How much should it cost to mount and balance all 4 tires

TedA · 06-01-2020, 12:17 PM

Hi,
If you have recently swapped your tires on your car, how long did it take and how much were you charged? My BMW dealership is telling me that it takes up to 3 hours (@$130/hr labor rate). Sounds steep...
Thank you for your input!

randrews15 · 06-01-2020, 12:24 PM

Some tire shops charge as little as $20 a tire mounted and balanced. Not sure why it would take three hours to put tires on a car unless they're doing an alignment as well. I had a tire replaced under warranty on my X5 and the dealer only charged me $38 for the labor to do it, just for reference.

BayE30 · 06-01-2020, 12:26 PM

last time i had tires mounted and road force balancing performed i paid $45/wheel.

pbonsalb · 06-01-2020, 02:58 PM

Why are you going to a bmw dealership to mount and balance tires?

M43S7RO · 06-01-2020, 04:45 PM

You lost me at dealership.

PYE46M3 · 06-01-2020, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TedA

Hi,
If you have recently swapped your tires on your car, how long did it take and how much were you charged? My BMW dealership is telling me that it takes up to 3 hours (@$130/hr labor rate). Sounds steep...
Thank you for your input!

anyone who quotes you hourly to mount and balance tires is a thief. That is like going to the barbershop and getting an hourly quote.

Most chained tire places charge $12-$40 per tire for mounting and balance depending on if you purchase from them or bring your own. And most often that price includes lifetime balance and rotation for free and in some cases road hazard protection.

TedA · 06-01-2020, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pbonsalb

Why are you going to a bmw dealership to mount and balance tires?

I’m looking at another place, a high end shop. Very paranoid about my wheels lol

TedA · 06-01-2020, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by PYE46M3

anyone who quotes you hourly to mount and balance tires is a thief. That is like going to the barbershop and getting an hourly quote.

Most chained tire places charge $12-$40 per tire for mounting and balance depending on if you purchase from them or bring your own. And most often that price includes lifetime balance and rotation for free and in some cases road hazard protection.

I’m just paranoid that they will scratch my wheels. The rotation really isn’t an option here.

PYE46M3 · 06-01-2020, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TedA

I’m just paranoid that they will scratch my wheels. The rotation really isn’t an option here.

go to discount tire. I would be more paranoid at the dealerships

Bimmer Barney · 06-01-2020, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TedA

Hi,
If you have recently swapped your tires on your car, how long did it take and how much were you charged? My BMW dealership is telling me that it takes up to 3 hours (@$130/hr labor rate). Sounds steep...
Thank you for your input!

$110 including materials and labor to mount and balance all 4 at my local tire shop.

Richbot · 06-01-2020, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer Barney

$110 including materials and labor to mount and balance all 4 at my local tire shop.

This is close to my rate here in STL, give or take a tenner. And he's in CA, though I imagine the competition is pretty fierce with the gigantic concentration of high end cars. So yeah I'd say "ehhhh....could be up to four hundred bucks you know, road force balancing and whatnot cha ching" from that shop is worth moving on from...

For what it's worth, I've got a local chain store I trust, and a local race shop I trust, and it's nice to have two options. Race shop owners tend to go to races, and tire shop places don't always have the A-team in the shop

Also, and I can't stress this enough, any honest BMW dealership service adviser will tell you to buy tires literally anywhere but the BMW dealership. They can't touch tire shop pricing and don't bother trying, partially because it doesn't pay as well as billing BMW for yet another warranty issue that takes a tech down a diagnostic and procedure-following rabbithole

ES BMW · 06-03-2020, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by TedA

I’m just paranoid that they will scratch my wheels. The rotation really isn’t an option here.

Try looking for a specialty wheel store that's used to high-end cars. They'll know how to do the work without scratching anything. Been using shops like that for a while and haven't had a problem since.

pbonsalb · 06-03-2020, 12:14 PM

Could save enough money for a couple of OCD therapy sessions....

SYT_Shadow · 06-03-2020, 12:30 PM

In the tristate area it's easily 50/tire

I just found a mobile tire shop based in stamford that will come home and install tires. If i give him loose wheels and tires he does them for 35/wheel. Does great work, no scratches on the new wheels

He's come twice in the past 7 days and:
Mounted/balanced 12 tires
Changed tpms in 8 tires
Balanced 6 tires
None of those instances is a duplicate, all different tires.

Still missing 8 tires but I'm good for now

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