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What’s the going rate
- ronk
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What would you say was a reasonable £ charge for swapping a set of wheel on a car!
No tyre change just swapping the winter set to the summers.
I will have to pay a garage as unfortunately I‘m not physically able to lift these days Oh the joys of getting old!
No tyre change just swapping the winter set to the summers.
I will have to pay a garage as unfortunately I‘m not physically able to lift these days Oh the joys of getting old!
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So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- enuff_zed
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If I were close enough it would cost you a four pack of decent ale.
Maybe another member would be willing to help.
You reckon winter's over now then?
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- Lifer
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+1 to that.
Maybe start a thread asking for help, or change the title of this one. I would be VERY surprised if you didn't get multiple offers. Again, as said above I'm a bit too far away otherwise i'd do it for you.
On a practical note, if you were to get a garage to do it, how would you get the other set of wheels there? In another vehicle, or piled on the passenger seat?
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
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- ronk
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I feel quite ashamed of having to get a simple task like this done! It was a task and a half getting them into the car this morning ( with ‘Er Ladyships help)
I had spinal surgery a few years ago and I’m afraid it’s left it’s mark - but I’m not complaining- there’s plenty worse of than me!
The “other car is a 335 saloon and it had fold down rear seats - it was an extra but glad I ticked the box
The two fat rear wheels lay side x side and the two slightly smaller fronts go in the Boot Space piled two high.
I had spinal surgery a few years ago and I’m afraid it’s left it’s mark - but I’m not complaining- there’s plenty worse of than me!
The “other car is a 335 saloon and it had fold down rear seats - it was an extra but glad I ticked the box
The two fat rear wheels lay side x side and the two slightly smaller fronts go in the Boot Space piled two high.
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- Lynchy
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Surely a Forum member close by could do this for you
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I pay £7.50 a wheel when the boss is in, or a slab of decent beer (i.e. not supermarket own brand, or something like Carling) if she’s not.
But they also check the balance before they put them on…and don’t mind me making multiple trips if I can’t fit all the wheels in the car in one go (the e34 M5 was very handy in that I could fit 4 wheels/tyres upright across the back seats - with a fitted tarp between front & rear headrests - and had a 20v impact wrench for trackday swaps).
But they also check the balance before they put them on…and don’t mind me making multiple trips if I can’t fit all the wheels in the car in one go (the e34 M5 was very handy in that I could fit 4 wheels/tyres upright across the back seats - with a fitted tarp between front & rear headrests - and had a 20v impact wrench for trackday swaps).
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- Lifer
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Don't be Ron, just one of those things. There is no shame in asking for help on here, either.
Surely that's part of the point of a forum like this? People helping each other out, that's all
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
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Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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Its about £12.50. to change a tyre so £5 a corner seems sensible maybe a little more if they are checking the balance.
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- ronk
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£5 a corner sounds ok to me. I will give the local bods a ring tomorrow.
When I think of the jobs I’ve done on my cars over the years and in all sorts of weather and now I have to as for help for such a menial task as changing wheels - it is quite demoralising - I can still drive my z tho
When I think of the jobs I’ve done on my cars over the years and in all sorts of weather and now I have to as for help for such a menial task as changing wheels - it is quite demoralising - I can still drive my z tho
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- Lynchy
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Try Durham Dave
- ronk
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Apparently he is recovering from illness or surgery.
A friend told me this. He is waiting for roof motor work .
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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We all need help with different things at different times Ron, what’s menial to others may not now not be for you hence you now need a hand
If my local was doing this it’d be about £20
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- ronk
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I’m happy with a £20 bill - I might grumble about not being able to do jobs like this but I have friends pushing up the daisies !
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- Nictrix
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Hope you get them sorted. I would be surprised if it was only £20 to swap them over though.
It would probably have been easier to put them on the car instead of putting them IN the car.
I know from putting wheels in and out of my car that its pretty heavy work.
It would probably have been easier to put them on the car instead of putting them IN the car.
I know from putting wheels in and out of my car that its pretty heavy work.
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- ronk
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If I have to squat down ie wheel nuts or putting the valve connection on, I can’t get get vertical again without the help of another person or at the very least something to hang onto and haul myself up. Rolling them to the car was the car was the easiest option.Nictrix wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 6:38 pm Hope you get them sorted. I would be surprised if it was only £20 to swap them over though.
It would probably have been easier to put them on the car instead of putting them IN the car.
I know from putting wheels in and out of my car that its pretty heavy work.
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.