Mounting used tires... suggestions
 

I have a set of new wheels that I want to put on my car, but would like to mount the tires on my current wheels (conti extremecontact sport) onto them. The tires are less than a year old, but I’m having a hard time finding a shop that will mount used tires in the OC area. Is there a big danger in mounting used tires?

Um are the wheels a different size than what the used tires are currently on?

I just did the same on my STI at a discount. The wheels were an inch wider so there's a bit of a stretch but they did mention there is a limit to where they wouldn't mount them (stock I'm 8.5, went to 9.5, their limit IIRC was 10). It looks kinda stupid, but I have over 80% tread life on them.

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I bought the brz performance package wheels from another member, tire size is exactly the same. Every shop I’ve called said they don’t mount used tires. I haven’t tried discount tire yet.

Uh... Then wtf. What tire shops are you going to?

This is just a swap, they shouldn't be hassling you unless there's a defect in your current (or tread life) tires, which they should be pointing out...

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Just pull up to any local mom&pop tire shop and they’ll do it. Usually $15/ tire to dismount, remount and balance.

But i recommend R compound if you cant find a shop in your area.

@Decimus, if I can’t find anything closer I will check them out. Thanks!

You are looking is all the wrong places.
Find a happy Harrys used and discounted tire shop. They are usually in a lesser part of town. They are going to help, but their balancing equipment is two generations old.

Check out my buddy's shop, he's my go to for any tire swaps. Exact situation that you're describing.

Tire Squad
tiresquadautorepair.com

15199 Moran St, Westminster, CA 92683

"Only in California" - :iono::iono::iono::iono::iono:


humfrz

Pifff,
Nah it's just curtain tire shops.

It's not a problem in California, it's whatever shop OP is going to.

As I mentioned, I had my tires swapped to a 1 inch wider wheel in my STI a month ago at a Discount Tire. If anyone was going to give me crap it would been them.

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Discount tires, America's tire, and all of those big chains have a company policy of not performing certain tasks. Such as stretching tires, performing rotations on anything lower than 2-3/32", removing TPMS (even to just transfer...), tires older than 8-10 years, etc.

Awesome, thanks man! Hit them up for a quote. :thumbsup:

Check out Menos Tires in Downtown Los Angeles. They close at 10 pm everyday. The only bad thing is they are probably cash only.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/menos-tires...-los-angeles-4