Where are you getting tires mounted and balanced?

[atikovi]

(I think they do some sort of program with former convicts and those guys are very professional, motivated, and detailed from my experience).

Sarcasm?

 

[Crash Bandicoot]

Sarcasm?

I think those dudes are actually working at turning their lives around and this is a step in the journey to becoming a full fledged tech. The guys I’ve run into at many big tire places are just looking to get through the tire place ASAP to get to their next job.

 

[atikovi]

I always assumed that if you steal and rob instead of working to make money BEFORE going to prison, you're not going to like working for a living AFTER getting out. That's why it's called a revolving door.

 

[Crash Bandicoot]

I always assumed that if you steal and rob instead of working to make money BEFORE going to prison, you're not going to like working for a living AFTER getting out. That's why it's called a revolving door.

Very myopic and uneducated viewpoint, as well as being far off topic for this thread.

 

[atikovi]

Maybe I've been watching too many cop shows on TV.

 

[Eric Smith]

Back to the subject.. I took my truck to have all the tires balanced at a local mom and pop $35 out the door. I was going to go get a bubble balancer and try it myself but at that price but don't know if it's worth the hassle. The other vehicles have a plan with Firestone.. waste of money and the alignment was even bigger waste of money. They can't do either on three vehicles so it's a not mechanical issue. Ticks me off.

 

[Silver]

Do they actually balance tires anymore? I thought they just had a big plastic dummy machine to fool customers. Based on my experience over the past 15 years or so.

 

[Crash Bandicoot]

Back to the subject.. I took my truck to have all the tires balanced at a local mom and pop $35 out the door. I was going to go get a bubble balancer and try it myself but at that price but don't know if it's worth the hassle. The other vehicles have a plan with Firestone.. waste of money and the alignment was even bigger waste of money. They can't do either on three vehicles so it's a not mechanical issue. Ticks me off.

Yeah I like going to a small shop for alignments, I don’t think the big chain shops actually test drive the cars after they’re off the rack and you can tell that.

 

[ejes]

Really lucky here. Have a great local, family owned, shop just down the road that has been in business for decades. The shop near me is their second they just opened a year or two ago. All they do is tires and they do it well.

 

[53' Stude]

If I wasn’t fortunate enough to be working where I am; I would use my brothers and I friend Chet (chad is real name) as he will charge bro or me $100 for 4 tires if we bring our own. I do my tires at my workplace after working hours

 

[ollie]

If I wasn’t fortunate enough to be working where I am; I would use my brothers and I friend Chet (chad is real name) as he will charge bro or me $100 for 4 tires if we bring our own. I do my tires at my workplace after working hours

I miss those days Stude. I used to run a fab shop and it was really cool to have my own special projects going on.