Sorry, seems like lots of venting going on and I need to equalize some pressure

Is it just me or is $50/wheel a BIT much to mount and balance a stock 18" Carrera wheel? At least they didn't nick the wheel so that's saying something.

 

Did you grab your ankles while it was being done!!! There has to be more to it than that

 

What else could there be? They are a Tirerack recommended installed and I had the tires shipped directly to them. Unless they're charging me extra for that but it didn't say anything on the invoice. In fact, I asked them if they could get PS2's for me and the guy said to stick with TR because they are much cheaper. argh. stock wheels - nothing fancy.

 

My local guy charges $10 a wheel. I hope that at 50 they give you a no rim ding guarantee

 

Wow that's rather high. I paid $67 tax included to mount 4 new tires I bought from Tirerack onto my wife's SUV and that was also including them taking off the 4 original tires and disposing of the front 2 of them for me. I think you got taken advantage off my friend. Even Mr Tire shop and NTBW here quotes $25/wheel at the most.

Sorry for you pain.

 

I used a TireRack 5-star recommended installer specializing in P-car/F-Car/Mercedes and wound up paying $35 each without any dismounting/tire disposal fees/not even on the car since everything was new. Since the chimpanzees chipped a wheel (which I didn't find out until afterwards), I will not use them again and would pay more. Next time, I will use some place that basically ONLY does exotic/race wheel setups. A lot also depends on the wheels and how hard your tires are to mount. (Mine elicited a lot of 4 letter words and took 1-1/2 hrs.) I also paid extra for factory Porsche wheel weights which are better than the cheap stick-on strip weights that TireRack and other places use. Your Carerra wheels and PS2s are not that difficult to do, so I think you paid a premium, but at least they didn't chip your wheels. Feel better?

 

I had great luck at a Discount Tire here in Charlotte. I was impressed with how professional they were, and it only took 2 days to get the Continental ContiSportContact 2. Plus the road force balancing worked like magic. Was far cheaper than $50/wheel.

 

They must have a special price for Porsches. Most dealers will charge between $10 to $15 a wheel for mounting and balancing. A good mechanic can balance and mount a wheel in about five minutes. So $200 for no more than a half hour job sounds excessive to me. BTW most dealers will lower their service price if you complain. I just had the clutch replaced on my 993 and after complaining to the Service Manager, he agreed to lower the price by almost $300.

 

I bought some wheels and tires for my M5 from Tire Rack last week and the mounting was free.

Steve

 

I got wacked like that once. I took 4 tire rack tires to the shop that had worked on my 928 for about 7 years, cost me $200 bucks, and I paid cash. Never again, now I go to a local tire store that has a very high end tire machine and pride in his work. He sold me 6 tires at "tire rack" prices and mounted and balanced them for free. 'Course things just cost less in the mountains......

 

$10-$15 here... $50 per tire, that better be the latest and greatest technology machine and you get a massage too.

 

Guess the bottom line is if you drive a P-car you need to ask, 'cuz for sure they see you coming...

 

$200 is probably their ins deductible.............Helps defer the cost after they ding your wheel and you bend them over and break it off 18" in their a$$.

 

Mount and balance 4 new tires on new rims; take old set off car; mount new set on car; Local dealer quote (CT): $144 plus tax; Independant quote: $150 plus tax. I went with the independant because that's where I'll get my service done when the car comes off warranty next summer.

 

I recently discovered Costco as a good source for tires, esp P zeros. They have them for a way cheaper price than tr, and they mount and balance them. My friend got tires for his cab there, I may try it next time.