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Labour fee for changing wheels? - mklam90 - 09-04-2013 08:35am
Hi guys
So today I received the phone call from the dealer telling me that the car is ready to pick up at the end of next week. Currently the car has style 2 wheels and I was wanting to upgrade to style 6. It is $2000 extra, which is understandable as it is the listed price on the option list. Though my dealer said there would be an additional labour fee of $218.75 to swap them over. So I was just wondering if the price is reasonable or?
Labour fee for changing wheels? - Stadt Panzer - 09-04-2013 08:51am
No idea how much that is in euros but I presume they are swapping the tyres as well? If so then I'd expect to pay around 120 euros.
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - recordman - 09-04-2013 11:16am
In the UK I expect a dealer might want to charge for an hour's labour just to swap over 4 wheels. Therefore, about GBP150 inc VAT = +/-AUD220.
You would have thought though that as you had bought the style 6s through the dealer, from the options list, they would have fitted them for nothing as presumably they are making a margin on the sale of the bigger wheels.
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - BA74 - 09-04-2013 10:57pm
I did not pay any labour fee to have the same done.
I call shenanigans!
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - mklam90 - 10-04-2013 02:37am
(09-04-2013 10:57pm)BA74 Wrote: I did not pay any labour fee to have the same done.
I call shenanigans!
Yea, that's what I originally thought as well
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - The Valeter - 10-04-2013 10:32pm
My dealer changed them free of charge though when I mentioned it to the salesman he said £20 per wheel as in £10 on & £10 off though when I mentioned it to the parts/service dept he said they would do it when the car is PDi'd as the wheels have to come off anyway. Even £80 in the UK is taking the p*** given they use airguns.
If you arn't worried about the tyres that are currently on the car then drive to a local tyre specialist as they should do it for a nominal charge - that is unless the dealer does it FOC which they should do given the price of the wheels is extortionate in the first place.
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - BMW86 - 11-04-2013 05:36am
Are you transferring the tyres to your new set of wheels?
Generally tyre shops charge $5 to strip and $20 to fit a tyre to a wheel.
There should be no cost if they are swapping a set of wheels/tyres for another set of wheels/tyres.
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - mklam90 - 11-04-2013 08:28am
(11-04-2013 05:36am)BMW86 Wrote: Are you transferring the tyres to your new set of wheels?
Generally tyre shops charge $5 to strip and $20 to fit a tyre to a wheel.
There should be no cost if they are swapping a set of wheels/tyres for another set of wheels/tyres.
I would assume they just swap the whole set of wheels and tyres with another set because they use different tyre size
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - WB - 11-04-2013 02:20pm
If you're going style 2 (17") to style 6 (20") then there is no tyre swapping to be done and the dealer is clearly trying it on. You shouldn't have to pay a penny for that!
RE: Labour fee for changing wheels? - Kojak - 11-04-2013 05:27pm
(11-04-2013 02:20pm)WB Wrote: If you're going style 2 (17") to style 6 (20") then there is no tyre swapping to be done and the dealer is clearly trying it on. You shouldn't have to pay a penny for that!
Plus 1
(except for the slip up....
style 2 are 18" )