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RE: More on Tire Mount/Balance

To: "'Stern, Ken'" <KStern@Envera.com>,
Subject: RE: More on Tire Mount/Balance
From: Keith Ramey <kramey@hiwaay.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:35:03 -0600
I just happened to be in a shop this week when a woman brought in her Supra.  
Wal-Mart had broken two studs.  Apparently, she had a rotate and balance 
service agreement with them, so Wal-Mart had also done the previous tire 
changes.  Guess what?  On the previous tire change, someone cross-threaded her 
lugs.  Next time they went to take them off, they broke the studs.  Wal-Mart is 
paying to have the repairs done, but it is a hassle I'd like to avoid.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Stern, Ken [SMTP:KStern@Envera.com]
Sent:   Thursday, March 22, 2001 9:32 AM
To:     Autox (E-mail)
Cc:     'Keith Ramey'
Subject:        RE: More on Tire Mount/Balance

So it seems that $10 per tire is the norm. I could
get my tires mounted at Sam's Club or CostCo for
$8 per tire, but I'm not sure I trust them with my
alloy wheels. Some shops have gouged my previous rims
pretty badly.

-Ken (with 12 tires on the porch, and more under the house)

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Ramey [mailto:kramey@hiwaay.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:54 PM
To: Autox (E-mail)
Subject: More on Tire Mount/Balance
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I found a local shop that will mount, balance, and dispose of old tires for
$40 for the set.  I had used this shop many years in the past, but in recent
years, I ...[deleted]
Thanks,
Keith
29FS

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