[acurael]

Hey guys,

Used to go to this place for tinting/wheels/tires etc.
Anyone been to it since the big changes in staff? I need to get my winter tires taken off and summers put back on, but also planning on buying some wheels soon.

Anyone have any experience with them recently? I really liked the previous staff and work.

thanks

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

dont know about now but they were pretty much done, even tho they switch their focus to tires only now

[acurael]

Whats a good shop to get wheels/performance stuff now? You are right - they are just concentrating on tires now.

[!Aznboi128]

there's sorat (another rs sponsor)

advance autosport in North Van, pretty good prices

[thumper]

Whats a good shop to get wheels/performance stuff now? You are right - they are just concentrating on tires now.

sorat maybe? they are an RS sponsor... i see their banner ad up top as i type this but i've never been there before.

[TRDood]

if you are ballin' you make it rain at SR auto.

[!Aznboi128]

sorat maybe? they are an RS sponsor... i see their banner ad up top as i type this but i've never been there before.
I actually got my tires from sorat 2 years ago and his service is excellant and pricing you just can't beat.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

i got my set of tires from him last year ^

decent price, except his models are quite limited.

Kumhos...and other lower grade brands

[acurael]

DO NOT GO TO ADVANCE IN COQUITLAM!!

- I had a bad feeling about them since they changed ownership. Wife went in to get winter tires taken off and summers put on. Came home after work and looked at my rims (they are 19inch stock rays) and they have a fine black scratch almost 360 degress on each rear rim. I did the exact same thing in winter time and had no issues - rims were flawless.

I tried calling them now and no answer. I will be calling them back.

Bill 140 dollars and already paid...i just paid 140 dollars to get my rims scratched for no reason.
FUCK!!!

[hchang]

^ That sucks dude.

[Lude S]

DO NOT GO TO ADVANCE IN COQUITLAM!!

- I had a bad feeling about them since they changed ownership. Wife went in to get winter tires taken off and summers put on. Came home after work and looked at my rims (they are 19inch stock rays) and they have a fine black scratch almost 360 degress on each rear rim. I did the exact same thing in winter time and had no issues - rims were flawless.

I tried calling them now and no answer. I will be calling them back.

Bill 140 dollars and already paid...i just paid 140 dollars to get my rims scratched for no reason.
FUCK!!!

it never did change ownership. Same owner but he doesnt do any mods, only tires now.

[acurael]

it never did change ownership. Same owner but he doesnt do any mods, only tires now.

Well what i meant to say is the staff....man im pissed. One thing i hate is paying people a price that you think you would get quality but you get shit. I might as well of went to Canadian tire and got some 16year old to scratch my rims and pay half the price.

You cant trust anyone these days to do a quality job.:mad:

[shenmecar]

Volco (on marine dr) did an alright job for me.

[oldsnail]

Volco (on marine dr) did an alright job for me.

+1 for volco on bridgeport.
i particularly liked there website. which i think is the same , and in the same building but mainly do web sales www.1010tires.com

[hyperloop]

I actually got my tires from sorat 2 years ago and his service is excellant and pricing you just can't beat.

+1 to Sorat.
Went there last month.
Very low price, good service:)

[Lomac]

DO NOT GO TO ADVANCE IN COQUITLAM!!

- I had a bad feeling about them since they changed ownership. Wife went in to get winter tires taken off and summers put on. Came home after work and looked at my rims (they are 19inch stock rays) and they have a fine black scratch almost 360 degress on each rear rim. I did the exact same thing in winter time and had no issues - rims were flawless.

I tried calling them now and no answer. I will be calling them back.

Bill 140 dollars and already paid...i just paid 140 dollars to get my rims scratched for no reason.
FUCK!!!

$140 to swap tires? :eek:

[5 Zigen]

if it's bill to $140, it has to be mount and balance

[hc529]

^ i got billed 125$ to swap 4 tires in December...

[!Aznboi128]

^ i got billed 125$ to swap 4 tires in December...
i did a swap from summer --> winters for my friends and it was just one bubble tea /car

LOL

[hc529]

i did a swap from summer --> winters for my friends and it was just one bubble tea /car

LOL

^ goood! one bubble tea for u... help me swap =) haha

[!Aznboi128]

^ goood! one bubble tea for u... help me swap =) haha
honestly I don't mind lol it's not hard to do and it's not like I get all that dirty.

[5 Zigen]

hc529: did u get charged $125 to install your winter wheels with tires ALREADY mounted and balanced? or you need mount and balance?

if it's $125 to install, omg, sth is not too right...

[hc529]

Its already mounted/balanced.
So... $125 was like... wtfff
before, i had 4 rims/tire mounted/balance for only like around 100-120$

so i thought it'd be cheaper just to put the winter wheels on..

[5 Zigen]

what the heck that's a fucking rip off! I think I know a shop that charges $60 but they will rebalance all tires just to make sure no vibration after install (which i think make sense too), but $125!!!

in general that's about a $2x job with brake inspection (on disc brakes)...

no one ever question about the price when they drop it off? or after they were asked for that price?

