VA Beach/Hampton Roads

Voice59

I've been thinking about it honestly

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PapoZalsa

Posted this in the Mid-Atlantic Section like a year ago.

Finally a bought the tires a year later after my original post.

I'm looking for a Tire Shop that is not going to screw up my rims.....

European Cars in Williamsburg have the equipment to do it. They told me that they have the touch less tire changing machine, however since my car is not European they cannot work on the car.

And they are like 10 minutes from my house....

What a bunch of azzholes!!!!!!!! Screw them !!!

I live in Williamsburg so don't have the time to go across the river...plus my state inspection is expired.

Any other Shop than the one mentioned by VABAM in Newport News or Hampton?

Thanks!

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bkngo

I used Merchant's tire because they had a roll on alignment machine because every other place did not want to risk bottoming out my carbon fiber front lip. (I recently got my oil changed and cleared the ramp)

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Darketch

Probably a haul for you coming from Williamsburg, but I get all my tire work done at:

Professional Rim Shop
929 Ventures Way
Chesapeake, VA 23320
Phone: (757) 577-3348

I had to change out a tire last year and took my tire around to all the places here. No one could do it except these folks - even Merchants didn't seem comfortable at the time.

At any of these places, do a joint inspection of your rim with the manager. Once Pro Rim Shop lightly scratched the inside of my rim taking a weight off and they painted the inside of my rim for free. Looks awesome.

Their balance is good for high speed racing that onelownismo and VABAM do.

I actually get all my tire and alignments done there for all my cars.

Good Luck!

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bkngo

BTW, I took my car to the new Merchants on Battlefield right by the interstate.

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Darketch

Interesting. That was the place that didn't feel comfortable doing it. It was when they first opened.

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PapoZalsa

Thanks!

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Voice59

Fingers crossed I'll have my car on the streets by the end of the week.

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Voice59

Anybody running different tires than stock?

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VABAM

Yep. For my summer tires I'm running Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08Rs and for winter/storage Continental ExtremeContact DWS.

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Voice59

Estimate on tread life?

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VABAM

The AD08Rs are what I drive on the most. The treadwear rating on those is 180 which is about 13k miles. I haven’t worn out a pair of rears yet because of having to replace them due to damage. Now the fronts lasted about 12k but I had to replace them early too due to a slightly unbalanced wheel putting excessive wear on one. That 12k also included a few track days and multiple ZDayZ trips. I figured I can get 15k+ out of them if I actually wear them out instead having to replace them due to damage.

The ExtremeContact DWS’s barely get used so I can’t give you an accurate estimation on tire life.

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Voice59

Got it. Got the car back...feels so weird to drive now. Guess this is what ACTUALLY having an ATB LSD is like.

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VABAM

Did take a few days for me to get used to the Quaife but now I can't imagine not having it. You’ll notice it a lot in the turns. It will feel like you have all wheel steering. You might find that you’ll need to soften up the rear suspension if you have issues with over steer. When mine was installed we had to put the rear sway on its softest setting.

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PapoZalsa

Founded a Shop in Williamsburg that changed my tires without any damage to the rims, Auto Haus of Williamsburg. They did a nice job and great customer service. My Z was probably the cheapest car in the Service Shop.

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