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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 07:27 PM
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Default Cheapest Place to Balance/Mount Tires

Just like the title says, anyone know of a reliable cheap place?
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 04:14 AM
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You're in Centerville, PM Naim Narif he knows a place in Manassas that does it fairly cheap. He used to get his Porsche tires replaced there.

I got my 2 rears done at Sears for $50 (I didn't know better).
Due to my "little incident", I ended up getting my fronts changed a week after as well. Then Naim told me to just go to a local tire/used tire shop. I got 2 fronts done for $20-25.
Make sure they can do a low profile tires. (It turned out the owner of the place also owns a S2000, nice guy)
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 06:16 AM
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Costco in Sterling charges $35. Im sure its the same in Fairfax.

Donald, drives a WRX, is a great guy. I'd try to go when he is working... he is very careful!
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 04:38 PM
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I'd be careful going too cheap - a lot of places do not have the equipment to handle nice rims and will scratch your wheels....
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 06:45 PM
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ditto that, if you're getting your GTUs mounted then make sure they can do low profile tires and that they understand how expensive (and new) the rims are so they don't scratch them.

for me, saving 30-40 dollars is not worth going to a sketchy mounter/balancer.
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 10:37 PM
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Costco in Lorton did mine.....something like 10 bucks a wheel.....and they have a good machine that does up to 24's....
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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Any other suggestions...so far I have narrowed it down to just Costcos, but open to more suggestions, can Costco handle the GT-Us?
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 06:33 PM
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they did mine without a problem.
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 06:26 AM
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Do they have "discount tires" out there? Here in TX we have them, and when you purchase tires (pretty good prices) you can get them mounted and balanced free from my inderstanding.
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