Warning to all South London Zoner's!!

[Mtech327]

As some of you may know I had a few troubles with a tyre company near me (Norwood/Croydon). The company had told me that they don't damage alloy wheels when changing tyres over hence why I went there. I wanted to get all my tyres changed round for Santa Pod.
On returning to my car the O/S/F wheel had a massive gouge out of it ( some of you know how anal I am about keeping my alloys clean and unmarked ). I was not impressed and spoke to the manager directly who agreed not to charge me for the worked carried out.
I then had to rush home and get the wheel of so I could refurb it for Santa Pod. I then discovered all the wheels had been severely over torqued and I nearly broke a wheel brace trying to get them off.
On the way down to the Pod I found that the rear wheel(s) we're out of balance and making the car vibrate at anything over 70mph.
I thought that was the end of the cock ups!!.
On wedenesday I took my car to the local kwik fit who then re-balanced the rear wheels, only to discover that all the tyres had been inflated to 35psi (no wonder I was struggling off the line at Santa Pod!).

The company that inflicted this to my car are called 'Tyre Trax' and they are located on the Portland Road opposite Croydon Race and Rally.

You have been warned!! shoot.gif

[cliffybabe]

Oh dear, Welll I can only say i'd never let croydon race and raly near my car let alone that company oppersit.

I always use RSR on the brighton road top guys down there

Sorry to here of ur probs dude

[whipsey]

damn 35psi did they think you were driving a trackor or something

[Mtech327]

God knows, thank christ they did'nt get the psi mixed with the bar on the airline

[dimebag_from_hell]

Nearly everytime i get new rear tyres, there is always scuff marks on the rim, i just shake it of and try and forget about it

[SHAKEELE30]

same thing happened to me, but i was lucky i got 1 tyre off them, so only got one alloys damaged. But i was still very pisssed off, as i had asked beforehand if there was a chance of them getting scratched or any little mark on them, he said nope. But by the time he had finished, there were enough marks,scrathces etc on them.

These alloys were brand spanking new, got them ordered from germany cost me nearly £900ish about, but lcuky still it was only one.

This shop was on green lane near safari sounds. the only reeason i went to him cos i needed some weird size tyres second hand, and he happend to have them so i thought i try them.

never again though....

cliffy why dont you like race and rally, what happend...

[Mtech327]

I used to run a tyre fitting depot for bikes and cars and there is no excuse for marking alloys, just lazy fitters that don't give a f**k!!!

I HATE MARKS ON MY ALLOYS

[SHAKEELE30]

i know exactly how you feeel, there are some fussy people out there, but then theres perfecctionists, wichh i think we are. the tyre people either dont know how to fit tyres on, or they dont have the right tools.

As when i got mine done, he spent nearly 2 hours trying to put the tyre on, not sure how hard it is to stretch a tyre on a little, but that took the piss, especially after damaging the alloy. But then i took it to another tyre place they put it on straight away.

[oakey]

I've had nothing but grief with tyre fitting places. More than often the jack the car up on the floor, tighten the wheel bolts so that they are not removable by hand etc etc.
The last one I took my tech1 to jacked it up on the bottom of the sideskirt, causing the clip that holds it to the wing to break

[Mtech327]

Can anyone recommend a tyre fitting centre in South London?

[Ant]

what about RSR in beddington croydon ? I'm sure they had a butler tyre changer iirc

Agreed, NO excuse for caning up alloys, its not a hard task to swop the rubber , even on 19" +

I hope the culprits are treating you to a refurb Andy ?

[SHAKEELE30]

theres a garage near selhurst, called ansams something, they can get new tyres in, theres a guy call leo in there, knows his shit. They have rim protectors in there, depending on the size of the wheel you got.

[B7]

KP Tyres, West Ewell. I wouldn't use anyone else. They've never put a mark on my rims and they are very competitive.

[Mtech327]

what about RSR in beddington croydon ? I'm sure they had a butler tyre changer iirc

Agreed, NO excuse for caning up alloys, its not a hard task to swop the rubber , even on 19" +

I hope the culprits are treating you to a refurb Andy ?

I do all my own refurbs now and I would'nt trust the same monkey's with my rims again!!

Good call on RSR though, will keep them in mind next time

[cliffybabe]

i use rsr brighton road, heard good things about the beddington lane one to. Also there main hub office in coulsdon is good

[E30BeemerLad]

There's a guy on the Soarer forums who works at a place in SW11, called Budget Motorist Centre.

People with soarers travel hundreds of miles for tyres and also alignments as especially on the alignment front they are very very good. There have been many members who have had supposed 4 wheel alignments done elsewhere and still found the settings to be wrong.

[law]

I dunno how people can mark rims!
I fitted tyres years back.....even stuff like 30 profiles aren't hard! Its underpaid muppets rushing the job to hit their bonus!

Id recommend RSR in Coulsdon too

[benjy]

Every tyre place ive ever been to puts way too much pressure in the tyres. The last place put 42psi in
The first thing I do when ive had new tyres is find an airline and do the job properly! i.e. Myself!!!

