 Poster: A snowHead
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The cold night we have just had has reminded me that I should swap my summer tyres over to the winter set soon. This will be the third season that I will be swapping over to winter tyres. In the past, I have been to Kwik Fit (where I bought the tyres) and they charged me £60 to swap them over, although they tend to grumble that they do not usually do this unless they are selling you the tyres. I did use a local garage once, who charged £50, but I had to get them rebalanced afterwards as they did a terrible job. My question to those of you in the same boat is where do you go to swap over your tyres, and how much does it cost?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Had mine done a couple of weeks ago at a small independent who charged me £10 a tyre, the rims a spare set and weren't on the car though so maybe a little more if he'd had to jack the car up too. The price doesn't seem to have altered in over 10 years.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Thu 6-11-14 17:28; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Cost me £5 per tyre when I got a service & MOT at the Skoda dealer in Dumfries on Monday.
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@PollSki, previously a local garage who charged me around £50 but did a good job
Now - just run winters all year. IME they don't wear that much more quickly and I save the cost of swapping them over.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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£40 at the local ATS, just had it done last week
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A couple of years ago I got some cheap spare wheels and put winters on them and got a trolly jack for £60, so free now, apart from the hour it takes me to do it!!!
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Our local dealer charges about CHF 150 and stores the unused set through the season.
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@stanton, dont have the kit, and dont have a spare set of wheels, I get the tyres changed each time
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€20 per tyre is the going rate in the Arve valley, if you are unlucky this is PLUS TVA!.....there is places roumoured to be doing €15 per tyre........and the mobile one who quotes €8 but is hard to get hold of 
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Hang on - are we talking tyres or wheels here? Tyres - ok fair enough, mucking about with old school tyre levers is a PITA if you're not doing every day and you'd often as not knacker the bead or the rim or both if you get it wrong. But if you're just swapping the wheels then I'm in the unenviable position of agreeing with Stanton...
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@Richard_Sideways, yes you are right i get the tyres changed with one set of wheels. The summer tyres are now in my garage
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Likewise I was talking tyres on one set of rims
Ideal solution would be to have 2 sets rims but didnt have cash at time
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You know it makes sense.
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Unless you're hooning about in a Tim Westwood pimp-wagon or similar, a set of 2nd hand steels are what? £15 a corner?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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My local place is £5 per wheel for pretty much anything. Even including fitting vintage tyres with inner tubes. Just find your nearest part-worn supplier for this kind of work, the likes of Kwik Fit don't want to touch tyres they've not sold you, and frankly they make enough money already.
That said, storing tyres uninflated and not on a rim isn't a great idea. The pressure stops them from getting out of shape, and if left for a while many tyres will get a long way out of shape. As they get older they lose the ability to get back into shape, which is why you might have needed the wheel rebalancing - but then when the tyre warms up when used the balancing will be off.
So the set of steels on ebay for £50 is probably worth it, and avoids having to change over tyres - also taking tyres on and off it is fairly easy to damage the bead and if you are storing the tyres you may as well have wheels inside them!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks all - looks like I'll just look for a better local garage to do this. I'm talking about swapping the tyres themselves, not the wheels.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We get ours done at the VW dealer we bought the car from. I can't remember how much we paid last time but no more than £50 total for four tyres. Need to book it in again.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I may look in to getting the steel wheels, as this could save quite a bit of money over a few years if they really are that cheap.
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@Richard_Sideways, agreed that are not expensive, but I didn't have the cash. Now I've found that leaving winters on all year works for me.
Just a note to anyone changing over to steel wheels - this will class as a modification to your car in the eyes of your insurers so make sure you tell them. Some will charge you a premium for this, others have realised it makes sense and won't, but I would advise telling them
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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70CHF at my local garage to change the tyres (not wheels) - no storage though, they just go into my cave.
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@Boris, As long as the wheels you change to are the correct specification for your vehicle then you shouldn't have to inform your insurer. 'Correct specification' means that the wheel size – diameter, width and offset, and conforms to the vehicle manufacturer's specifications. Don't forget that winter tyres generally have a lower maximum road speed - while this won't normally matter as it'll exceed almost every speed limit you'll find, remember this if you're taking the autobahn anywhere or are particularly fond of poking the loud pedal firmly and progressively...