[TRDood]

someone pay me $100 and i will do it for you. hahaha

i have been going to shops and dealerships to swap my wheels/tires for the past 2 years. each time, it was nothing over $20 for all 4.

last boxing day, i bought my own set up so i can do it myself.

1. impact drill $50
2. torque wrench $30
3. jack $20
4. 32ft extension cord $15

best of all, i don't need to load 4 tires into my car and take it back out.

[1exotic]

start your own business.

TRDood'z Tirez Swapz Ltd.

[skyxx]

^ I'm assuming TRDood is doing mobile services since he runs an Electric Impact. :lol I heard he also offer's RS' Signature combo BJ and steak.

[!Yaminashi]

If I remember correctly they charge different prices for mount and balance for different size wheels. So someone with 18s would pay less than someone with 19s

But i also havent been there since last summer so maybe thats changed

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

^

i believe 18" is about $20-25 bux a rim at most shops

[skyxx]

I heard they changed their name to "Retard Motorsports" Get it, opposite of Advance is retard har har har har...okay that wasn't funny but i tried!

[thumper]

I heard they changed their name to "Retard Motorsports" Get it, opposite of Advance is retard har har har har...okay that wasn't funny but i tried!

i'm tempted to hit the fail button... but i love your avatar too much so i'm gonna go easy on you this time :lol

[acurael]

Ya just to clarify i got winter tires dismounted and summer tires mounted and balanced for 140 - which i thought was fair and didnt even mind paying more as long as it was a quality job (what i previously experienced at Advance)

Don't they have that special mounting machine that is "touchless" or whatever. That ferrari uses? I remember seeing that on their previous website. Maybe they sold that machine now? Something definitely touched and raped my rims.

Any other shops that have that high tech mounting machine that you guys know of? I'm really disappointed that Advance has gone downhill. I just got a new car and was excited to get some new wheels and performance mods at a place I could trust and was comfortable with. I guess now I have to find somewhere else..................

[unit]

im not surprised at the price of $140 actually.
when i was calling around i got quotes between $25-35 per tire! BEFORE tax!
what happened to the good ol days where it was $15 a tire?

good thing i know a guy who does it for cheap.

[alex.w *//]

^ canadian tire still is $15/tire

[!SG]

just to chime in about prices when i worked there

prices were for each tire for mounting&balancing:
$15 for 16" and under
$20 for 17"
$25 for 18"
$35 for 19"
$45 for 20"

$5 to dismount

just to mount or just to balance was 1/2 the price listed.

prices are and still are on par with most places.

unless u go to some el super cheap place that has a tire machine that is older than u.

[!SG]

sponsors that have the corghi machine to mount tires

- Drive Hard
- BJ Autohaus

[SpuGen]

^ canadian tire still is $15/tire

Yeah. Let's have some fucktard who gets paid minimum wage to mount tires on your expensive rims.
But you save $10 WHOLE DOLLARS ON EACH ONE! THATS LIKE $40!.
$40 < Scratched rims.

But to fuck up when you have such a nice machine and charge that much is bullshit.

[alex.w *//]

^ true

the tire machine on granville ct seems really new and nice

all depends on who is mounting and the experience level.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Yeah. Let's have some fucktard who gets paid minimum wage to mount tires on your expensive rims.
But you save $10 WHOLE DOLLARS ON EACH ONE! THATS LIKE $40!.
$40 < Scratched rims.

But to fuck up when you have such a nice machine and charge that much is bullshit.

dont know why ppl aint willing to pay a bit more on mounting their fresh rims. I mean we are talking what? 40-60 dollar more at the most? vs couple thousand dollar rims? it should be next to nothing

[SSM_DC5]

.

[Mancini]

dont know why ppl aint willing to pay a bit more on mounting their fresh rims. I mean we are talking what? 40-60 dollar more at the most? vs couple thousand dollar rims? it should be next to nothing

Mounting the rims isn't a problem. Mounting the tires is the issue here.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

^

sorry, meant to say mounting the tires on the rims lol




DHP :thumbsup:

[!Yaminashi]

just to chime in about prices when i worked there

prices were for each tire for mounting&balancing:
$15 for 16" and under
$20 for 17"
$25 for 18"
$35 for 19"
$45 for 20"

$5 to dismount

just to mount or just to balance was 1/2 the price listed.

prices are and still are on par with most places.

unless u go to some el super cheap place that has a tire machine that is older than u.

AHA! I was right:D

[jpark]

teamwork autosports in burnaby, super cool people

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

i dont know dude, teamwork is like going down since 5 years ago

[lexluthor09]

The thing you're all forgetting is, the quality of work isn't based on the shop, it's based on the people working there.

A guy with no experience using a Corghi machine will fuck up just as much as guy using an old school pry bar style machine. Trust me I've seen it happen.

That being said, most of you are getting ripped off at the prices I'm hearing.

I've done 25 series 22" with no problem scratching the rims, both reverse mount and regular mount styles on the OLD school prybar machines. Like i said it really depends on who does it, and the experience level they have.

