Kwik Fit

They're fitters, they're fine for stuff like that. They are not mechanics, but it doesn't take a mechanic to fit tyres.

They are normally expensive though so don't know why you would use them unless you have to or just cant be arsed shopping around or doing it online
 
How deep are your pockets?

Order from an online place, like www.camskill.co.uk are usually the cheapest, or blackcircles.com gives an option to choose a local approved garage to fit them. I'd pay no more than £10 for tyres fitted and balanced each, £15 at a push but I guarantee online beats anything kwikfit rob you of.
 
Price-wise I've found them to be pretty good around our way tbh - I spent ages ringing around for 2 new tyres for the wife's car and they ended up being the cheapest by quite a bit!
 
F1 Autocentres are usually much cheaper I have found and usually a code to grab for a bit off. Sometimes even cheaper than messing about going down the Camskill route.
 
cheesyboy said:
Book online: it's a lot cheaper than just rocking up
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This. Quite funny going to the place you called a few days before asking for their best price for some tyres and them not being able to price match other places/online. One then goes online and getting the exact same brand/type of tyres online at quite a big discount and then having them fitted at their place :)
 
My mate was quoted only last week 450 for a single tyre with a weeks wait for something a local fitter got next day for 250 quid. On that basis KF Lichfield seem to be a bit bent.
 
I won't ever take my car to them. Whilst they may be "fine" I've never seen them treat anyone's car / wheels with any particular care or attention, they just whip them on and off and throw them around as fast as they possibly can. I have a "local" (not so local really anymore though) independent tyre fitter who is pretty much renowned in the area as being the best (they literally work out of a shed but they get so much business you're always queuing unless you get there at the time they open) who really take care whilst being pretty quick, and I've also used Event Tyres who sent out a particularly attentive fitter who was excellent - so perhaps look at using them if you don't know of a "good" local place.
 
Never used Kwik Fit, but I'd avoid F1 Auto Centres, whilst being cheap, my recent experience of them was very slow (an hour and a half for four new tyres and an alignment), and they didn't treat my car with much respect.
 
wingman said:
Never used Kwik Fit, but I'd avoid F1 Auto Centres, whilst being cheap, my recent experience of them was very slow (an hour and a half for four new tyres and an alignment), and they didn't treat my car with much respect.
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In what way didn't they treat your car well? I recently has 2 new tyres fitted to my wifes Yaris by them and yes they were slow but they were busy and they did all the normal things of plastic over the steering wheel and seat and a paper mat in the footwell.

Have to be honest I didn't watch them whilst they did the work but I was thinking of taking my car to them as it will soon also need some tyres.
 
Never used them and don't plan to either. Unless you're getting your A/C regassed or something, in which case you can probably also go elsewhere.
 
IAmATeaf said:
In what way didn't they treat your car well? I recently has 2 new tyres fitted to my wifes Yaris by them and yes they were slow but they were busy and they did all the normal things of plastic over the steering wheel and seat and a paper mat in the footwell.

Have to be honest I didn't watch them whilst they did the work but I was thinking of taking my car to them as it will soon also need some tyres.
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They were empty, mine was the only car there, 6 lads messing about basically (I saw them play fighting behind the tyres for a good ten minutes).

They threw my old tyres away without asking me, I asked them to go back and get them and he made a song and dance about it. I ended up selling them for £40.00 so it was worthwhile.

In terms of my car, they were revving it highly, this happened four times as it went in, out, back in again for the alignment and back out again.

I wouldn't knock the company, but certainly that branch was a bit of a joke.

Conversely it was very clean and tidy.
 
I last used Kwik Fit in about 2000 after finding three wheel nuts missing from one wheel hours after they removed and replaced it.
This was on the same day of the removal, so not a case of not checking them later as recommended.

Granted that was one incident at one branch over 15 years ago, but I'll never darken their doorstep again.
 
I always find the best price online for the tyres I want then phone around local places until I find one that will match it.

saves the hassle of waiting for delivery and stuff
 
I'm just as wary at any independent tyre place. It would be foolish to automatically assume they are better. My local place are right cowboys and I'd double check anything I let them do.

Pricewise, I've found Kwik Fit to be one of the cheapest if you want run-of-the-mill size tyres. Their market is definitely for the sizes they sell in larger volumes. They are way more expensive for performance tyres and anything in an obscure size.
 
I used my local KF in November. Needed both fronts replacing quite urgently after I found excessive & uneven tyre wear (think canvas) just before embarking on a long drive to a funeral in the pouring rain. TBH I couldn't fault them apart from taking a bit longer than expected.

2 new brand name tyres and wheel alignment to sort the wear issue. Decent price too as the tyres were 1/3 off.
 
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