Anyone Recommend a Tire Changer in the Nashville Area?

Fast Lane · 07-16-2003, 11:34 PM

I got my chrome repo's so I'm looking for a shop to take off and install my stock F1's to my new wheels.
Thanks :seeya

e3pres · 07-17-2003, 01:05 PM

For any kind of custom wheels, I've put them on the told fashioned way: with a screwdriver cover by a piece of fuel line, then I have them balanced. I just don't trust machines with high $$$$ wheels.

Fast Lane · 07-17-2003, 02:45 PM

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For any kind of custom wheels, I've put them on the told fashioned way: with a screwdriver cover by a piece of fuel line, then I have them balanced. I just don't trust machines with high $$$$ wheels.

How do you get the tires off the original wheels?

e3pres · 07-17-2003, 08:47 PM

You can usually lay the wheel down, and step on the sidewall (with no air in it of course). Actually, I'm not sure if you could do that with such short sidewalls. I've only used this method for Billet Hot Rod wheels that are on much bigger tires.

WhiteC5Vette · 07-17-2003, 11:03 PM

Gateway in Cool Springs area of Franklin. Never had any tires mounted, but had them balanced and aligned, and I can tell you, they treated the car like their own. They do have the Hunter GSP 9700 balancer and there is at least one guy there who knows exactly what to do with it. Perfect balance with tape on weights.

Fast Lane · 07-18-2003, 12:03 AM

:thumbs: Thanks, Gateway is close to me. That's the road I got rear ended on though. Gonna be careful when I take the wheels up there. :yesnod:

Wadoka · 07-18-2003, 12:43 AM

The 2nd "Tires Plus" on Murfreesboro Road just north of Hickory Hollow. In the K-Mart shopping center. I've been going there for about four years. Jason and Brian at the shop know my car and seem to understand 'Vettes, and I know they know about 'Vette jacking and tire pressure sensors.

Pogo72 · 07-18-2003, 03:37 PM

Auto Pro in Mt. Juliet, 758-4633, does a good job.

Al