# most dirty cheap tire mount/balance you know **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [April 12, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/most-dirty-cheap-tire-mount-balance-you-know/105509 "2007-04-12T13:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![killa\_snake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killa_snake/32/5588_2.png) [@killa\_snake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/killa_snake)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/most-dirty-cheap-tire-mount-balance-you-know/105509/10 "2007-04-13T00:20:20Z")
> [@Paint touch up: Where?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paint-touch-up-where/12116/9): > > So your saying that you’ll just use more people to push the sidewall down? Doesn’t that cost the shop more money as the division of labour is concentrated on the single task where as they could be working on something else? > > You only served to prove my point that it takes more time for 1 person to mount tires on larger diameter rims. > > When I mount tires on my 16" rims, I’m also 10x more careful not to ruin the polished aluminum lip thus taking a bit of extra time to setup the rubber guard (cut hose) and position it accordingly. If I was being paid by the hour, it would cost the owner more money… > > Thirdly, larger diameter rims require newer machines. Newer Machines cost money… duh. If there’s a machine dedicated to 17"+ rims then I don’t see why it wouldn’t cost more to mount them. > > Just like anyting in a shop, everything is an investment with expected returns over a period of years. Actually i Did not prove your point at all you were talking about time not all that other stuff. I said it takes 2 more seconds BUT some tires are harder to mount than other like potenzas doesn’t matter what size rim its on its just harder to mount.As for the different machine sure but you were talking about time and i said it doesn’t take more time and for your polished crome lip or whatever that your specific rim and care is relative to the person who is mounting the tire. Nothing with tire size. The fact is that it doesn’t take more time to mount bigger tires. I’ve done tires many times. The time factor is the hardness of the tire and the profile of the tire… or if its streched or not… many things like that. Not the rim size. a 15 inch rim going to a 16 inch rim isnt costing the shop a 5 or 10 dollar increase in time. unless for some reason they have a machine for every single size of tire and the machines get progressively slower and slower the bigger rim they mount. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/most-dirty-cheap-tire-mount-balance-you-know/105509)._