Larry's Wheels & Tires - Tire Repair Shop in Valdese , NC — Local services in Valdese

I don’t leave many bad reviews, look at my profile… I will give my experience here in a play by play.

It’s a Saturday, low tire pressure light comes on. As I look for somewhere to do the job, I see Larry’s. 4/5 stars, couldn’t be so bad, right?

I call in to make sure that they have time to look at it as I have work in 3 hours. They say no problem.

As I pull in, I go into the office to speak to someone. Wait for about 10 minutes and someone comes and asks what I need. I explained that I called and asked how long before they could get to me. She goes into the bay to ask, and the guy comes into the office and says “I don’t know how long, every time you ask me, it’s going to take me longer. Chill out” Ok. I’ll just leave, no big deal. As I’m in my car looking for a new shop, he comes to the window, apologizes, and says he can get me shortly. Ok, maybe it’s just one of those days for him. No big deal. I pull into the bay, and explain I need him to look for leaks. I either need a patch or air in the tires, no more. He immediately starts talking replacement, but I say no: patch or air fill, no more, and he agrees. Takes the tires off and checks for leaks. No leak, just low air. I see that he is filling the tires higher than normal. I ask what he’s putting the PSI to. He says the minimum he will put into the tire is 40, as anything lower is dangerous. The cars recommended pressure is 32. I know this, but just incase I recently entered the twilight zone, I googled to double check. When I bring him the results of the search, he says that “anywhere that says you run a tire at 32 PSI is a gimmick” and he usually runs cars like mine at 45. 45??? Insane. I can’t talk him out of it. It’s 40 PSI: any lower and he’s letting me leave with the car in “dangerous condition”. Whatever. As stupid as it is, I’ll just take 5 PSI out myself when I leave. Then, I ask how much I owe. He says 15$ a tire to check for leaks!! No patch no repair. Just looking at the tire and then putting too much air in it was going to cost me 30$. I say to him that that is super high, but he says anywhere else would charge more and I’m getting a deal. He asks if this is gonna be a problem. Nope, not worth the hassle, I’ll just pay and never return. Had to pull off to an Autozone to take the air out. I check and he’s got them over 45 PSI! Now THAT is dangerous! I don’t know if it’s a tactic to sell more tires, or if he really thinks he’s right, or what. Also didn’t put back the 2 valve caps on the back tires. You can decide if you want to give this...

If your needing used tires DO NOT!!!!! I REPEAT DO NOT!!!!! Get tires from Larry’s used tires and wheels in Valdese nc!!!!! They are scammers they sold me a set of four tires that were dry rotted and cracked all the way around for $200 and when they jacked my car up they put the jack on the body instead of the lift point on the punch weld which bent and broke the side skirt making it pop out and when I said something about it they got pissy with me and tried to fix it with the wheel off they jacked it up higher and had it teater tottering on the jack and one wheel in neutral so it could have rolled off at any moment. They then dropped my wheel on its face and scratched it up after beating on it to get the busted tire off of it and they only tried to just take off 10 dollars for the damage they caused and after some arguing I walked out paying 160. But they then rushed me out the door and as soon as I pulled out I heard the tire scrubbing and within a mile drive home it destroyed the sidewall and the next day after noticing the cracks and dry rot I bought tires off of market place and took them up there to get a refund on the tires I got from them and have them swap the wheels I went and bought and they still tried charging me 80 bucks for a mount and balance on them and gave me no refund for the 160 on the tires they took back into there possession that had the dry rot so basically they ended up charging me 160 for a mount and balance on 4 rims after damaging my car and rim and this is the second time I’ve gotten dry rotted tires from them and the first time they gave me a Refund but now they don’t do refunds ?? But they take there tires back ???? I’m never taking my business there again and hopefully you don’t either and there were multiple witnesses of...

Went to this place for a couple tires and a plug on a few different occasions. First off, I checked the TP of one of the ones he put on and it was at 59 lbs. Idk what happened there. Idk why I went back. I had to get another tire after getting a nail stuck on the outside of the tread. I’ve been told it was probably there when they put the tire on because it wasn’t holding air and others have seen nails in their used pile. Turns out it was the wrong size and they didn’t balance any of them. That can cause transmission problems. My car was shaking while driving and that was why. At some point they slammed the wheel on and shattered my sensor. There are places around with very similar prices that do good work. Nicer tires. Best of all, the employees pay attention. My family and I will not be coming back and we were consistent customers.

If I wanted free stuff I would be calling. I gave you money and...