Tire Mounting & Balancing, my perfect fresh fuchs Options

[seanery]

I've got a great set of freshly refinished 16x6 fuchs and new tires that will go on whitey. I don't want to take them down to the local tire "department store" where the 16 year old kids are working...under poor supervision most times. My fears are scratches, poor balance, weights on the outside, etc...

I've contacted two shops:
One of them is a local race shop that specializes in Mazda and does some Porsche as well for about $100.
The other shop is a high dollar Euro shop that does excellent work, supports our PCA region, participates in races and DEs, but the cost is $166.40.

Which would you choose and why?

[machina]

This is the age old problem with nice wheels.

I wouldn't base my decision on price, just go there and make sure they will let you stand over the guy while he is doing the work and let him know you give a shit. Sometimes I give the guy a good tip FIRST so he takes his time.

Also, some of the newer mounting machines are much easier on the wheels, look for the machines with the big teflon rollers.

But new machine or old, its still the guy running it that makes the difference.

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