Tire mounting shops in San Diego

[martinreinhardt]

Are there any tires shops in town who don't mind to just dismount, mount and balance tires at a reasonable price?

I have been using Discount Tires for many years now and have managed to lower the price most of the time by asking for PCA discount etc. But I am getting tired of having to deal with these guys, the price, explaining that they can't match the price of my tires and that I need them shaved.

Today, I had four dismounts, three mounts (one of my rims needs repair) and five tires total to recycle. Price $98.90 and the weights are already loose. This is the most I've payed to mount tires.

You would expect the same service at the track to be more expensive, but yet I only paid approx. $80 at Buttonwillow and California Speedway to dismount, mount, balancing and recycle four tires. And on top they taped the weights down for free.

[LUCKY DAVE]

Martin, I can't comment on tire shops (I don't know anything ) but taping wheel weights has been a part of routine race prep for since Ben Hur's days of racing dirt track.

[ttweed]

Martin-

Now that Import Tire has closed, I was going to try Bear Tire out in Miramar. Haven't used them yet, but they get good reports from the SCCA guys.858-453-2999 at 7023 Carroll Road.

TT

[martinreinhardt]

Martin-
Now that Import Tire has closed, I was going to try Bear Tire out in Miramar. Haven't used them yet, but they get good reports from the SCCA guys.858-453-2999 at 7023 Carroll Road.
TT

Thanks Tom, I will check them out.

[rshon]

I recently started using a shop call Team Power Tires at 6130 El Cajon Boulevard, just east of College (got the name from some other posting here). They are pretty basic, but very reasonable (around $12.50 to mount and balance a tire). Nothing fancy, but O.K.

[Tawfik]

Bear Tires is the place to go.
Quick, honnest and cheap.
Been going there for a couple of years.

[ChuckS]

Import Tire was the best! I now have been using Bear Tire at the suggestion of Jae Lee. They have been great! I have tried several others closer to me (Rancho Bernardo) with very disapointing results.

[martinreinhardt]

Thank you for all the input.

[Don Middleton]

Martin, Preston's Tire and Wheel on Center Drive in Grossmont Center did the dismount/mount/balance thing this past spring for me for $12.50/wheel. I'm sure they are a little higher now due to the lead price increase, but they are far better than Discount.

Quality shop, and Preston has an RS America...

[martinreinhardt]

Thanks Don, that's easier to get to from where we live.

[Curt Yaws]

For North County drivers, the Discount Tire shop at 78 and El Camino Real charges me $13 per wheel for mount, balance and discard of old tire. They are very quick.

[kary]

Martin, come to laguna and have topless performance do the mounting, 20 bucks a tire, done.

[martinreinhardt]

Thanks Kary, I ordered a set from Topless Performance which will be delivered and mounted at Laguna Seca.

Note to Jennifer: These are Tires not Dancers

[kurquhart]

Thanks Kary, I ordered a set from Topless Performance which will be delivered and mounted at Laguna Seca.

Note to Jennifer: These are Tires not Dancers

I had the same problem with my wife the other day when she borrowed my phone: she wanted to know why I had Topless in my address book. The irony is that dancers would be a lot cheaper.

[cam]

The irony is that dancers would be a lot cheaper.

Not if you want them delivered & mounted