Shops across GTA will store tires or do full changeover
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Services like Tire Butler, shown last season, will change your tires, mount seasonal ones and take rubber away to all-winter storage.
Note: Updated Nov. 9, 2009. More services listed.
Every winter, I get letters from readers asking what to do with their off-season tires.
It inspired me to create this list to help those who don't have storage room available.
In previous Tire Talk columns, I asked storage companies and tire shops to send me their information and fee structures. I then compiled the list below.
These are only the businesses that responded to my query. I have not tested their services. I cannot comment on the quality of their work.
I do not recommend any one – this is simply a starting point for you.
I welcome any further additions to the list. Send to thetireguy_1@hotmail.com
Some shops merely store the wheel/tire sets or just the tires themselves for you, and may even go and pick them up.
Other shops will provide full service: removal, unmounting, switchover and installation.
For the purposes of this list, a changeover means the shop takes the four rim/tire pairings off the vehicle and installs the seasonal rim/tire set.
The price is much higher when the shop has to remove, say, the summer tires from the wheels and mount the winter season ones on the same rims.
In alphabetical order:
Barry Cullen Chevrolet Cadillac
905 Woodlawn Rd. W., Guelph. 519-824-0210
Storage: free
Changeovers: $48
Beverly Tire & Auto
16 locations across Southwestern Ontario
Storage: seasonal $10 per tire
Changeover: $20 per tire already on wheel (includes installation & balancing)
CAA Car Care Centres
Nine stores in southwestern Ontario
Storage: free with changeovers
Changeovers: $40 to $50 for tires on rims, $80 to $90 for mounting and balancing
Donway Ford Lincoln Sales Ltd.
1975 Eglinton Ave. E., Scarborough 416-751-2209
Storage: $75 per season
Changeovers: tires on rims $32 per set, tires mounting and balancing $60 per set
Dufferin Motors Tires
2325 St. Clair Ave W., Toronto 416-789-3238
Storage: $70 per season, for tires on rims; $50 per tires-only set
Mantis Automotive
1029 Speers Rd., Units 5 & 6, Oakville, 905-844-6219
Storage: $80 per year; car storage $200 per month
Changeovers: includes balancing $100
OK Tire Etobicoke
61 Shorncliffe Rd. Etobicoke 416-236-1277
Storage: $60 per season
Changeovers: $20 per wheel, unmounted tires installed including balance;
Changeovers: $30 per full set of tires on wheels
MTC Tire Oakville
1439 Speers Rd. Oakville 905-947-6665
Storage: $60 when changeover done at their store
Changeover: $48 if tires on rims per set of four
Changeover: $20 per wheel is shop has to mount tires on rims, 17 inches and under
Marvin Starr Pontiac Buick Cadillac
3132 Eglinton Ave. E. Scarborough 416-264-3451
Storage: $59.95 per season per set
To install on rims $29.95; seasonal changeover for tires on rims $44.95; seasonal changeover for tires not on rims, including balancing $89.95
Meineke Car Care Centre, Richmond Hill
13024 Yonge St, Richmond Hill 905-313-0776
Storage and changeover: $149.95 two tires already on rims
Storage and changeover: $249.95 two tires that need to be mounted on rims
Meineke Car Care, Barrie
66 Toronto St., Barrie 705-737-3322
Storage: $70 per season for already mounted tires includes switchover, pick-up and delivery, balancing
Storage: $120 per season for unmounted tires, dismount and mount tires on wheels, balancing, pick-up and delivery
Pickering Honda
57 Kingston Rd. Pickering 905-831-5400
Storage: $80 per season
Changeovers: $37 for mounted sets of tires; $60, mount and balance loose tires on steel wheels; alloys $80
Simply Tire
515 Champagne Dr. Toronto 416-916-9233
Storage: $120 per season, includes changeover and rebalancing of tires
Tire Butler
36 Fieldway Rd. Toronto 416 234-1688
Storage: $150 per season for already mounted tires, includes switchover, pick-up and delivery, balancing and free puncture repair
Storage: $190 per season for unmounted tires, includes going to client's location, dismount and mount tires on wheels, balancing, pick-up and delivery, and storage
Mobile service: $65 charge if the truck goes to your location for changeover
The Tire Storage Guy
55 Bridesburg Dr. Unit 508 Etobicoke 416-728-8501
Storage: $96 per season. Includes pick-up and delivery at the changeover location of your choice
Tirecraft Aurora
14 Industry St. Aurora 905-841-0319
Storage: $70 per season
Changeover: $33 for mounted wheel/tire sets; unmounted sets $80 - $100
Tire Depot
34 Doncaster Ave. Thornhill 905 882-8473
Storage: $60 per season
Tiremag
8241 Keele St. Concord 905-738-0710
Storage: $75 per season
Changeover: $30 for mounted sets, $75 for mounting tires on wheels
Xtreme Tire Garage
1044 Rangeview Rd. Mississauga 905-274-8000
Storage: seasonal $25 per tire/wheel assembly (includes washing), $15 per unmounted tire
Changeover: $10 per wheel/tire combo ($40 total) or $20-$40 to mount the tires on the rims
Email tire questions to John Mahler at thetireguy_1 @ hotmail.com. Please include vehicle's make, model and year, tire brand and size, as well as your name, address and phone number.
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