Changing wheels / tires at tire shop (instead of dealer)?

[Rainey]

Is it okay to get new tires and rims put on my MachE at a tire dealership and not at my local Ford dealership.?
I just don’t want any problems ?

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[HuntingPudel]

Perfectly fine. Just make sure the tires you are buying have a load rating at least equal to the load rating on your OEM tires.

 

[Rainey]

Oh okay …Thank you very much for your reply

 

[GuliblGuy]

You may want to point out to them the area they have to put the pucks to lift the car, because if they get lazy/not paying attention and lift it by the battery area that's bad news. It's the only thing I would be overly paranoid about.

 

[highland58]

You may want to point out to them the area they have to put the pucks to lift the car, because if they get lazy/not paying attention and lift it by the battery area that's bad news. It's the only thing I would be overly paranoid about.

Here is the diagram of the jack points if you don't have it.

 

[voxel]

Is it okay to get new tires and rims put on my MachE at a tire dealership and not at my local Ford dealership.?
I just don’t want any problems ?

Yes. Use the jack points though.

My Ford dealer quoted me 4-5 weeks on a tire replacement but Discount Tire came through in less than 4-5 days and were cheaper. Ford dealer even told me to go elsewhere for the tire!

Mach-E tires have a high load index and are not overly common at tire shops.

 

[Rainey]

You may want to point out to them the area they have to put the pucks to lift the car, because if they get lazy/not paying attention and lift it by the battery area that's bad news. It's the only thing I would be overly paranoid about.

Thanks for that .. info …because I am kind of paranoid about going to a tire dealership .

 

[Rainey]

Here is the diagram of the jack points if you don't have it.

Thank you very much .. that’s very helpful

 

[dtbaker61]

Is it okay to get new tires and rims put on my MachE at a tire dealership and not at my local Ford dealership.?
I just don’t want any problems ?

just make sure they don't lift on the battery rails.
I would HIGHLY suggest installing 'lift pads' in the actual lift points and/or stickers to clarify.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...lift-pads-to-protect-mme-battery-rails.14455/

 

[CRPony]

We purchased our winter tires at Kal Tire and had them put on rims that we supplied. No issues even though they had never seen a Mach E. We gave them the information on where to lift the car. Much less expensive than purchasing a winter package through Ford.

 

[Polar]

Thanks for that .. info …because I am kind of paranoid about going to a tire dealership .

Have you never had tire work done on your car before? Go make friends with some tire guys. Or buy from tire rack and swap them yourself; hell tirerack now has mobile installers in some areas. I had them put my snows on on my OEM 18s last year.

The MachE is no different than anything else from the last 70 years.
Just heavier and a ton of torque on the lugs (150 ft/lbs).

 

[machdady]

Anyone use mobile tire repair from tire rack? Had my new Conti’s installed at dealer Sen really dont want to go back to repair a nail in tire. Hoping to just order replacement from tire rack and then have it installed at home but not sure if they know the Mach e enough.

 

[Polar]

Anyone use mobile tire repair from tire rack? Had my new Conti’s installed at dealer Sen really dont want to go back to repair a nail in tire. Hoping to just order replacement from tire rack and then have it installed at home but not sure if they know the Mach e enough.

Read my reply right above yours.

The tech who did my tire swap was great. I’m sure your mileage may vary depending on region.

 

[tuminatr]

I would think that a place like Discount Tire would do a great job.

 

[machdady]

Thanks!

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