[Rich_W]

I don't trust any company to fit my tyres without marking the rims.

I trust a few people to do a good job though! One of them is me

[Mtech327]

I don't trust any company to fit my tyres without marking the rims.

I trust a few people to do a good job though! One of them is me

I agree, but since moving out of the motor industry I have to use other people

[hubble]

Scuffs on wheels is punishable by Death especially when done by an incompetent fitter.
I had it done to mine a few years ago. Needless to say I never went back.

[Rich_W]

I don't trust any company to fit my tyres without marking the rims.

I trust a few people to do a good job though! One of them is me

I agree, but since moving out of the motor industry I have to use other people

I find it useful to maintain good relations with former work colleagues. Amazing what a crisp £10 will get you when you need a bit of help. LOL

[sideshowbob]

If you want aquality job at the right price try Micheldever Tyres, Micheldever, Hampshire. They are the only place in the South for performance tyres and quality fitting and balancing. What you will save on price will more than pay for a tank of fuel, plus you can have a great run out into the Hampshire countryside. !

[bss325i]

Tyre fitters are generally the least skilled person in the motor trade and most of them are useless idiots. There is no excuse for damaging wheels when fiting tyres other than lack of competance. Over tightened wheel bolts and over inflated tyres are totaly unacceptable to and are not exactly complex. If the relavent data is not available then ask the customer ffs!

We have full tyre fitting services at our place with a fiting machine less than two years old and our balacer is regularly calibrated. We regularly fit tyres to brand new wheels up to 20" for accident repaired vehicles in our large bodyshop (the one that did Simon13's ALPINA body resto and my Sport repaint) and damage to wheels is totaly unaceptable.

We are also a group 4 & 7 MOT testing station and are probably cheaper than anyone local.

We are behind Croydon IKEA, CR0 4XH

(Sorry for then shamless plug mods but we are E30 friendly! )

[Mtech327]

Is that near Beddington Cross?

[pacerpete]

Tyre fitters are generally the least skilled person in the motor trade and most of them are useless idiots. There is no excuse for damaging wheels when fiting tyres other than lack of competance. Over tightened wheel bolts and over inflated tyres are totaly unacceptable to and are not exactly complex. If the relavent data is not available then ask the customer ffs!

We have full tyre fitting services at our place with a fiting machine less than two years old and our balacer is regularly calibrated. We regularly fit tyres to brand new wheels up to 20" for accident repaired vehicles in our large bodyshop (the one that did Simon13's ALPINA body resto and my Sport repaint) and damage to wheels is totaly unaceptable.

We are also a group 4 & 7 MOT testing station and are probably cheaper than anyone local.

We are behind Croydon IKEA, CR0 4XH

(Sorry for then shamless plug mods but we are E30 friendly! )

But Barry, are your firm 'Burger King ' friendly ?

[bss325i]

Is that near Beddington Cross?

Unit one beddington cross ind est.

[bss325i]

Tyre fitters are generally the least skilled person in the motor trade and most of them are useless idiots. There is no excuse for damaging wheels when fiting tyres other than lack of competance. Over tightened wheel bolts and over inflated tyres are totaly unacceptable to and are not exactly complex. If the relavent data is not available then ask the customer ffs!

We have full tyre fitting services at our place with a fiting machine less than two years old and our balacer is regularly calibrated. We regularly fit tyres to brand new wheels up to 20" for accident repaired vehicles in our large bodyshop (the one that did Simon13's ALPINA body resto and my Sport repaint) and damage to wheels is totaly unaceptable.

We are also a group 4 & 7 MOT testing station and are probably cheaper than anyone local.

We are behind Croydon IKEA, CR0 4XH

(Sorry for then shamless plug mods but we are E30 friendly! )

But Barry, are your firm 'Burger King ' friendly ?

We'll fit tyres to a skoda felica if you want.

[Andyboy]

Tyre fitters are generally the least skilled person in the motor trade and most of them are useless idiots. There is no excuse for damaging wheels when fiting tyres other than lack of competance. Over tightened wheel bolts and over inflated tyres are totaly unacceptable to and are not exactly complex. If the relavent data is not available then ask the customer ffs!

We have full tyre fitting services at our place with a fiting machine less than two years old and our balacer is regularly calibrated. We regularly fit tyres to brand new wheels up to 20" for accident repaired vehicles in our large bodyshop (the one that did Simon13's ALPINA body resto and my Sport repaint) and damage to wheels is totaly unaceptable.

We are also a group 4 & 7 MOT testing station and are probably cheaper than anyone local.

We are behind Croydon IKEA, CR0 4XH

(Sorry for then shamless plug mods but we are E30 friendly! )

But Barry, are your firm 'Burger King ' friendly ?

We'll fit tyres to a skoda felica if you want.

Best get a couple of part worn Yangnangchang Dark Reaper Exceedo retreads in for the Whirlpool Paedo chariot! If the tyres cost more than the Werthers - no sale!