Rols574

so my car has what i believe are 15" rims. I bought 17" rims and just received an order to a local tire shop from Tirerack. Tirerack called me to make sure that the 245/45/17 would fit in the car and i told him that when i bought the rims from mustang plus that the suggested tires had those measurements and also from reading around in forums that i had seen those tires in other 67 mustangs. He said that he didn't think there would be any rubbing issues either. Anyway i called the tire shop and they said that all they would do was to install the tires on the rims but not on the car because they didn't have "the specs" for it. huh? what?

am i missing something?

Thanks

PS. if it matters any i have drum brakes all around

Iskwezm

not sure why they wont put them on the car unless they dont want to be liable.

Rols574

This is what i'm thinking as well

Derf00

This ^^

If a particular rim/tier size combination is not an OEM option, most shops are shying away from actually installing on the car for liability reasons.

Perfect Example. I went to Costco a few years ago and wanted to 1+ my tire size on my 00 V6 Mustang from a 225 whatever that was stock on my v6 to a 245 whatever that was stock on the GT. Mind you the rim could handle it no problem. They said they couldn't do it because the tire wasn't an OEM option for the V6 that year.

Taking it a step further, Costco again, wouldn't even rotate and balance OEM rims/tires on a newer car stating they didn't sell the tires/install to me so they couldn't touch it.

Too many people wanting what they want then if they (the owner) make the mistake, they try to hold the installer liable.

Stangatic

Wow.... Never heard of this. but then again, I would pay someone to put the rims on the car if they charge for that..... My first thought is maybe they would do some alignment checks, but I guess that's not true.

69mach1377

That's the problem I have with buying tires and/or rims online, the fitment issue.
Brick and mortar is more likely to work with you until they fit right.
Otherwise, the car owner assumes all the risk.

Iskwezm

not to mention online sales is killing the brick and mortar stores.Save a few bucks, but have no recourse if you need it.

Rols574

now i know why they dont install. I found a place that was willing to do it and got the tires installed. 5 days later while driving down the NJ parkway the rear left tire came off and into the wheel well before shooting off ahead of me. when i get the car towed to my body man he used a torque wrench on all the nuts a discovered they were torqued to only 45lbs of pressure. Insurance company will only cover so much and im stuck a couple of thousands!!

question: should i lawyer up and go after the tire shop or should i just bite the bullet?
my body man says its useless because they will claim it wasnt their fault, what you guys think?

putz54143

I work in the tire business, make copies of your bills and go back there this sort of thing happens. they should pay the bills i know my company would and have. The lug nuts should have been torqued to approximately a 100-120 ft pounds. And then retorqued after driven a few miles.