Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[nicebutdim]

buying these tyres online... doesn't you local tyre fitter charge a premium to fit them?

I get a price from my local independent tyre fitter.... budget price, mid range or 2nd mortgage... and that's supplied and fitted

Most people I know that buy online have them delivered to the fitter and pay for fitting at time of purchase.

I used to have them delivered and fit them myself, but now have them delivered and send the other half to work with them in my car and they come back fitted (along with an invoice).

 

[brianmoooore]

buying these tyres online... doesn't you local tyre fitter charge a premium to fit them?

I have an ancient professional tyre fitting machine that I bought years ago for £50. Leaks air like a sieve, but does the job.

 

[DPG]

I have an ancient professional tyre fitting machine that I bought years ago for £50. Leaks air like a sieve, but does the job.

What about balancing though?

 

[nicebutdim]

I have an ancient professional tyre fitting machine that I bought years ago for £50. Leaks air like a sieve, but does the job.

Similar situation. Old tyre machine at a bargain price. Electric rotation and pneumatic bead breaking. No air leaks, but a little bit more play than any tyre fitter would feel comfortable with - all good once you get a feel for it.

 

[nicebutdim]

What about balancing though?

What's that

 

[littlespark]

What about balancing though?

Stay off the beer, youll be fine

 

[brianmoooore]

What about balancing though?

Overrated, IMHO. If you have quality wheels (such as those from a certain German manufacturer with a name comprising three letters) and know what the little yellow dot on the sidewall of a new tyre is for, then I find that most are fine without.
Any that do need balancing, I make use of the machine where I get my MOTs done.

 

[DPG]

Overrated, IMHO. If you have quality wheels (such as those from a certain German manufacturer with a name comprising three letters) and know what the little yellow dot on the sidewall of a new tyre is for, then I find that most are fine without.
Any that do need balancing, I make use of the machine where I get my MOTs done.

Most tyres will need balance weights adding though.

 

[brianmoooore]

Electric rotation and pneumatic bead breaking.

The bead breaking is the important part. The tyres I run (Uniroyal Rainsports) have such pliable sidewalls that they are easily pushed over the rim by hand

 

[brianmoooore]

Most tyres will need balance weights adding though.

That's not my experience.

 

[nicebutdim]

The bead breaking is the important part. The tyres I run (Uniroyal Rainsports) have such pliable sidewalls that they are easily pushed over the rim by hand

I dislike fitting or removing runflats on my machine, but luckily it tops out at 18" diameter.

 

[nicebutdim]

Most tyres will need balance weights adding though.

You'd be surprised how little balancing is required for a decent quality tyre on a straight wheel.

These days I have them fitted in the other half's work, so balancing is part of that service, but I rarely had to take home fitted wheels for balancing.

 

[brianmoooore]

I dis it tops out at 18" diameter.

Sounds like we have similar machines. Disposed of because they won't take some of the ridiculous oversized modern rims and their equally ridiculous rubber band tyres.
16" rims and 55 profile tyres on mine. Pothole. What pothole?

 

[nicebutdim]

Sounds like we have similar machines. Disposed of because they won't take some of the ridiculous oversized modern rims and their equally ridiculous rubber band tyres.
16" rims and 55 profile tyres on mine. Pothole. What pothole?

My current car was factory fitted with 18" wheels, but sidewall of 245/45 still provides considerable cushioning.

No idea why people spend thousands to prematurely wear out suspension components.

 

[littlespark]

Cannot wait for one of you lot to complain about a diyer doing electrics.... when youre changing your own tyres.

Get a professional tyre engineer! :

 

[brianmoooore]

Get a professional tyre engineer! :

Yea, right, "professional tyre engineer" AKA "knuckle dragging Neanderthal armed with a torque wrench screwed up to its maximum setting". No thank you.

 

[nicebutdim]

Cannot wait for one of you lot to complain about a diyer doing electrics.... when youre changing your own tyres.

Get a professional tyre engineer! :

I'll have you know I hold the same tyre fitting qualifications as the 'professionals'

 

[littlespark]

I'll have you know I hold the same qualifications as the 'professionals'

a standard grade in woodwork?


My FIL, when he closed his garage and car showroom in the 90's rented the workshop out to kwikfit. (bear in mind, it was a family business and he had been trained as a mechanic in his youth)

He went in one day to get a tyre or brake pads or something, and was being told what else the car needed while it was up on a ramp....tyre, brake pipes, exhaust...

"bloody 16 year old, spotty eejit..... with "brake specialist" on his back!...... Specialist my arse... what does he know..."

etc etc

The manager had to come out and take over, ushering the young lad away when he realised the landlord was the customer....

 

[Mike Johnson]

You guys who think your wheels do not need balancing must be the caravan people who the rest of the world queue up behind.

 

[nicebutdim]

You guys who think your wheels do not need balancing must be the caravan people who the rest of the world queue up behind.

There's a significant difference between thinking wheels don't need to be balanced and knowing the difference between a wheel that doesn't need to be balanced and one that does