SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: Bucks
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Havent had to pay for set fitted for ages
Bought a set for the scooby and local area best price i could get was £50 to fit a set of 18's (had 40 in my head) is that the going rate these days?
One place wanted £78 because they were 18"  fuck off
one place obviously didnt listen when i said they were brand new
"nah mate we only new tyres"
"no.. i just said they are brand new not second hand"
"oh...well then nah we only fit ones we supply on the shelf not other brands"
...tosser
[Edited on 14-04-2015 by SteveoBC]
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
Location: Liverpool
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£12.50 a wheel is about right
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: Bucks
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
£12.50 a wheel is about right
i thought as much, used to get them tenner a wheel, but this was 8years ago at mates rates
spose they have cost of valves and balancing aswell to put into that too
anytime iv bought them for the corsa i had a van come out and fit them on the doorstep included in the price
[Edited on 14-04-2015 by SteveoBC]
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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Anything between £10 and £15 per wheel.
One place tried to charge £17.50 each. I told them a few weeks back they charged £15 each and they back tracked 
Must be the easiest money ever. No intelligence required for about 5 minutes work.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Paid £48 on Friday
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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I usually pay £10 a wheel, but the tyre place is about 2 mins from house so always seeing them.
I think £50 for a set is fair
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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£12.50 is what I paid for my 19s.
Some places will only fit their own tyres which is understandable.
Is it a bit like taking your own food into a restaurant and asking them to cook it? maybe....
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Local kwik fit does it cash in the back pocket sort of affair on a Sunday. About £7.50 a tyre. Other local kwik fit won't fit tyres unless they supply them.
Mates mate does it for £7.50 a tyre too so would rather the money went to him than kwik fit.
More money in tyre fitting than drug dealing.
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Stuart H
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Registered: 17th Jul 09
Location: lanark , scotland
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£8 a tyre here. Will only fit new tyres not part worns.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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Is that any tyres Stuart, or just ones you supply? If any, that is very cheap.
The back street type garages seem cheapest here. Cash in hand stuff
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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40-45 is usually what I pay.
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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£15 for two near me
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
Location: Wirral
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Wouldn't pay more than 40 for a set of for, I wouldn't pay anything I do it myself but that's the going rate people take the piss sometimes
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
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£8 around here gets you a puncture repaired.
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Kyle T
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Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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My local place is 5quid a corner
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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£5 now I don't work at a tyre fitting place.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Tyre places have cottoned on a now. Charge loads of cash to fit tyres!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Stuart H
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Registered: 17th Jul 09
Location: lanark , scotland
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Is that any tyres Stuart, or just ones you supply? If any, that is very cheap.
The back street type garages seem cheapest here. Cash in hand stuff
Just ones that I supply. Just a small garage right next door to a kwik fit lol
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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My local place always used to be a tenner a corner, after fitting mine Saturday he dropped that its now 15 a corner, bit miffed but work was done.
Is a total rip considering no real cost to him, valves are cheap and the machines aren't much. 60 quid for 15 minutes work is pretty good going cash in hand no receipts
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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£10 a corner here. Probably could get it cheaper by using the farther in laws mate to get the work done. He's only open Mon - Fri though.
My fronts are coming to end of life, looking at the prices fitted by tyres on the drive and buying the tyres direct and having them fitted, i may as well not leave the house and have them done on the drive or at work.
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHQtq9znmo
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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I charge £1 a corner
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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Do you remove them with spoons too Jambo? 
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Yes we use recycled ones from Cadbury's egg and spoon boxes.
I would charge 50p but im greedy.
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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A good tyre machine isn't cheap, plus running a compressor all day isn't free. You'd be the first to kick off if they scraped your wheels so why would anyone take that chance to make a couple of quid to fit a tyre that they haven't even supplied?
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