Never Fix your tire at Kal Tire!

[guessboi]

Originally posted by inline6turbo
Sorry they wouldn't own up to it.... perhaps maybe a disgruntled ex employee would be willing to go with you and prove they did it and how? Just throwing that out there...

Thanks for the offer Renee, lol. they actually told me on the phone how they did it and how all their machines have that rubber part that you told me. I called that BS.
I will keep you guys updated on this and will post pics on a nice sunny day. lol.

[D. Dub]

I've used the Kal Tire at North Hill many times and they've been very friendly, helpful efficient and honest -- really nice because it's right beside North Hill Station for a quick train ride downtown

[Shlade]

yep kal tire sucks... all punks working there... i would know my buddy worked at one.. he admitted to me to scratching almost every rim at his shop on 130th ave... yep yep they wont admit it but they sure will screw your rims up!

[g-m]

man I take pictures of all my shit if I'm ever forced to let someone else do it. Pictures with a cell phone with a date in the pic, or a newspaper, or magazine, parking receipt, ANYTHING that has the date on it and I try to get their shop in the background.

I don't trust any so called mechanics in calgary. I learned how to do my own shit so I didn't have to deal with it

[Hamann]

I always go to the one on Edmonton Trail, always get awesome service...

I've taken all my vehicles there, my mustang didn't exactly have "low profile" tires (255/40's) but they never scratched the Cobra R's I had on it, and I was fucking anal about my first Mustang.

Guess its hit and miss with locations or something...

[Rat Fink]

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[vipstyle2]

if it was scratched previously, the front desk will make a note of it when they bring the rims in.
november 23 i think, i purchased 2 tires, waited nearly 2 weeks and never came in , while there they fucked on guys tpms, one woman said her leather seat wasnt ripped before,this was at edmonton trail, so many problems gaaahh

[kolumbo69]

I went to the one in the foothills industrial and some god damn grease monkey was to god damn lazy to cover my Sparco Sprints properly and got grease and dirt all up the one side. They just gave me the run around

[dphillips]

Originally posted by KandabashiDevil
Since when are 40 & 50 series sidewalls "low profile"?

Definitely chase Kal Tire for this one! No excuse to scratch the wheels.



No.
What's pathetic is how you expect them to open up and do your tires on a Sunday.

I quoted your post as proof that the customer is NOT always right.

Ha. I was there probably the same day as the guy you quoted. On the Saturday. So, during a crazy snowstorm, with customers lined up and the phones ringing off the hook, they close down the next day? A Sunday? Unreal. Closing down shop during the summer I can see, but not in the middle of a snowstorm. Clock your hours, and make money. Btw. this isn't a crack at the guys working at the shop, but management.

[guessboi]

so the general manager called today instead of the assistant manager. SAME BS. can't do nothing, must be the debris on the road,etc, etc...ie. no way they can damage my rims...

I am going to take pics before I get it repaired. stay tune guys.

STAY AWAY FROM KAL TIRES UNLESS YOU WANT SCRATCHED RIMS AND BAD BUSINESS PRACTICE.

[canuckcarguy]

I figure there's 2 ways to discourage damage at the shop. First, always bring your car in clean - they're way more likely to treat the car well if it looks well cared for. Second, I take pictures of the rims in their parking lot on my cell phone before I give them the keys, and point out any pre-existing damage - that way they know I'm familiar with my car and will notice any new damage.

It's always worked for me. I haven't dealt with Kal for a while, but I always got good service and good pricing there in the past.