tyres theyve sorted for me, they also supply my halfords in cardiff with fox, matrix, bbs and oz and in all fairness ive been dealing with them for 3 years and i can only remember ever having one problem witha set they sent me with pre fitted tyres and they sorted it straight away no questions asked...excellent company!

 

[Mike Wright]

As a ex tyre fitter your comments are a bit strong considering!.....I dont think I ever damaged a rim when i did it. I cant see how they can damage a rim if the machine is set correctly, sounds like a poor fitter with no experience to me.

I only did it for 2 years when i was in my 20s but it doesn take much to remove a tyre without rim damage.

 

[Turkish]

depends who does it. ive fitted tyres on my own cars in the past piece of piss tbh. normally get a guy i know at a tyre centre to do mine and have never had any problems with them damaging wheels, its just carelessness on their part IMO

 

[Chris1.4RT]

Knew what I was going to read in this thread just from the tyrefitters title. Muppets.

 

[stusV6]

Quote: Originally posted by Mike Wright on 24 September 2004


As a ex tyre fitter your comments are a bit strong

OK Mike applogies to you.

If you think its a bit strong put yourself in my position I now have four wheels that are damaged......................would it bother you?

Lets face it cars are some peoples pride and joy..................to have some non-descript come along and cause damage which is due to absolute carelessness...........................well my opinion stands as follows (present company excluded) tyre fitters are a bunch of useless good for nothing to55ers....................and I cant say fairer than that

Stu (Mr STILL seriously GRUMPY)

PS Mike if you want to send me a couple of hundred quid to get them refurbd then go rite ahead!!...................only joking.

 

[stusV6]

Oh yeah I nearly forgot.......................if this ever happens again then my wheels will turn into something for these clowns to wear!!!

Cya Stu


[Edited by stusV6 on 24 September 2004 at 7:34pm]

 

[Mike Wright]

Quote: Originally posted by stusV6 on 24 September 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Mike Wright on 24 September 2004


As a ex tyre fitter your comments are a bit strong

OK Mike applogies to you.

If you think its a bit strong put yourself in my position I now have four wheels that are damaged......................would it bother you?

Lets face it cars are some peoples pride and joy..................to have some non-descript come along and cause damage which is due to absolute carelessness...........................well my opinion stands as follows (present company excluded) tyre fitters are a bunch of useless good for nothing to55ers....................and I cant say fairer than that

Stu (Mr STILL seriously GRUMPY)

PS Mike if you want to send me a couple of hundred quid to get them refurbd then go rite ahead!!...................only joking.





You can always try to get some compensation fron the company head office or at least vouchers for something. True there are some monkeys out there!....Put it this way I went to a well known tyre company and after 1 hour of waiting for a fitter to try and do my tyres I ended up using there equipement and balancing them myself.........When he tried to balance them he put more lead on the wheel than our local church roof.

If they damaged my rims i would certainly talk to someone in a senior position about it.

 

[James 182]

Quote: Originally posted by cliosportcraig on 24 September 2004

Everywhere ive been say they cant guarantee the rim, its the way they do it.

COZ THEY ARE ALL COWBOYS!!!

Why cant they guarantee the rim??? Reno can put tyres on ok without f**king the rims up so why cant anyone else!!!

I had one of my alloys wrecked by some tw*t in a local tyre place.

had a puncture as in 12" nail in the tread, he had it and fixed it, no probs

3 monthes later i get a screw in the same tyre, gives it to him and he f**ks it!!

brought it back saying that he couldnt break the bead! but hed done it before ok!!

Trashed 12 out of 16 spokes on my OZ super Ts!! and never said thanks for the privilege

took it to a differnt place and the guy never even let the tyre down, and had it patched and back on the car in 45 seconds!!!! ( exterior patch as opposed to interior butt plug patch)

and all for a fiver!!!

 

[iwantaV6]

stu,



if it makes you feel any better i to ohad a problem with the same thing this week, and that was using ELITE tyres and wheels in rainham, who have a very big rep to hold up.

i watched like a hawk as they did it. firstly, for a company that lower cars for a living, they didnt have a lift low enough to lift my standard V6, so what do they do? 4 monkeys rocked the car so they could get the posts under!

the manager said its normal, i said why dont they drive it onto wood planks, he assured me there is no damage.



anyway, the monkeys spent 10 mins ooogling at the car, and how amazing it was, then started to remove the wheels. i checked my skirts, and there was no damage to them - thankgod.



they proceeded to remove tyres and fit my new eagle F1s, i told both fitters that the tyre pressure should be 31 psi, to which they said ok. then they fitted the wheels back to the car, and rather than get the bolts started by hand, they just gunned them up - this is the primary cause of stripped hubs, luckily mine are ok.



then they refitted the centre caps (removed for balancing) and fitted them wrong, so used a SCREWDRIVER to remove them, scratching the wheel.



then they checked the front pressures, and said you only have 21 psi in those, they are really low. i replied thats all they are meant to have. silly git, do they ever check the graph?



so out came the car i paid and went home. i checked the pressures, only to find 40 psi in one rear and 46 psi in the other! the car felt twitchy as hell - i assumed due to new rear tyres.



there really is nobody you can trust these days, i have faith in my reno garage to take car of my car, but there tyre prices are very expensive.

 

[stusV6]

Absolutely Rog thats exactly what happens and youre standing over them eh.........................you mentioned Reno.........................mmmm I think ill give them a try next time...................lets face it they cant be any worse eh!

Cheers Stuart

 

[Grandpa Munster]

If you want a job doing well, you got to do it yourself. Unfortunately this cant always be the case. Take a big bat with you for such occasions.