Oh and as for insurance in general, the Association of British Insurers issued a statement about it a few winters ago...(linked)
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I pay £40 for my local mobile tyre fitter to come round and do mine. Need to ring him soon and arrange to get them done.
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@Richard_Sideways, That link is for tyres only, not different wheels. My own experience with Churchill was that they would charge a premium for changing to steel wheels, so personally I would inform insurance company.
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The response I had dug out from old thread
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Dear Mr Boris
Thank you for your recent e-mail.
I have reviewed your policy details and can confirm the information given over the telephone, is correct. The steel wheels increase your compulsory excess from £50.00 to £300.00 and your premium by £75.55 for the remainder of the year.
Should you require any further help, please e-mail us or alternatively call the relevant telephone number below.
Yours sincerely
NAME Removed
Customer Service Assistant
Business Support
web: www.churchill.com
email: car.customer.service@churchill.com
car telephone no: 08456 033 550
fax number: 020 8313 5361
opening hours: 8am-9pm Monday to Friday
9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
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My OH put his winter tyres on this morning - he bought a large jack about three years ago so he is able to do them himself. He keeps the winter tyres on steel rims so just changing those. Same as me - I have winters on my car on steel rims but they have been there since this time last year as I do a very low mileage and OH didn't seem inclined to swap them over.
My good news this morning was that while the tyre changing episode was going on in the garage I opened an e mail to find that I appear to have won a set of winter tyres in the Goodyear competition that I entered at the Ski Show last week. Just waiting for more details from them now. They will go on OHs car as we will be off to the Alps in December.
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@Boris, that is, frankly, appalling. Wheels to manufacturers specification should NOT incur any additional charges to the policy. BAD DOG CHURCHILL! BAD DOG!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Richard_Sideways, It was a few years ago so they may well have changed their stance now, but for the sake of a phone call my personal view is that it is worth checking
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Admiral allowed it with no extra charge.
Mind you - I provided Toyota customer services email stating that it was acceptable practice (rim size change) so they couldn't really argue
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You know it makes sense.
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It is pretty normal round here to buy a set of steel rims with the winter tyres on. They take up no more space to store and then you can just swap them yourselves.
They are pretty cheap too! I bought my last set of boots with the wheels together on reifendirekt.at for about €110 a corner delivered.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Regarding insurance, I need to inform Direct line when I swap over the tyres. There is no charge for the change but they count it as a modification. (edit: excuse multiple posts, I'll try to delete)
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Thu 6-11-14 18:54; edited 2 times in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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Regarding insurance, I need to inform Direct line when I swap over the tyres. There is no charge for the change but they count it as a modification.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Regarding insurance, I need to inform Direct line when I swap over the tyres. There is no charge for the change but they count it as a modification.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Regarding insurance, I need to inform Direct line when I swap over the tyres. There is no charge for the change but they count it as a modification.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In the past I had a problem with the Dealer claiming that changing to a different type of tyre would cancel the manufacturers warranty on the vehicle!
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Its around 100-120 CAD here in Calgary. Everything involving local people is expensive here. its gone up recently as I now have tyre pressure indicators.
I've shopped around and its about this price everywhere
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I bought my first set of winter tyres from a local one man operation about 10 years ago. He was so chuffed with the notion of someone buying winter tyres that he insisted on changing them over each season for free. After a few years he accepted some cash for it - but only £10. I then got some rims off ebay and have done it myself most times since but managed to get another local independent to do the change for £20 cash one year when I didn't fancy the job myself.
Being prepared to leave the car with them for them to do the changeover during a slack period can open the opportunity for a cheap rate.
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Local tyre place (Selectatyre) here in Lincs charges about £50 to fit all 4 winter tyres onto the same rims, which includes new valves and balancing. They also store our winter tyres over the summer, and vice versa so no need to store them in my garage. It always seems a little steep when paying, but suitable steel rims seem hard to find for my elderly gentleman's large merc estate, at least in this country. When I do see any they're much more expensive than the smaller sizes and don't seem worth it. Tyres are the same sizes as summer and on the same alloy rims so insurance is fine.
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I have mine changed at my BMW dealership, I bought the rims and tyres from them. They change them and store each season summer/winter for £30.
That's about the only reasonably priced service I have ever had from them!
Bought them 3 winters ago after my wife spun it on a snowy December afternoon, never snowed since!
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