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Vendor Recommendation-Tires

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To those in So. CA, has anyone ever purchased tires from Wheel Enhancement in Culver City, had them mounted and balanced?

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Also consider Tire Rack. They can drop ship to their list of recommended installers, who dymanic road force balance. Wheel Enhm. had a solid rep.

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Thanks for the suggestion White987S. I did contact Tire Rack and they gave me a very good price on the Super Sports. However, they recommended Sears for the installation and I am very reluctant to have them do the work. I have to say that if it was my wife's Prius, I probably wouldn't have a problem with that but.....

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Thanks for the suggestion White987S. I did contact Tire Rack and they gave me a very good price on the Super Sports. However, they recommended Sears for the installation and I am very reluctant to have them do the work. I have to say that if it was my wife's Prius, I probably wouldn't have a problem with that but.....

Ask them for another recommendation. They should have several based on your zip code near your home and/or office location. I've also taken new tires to the Porsche dealership, and have then do the install. They just charge more.

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Wheel Enhancement in Culver City is a top tier operation. They know tires and wheels. They charge a bit more then the discount operations but you get what you pay for.

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Thanks AP997S. Wheel Enhancement provided me a quote and it was very competitive to two others I got. Did you buy Super Sports from them?

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One last question guys. Since I don't like the two recommended shops for mounting and balancing that Tire Rack gave me, I called my local Porsche dealer about mounting and balancing if I supplied the tires (Super Sports from Tire Rack). Their pricing on mounting and balancing from the dealer was right at $200.00 which I thought wasn't too bad. On alignment though, other independent tire shops wanted $175.00 or so for alignment but the Porsche dealer wanted $350.00. I was all prepared to let the dealer install the new tires until I got the alignment price. Any opinions on that?

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I would not allow a tire shop to align my Porsches. But, that's just me.

That's the going rate for an alignment from a dealership. A qualified indy shop will charge you about $250ish (figure $125ish/hour). Yes, I know it does not take that long.....but that's what they will charge you, for a first alignment.

Make a new post, and ask for indy recommendations in your area for a good alignment. The drawback being that you will now have to go to 2 places as opposed to just one. If that's a hastle, pay the extra $100ish for the dealership, for the convenience. You can make more! :)

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