And 125 bucks to swap on tires? It's roughly 40/50 bucks at my place and I'll even balance them for free. 125 is how much it costs to balance/mount. Yikes.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

^

and which shop is that?



the listed prices seems pretty fair, most shops charge that much.

[SRTOY]

i called them a while ago and kens not there anymore. im sad. wtf happened

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

^

old story son

[!Aznboi128]

i called them a while ago and kens not there anymore. im sad. wtf happened
that was so long ago....

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

like nearly 5 months ago
:rolleyes:

[DC5-S]

Why did ken quit? He installed all the mods on my car. Good thing I'm finished modding now
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[!Aznboi128]

Why did ken quit? He installed all the mods on my car. Good thing I'm finished modding now
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no one is ever finish modding their cars, there's always more to add/change

[drunkrussian]

there's sorat (another rs sponsor)

advance autosport in North Van, pretty good prices

got my new tires there 6 months ago. Very cheap prices plus he recmmended me a different (cheaper) tire that was better for what i needed. Quick service too; just had to wait for the 2 ppl getting theirs put on ahead of me

are advanced rs sponsors? If they are sponsors and are as bad as some ppl say, i'd be kinda disappointed, as i expect RS to only allow quality sponsorship.

[!SG]

ADVANCED AUTOSPORTS (located in north van) IS SORA'T WHEELS.

same company, same guy, just different name, hence the banner change!

got my new tires there 6 months ago. Very cheap prices plus he recmmended me a different (cheaper) tire that was better for what i needed. Quick service too; just had to wait for the 2 ppl getting theirs put on ahead of me

are advanced rs sponsors? If they are sponsors and are as bad as some ppl say, i'd be kinda disappointed, as i expect RS to only allow quality sponsorship.

[!Yaminashi]

Why did ken quit? He installed all the mods on my car. Good thing I'm finished modding now
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I dealt with ken alot before he left, some days I'd stop by after work just to hang around the shop a bit. I asked the other guys in the shop at the time why he was leaving and nobody knew :(
Sucks, ken was a good guy

[acurael]

Yah Ken was awesome...i feel lost now...nowhere to go. I cant trust anyone:mad:

[Lomac]

The thing you're all forgetting is, the quality of work isn't based on the shop, it's based on the people working there.

A guy with no experience using a Corghi machine will fuck up just as much as guy using an old school pry bar style machine. Trust me I've seen it happen.

That being said, most of you are getting ripped off at the prices I'm hearing.

I've done 25 series 22" with no problem scratching the rims, both reverse mount and regular mount styles on the OLD school prybar machines. Like i said it really depends on who does it, and the experience level they have.

And 125 bucks to swap on tires? It's roughly 40/50 bucks at my place and I'll even balance them for free. 125 is how much it costs to balance/mount. Yikes.

:werd:

The shop I go to for getting tires mounted and balanced will actually do it for the price of a 24 pack of timbits, when it's not simply free. It's not a Canadian Tire nor a fly-by-night "performance" type shop and they do have both new and old school mounting machines. I've never had a problem with scratched rims before, regardless of which method I saw them use. It all boils down to experience. Even an "idiot-proof" machine can still do damage if someone new isnt' familiar with it.

[!Aznboi128]

ADVANCED AUTOSPORTS (located in north van) IS SORA'T WHEELS.

same company, same guy, just different name, hence the banner change!
oh my bad, lol always called him "sorat" so that was unique lol

[SRTOY]

Yah Ken was awesome...i feel lost now...nowhere to go. I cant trust anyone:mad:

me too :mad: oh well i ive been going to garage5 and theyre just as good. nice guys. no bs. i really dont like a&j or teamwork

[roverT]

You can also goto www.thespeedsyndicate.com

I've known them for years and they just opened up the shop. They have the touchless Corghi machine which also does runflats. Pretty heafty machine and I know that they are VERY well verse on it since they've been using it previous to their new business. Give them a shot.

The owner has been working on my car for 2 years now and has done all the mods that I couldn't do on my driveway. Totally trustworthy. I was there today and they're working on some custom mods to make an S55 and CLS55 faster. They've already modded the CLS55 to run an 11.344@124.8 1/4 mile at the drags with more mods to come. I'd say they know what they're doing.

[acurael]

speedsyndicate? Is this shop opened by the previous workers at Advanced? Alex and...cant rmb the other name. If so I will definitely check them out.

I had no issues with Advance until all the people that worked their left...they must of left for a reason - obviously the owner/new ppl doent know jack shit since they cant even mount 19 inch rims without scratching the shit out of them!

[roverT]

You are correct. :) They are doing something bigger and better now. I totally trust them with my 17, 18, and 19's....haha. They even do 24's as well! Can't wait for them to start posting here in due time.

[umpadupa]

im gonna have 2 say Sorat, great prices + free mount and balance

[124Y]

I just went to Speed Syndicate a few days ago to get some tires mounted. The guys there are very nice and helpful! Moreover, the pricing is pretty good.