What mobile tire replacement costs, line by line

The price of replacing tires at your driveway has five parts: the tires, installation per tire, the trip to you, disposal of the old tires, and any state fee. Two of those parts vary a lot, and this page shows which, with published figures from public pages and the date we read them. None of these figures is our price. Ours is one all-in number built for your job and shown before you commit.

The five parts

Part	What decides it	Published public reference (not ours)
Tires	Size, brand, speed and load rating, quantity	Retailer catalogs; the tire is usually the largest line
Installation per tire	Mounting, balancing, valve stems, TPMS reset	Tire Rack Mobile Installation: "prices start at just $40 a tire" (read 2026-09-16); local installer listings on SimpleTire ranged from about $55 to $130 per tire across our metros (Detroit, Nashville, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston; read 2026-09-16); shop mount-and-balance summaries of $15-45 per tire appear in third-party cost roundups (costinsighthub.com and rimsandtires.net search summaries, secondary, 2026-09-16)
Travel or call-out	Distance from the technician's base, time window	Often bundled into the per-tire figure on mobile pages; sometimes a separate fee
Disposal	Per tire	About $2 per tire in third-party summaries (costinsighthub.com and rimsandtires.net, secondary, 2026-09-16); some providers include it
State fee	Set by state law, per new tire sold	Varies by state; we cite the state page in the metro cost page before publishing a number

Why two quotes for "four tires" can differ by hundreds

The tire line explains most of it. Two 225/65R17 all-season tires from different brands can differ by more than the whole installation fee. The second reason is what the installation figure covers: some quotes include valve stems, TPMS reset and disposal; others add each line. Our quote checker tool puts a quote you already have next to these public ranges so you can see which lines are missing or doubled.

What does not change the price

Whether the visit is at home or at work, as long as the spot is level, paved, and allowed. Whether you asked online or by phone. The day of the week, unless a same-day request needs a rush stock pull, which we state as its own line before you pay.

What changes the price

• Different front and rear sizes, or staggered fitments.
• Run-flat or EV-rated tires, which need specific equipment on the van.
• Locking wheel nuts without a key, seized hardware, or damaged wheels; these can stop the job, and we charge nothing for a visit we cannot complete safely.
• Customer-supplied tires, where enabled: the tire line disappears and an inspection line appears.

How much does mobile tire installation cost?

Installation alone (mounting, balancing, valve stems, TPMS reset), separate from the tires themselves, is the line that varies most by provider. Tire Rack Mobile Installation states prices "start at just $40 a tire" (read 2026-09-16); local installer listings on SimpleTire across our metros (Detroit, Nashville, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston) ranged from about $55 to $130 per tire (read 2026-09-16). Add disposal, at about $2 per tire in third-party summaries, and any state fee, and the installation-only total for four tires spans a wide public range depending on where you are and who you book. None of these figures is our price; they show why "installation cost" alone does not answer "what will I pay," because the tire line usually dominates the total.

Is mobile tire service more expensive than a shop?

Sometimes, based on the public references on this page: mobile installation figures we found ($40 to $130 per tire) sit at and above shop mount-and-balance summaries of $15 to $45 per tire from third-party cost roundups (costinsighthub.com and rimsandtires.net, secondary, 2026-09-16). A shop mount-and-balance quote is often the cheaper line item on paper. What a mobile visit charges for is not showing up at a shop, waiting, and making a second trip to buy the tires separately; whether that is worth the difference depends on how much your time and the extra trip are worth to you, not on which service is definitively cheaper.

How our price is built

Estimated all-in provider cost for your scope, plus our margin, shown as one number. We do not publish a rate card yet because we have no completed jobs to base one on; every price is built for the job in front of us and confirmed before payment. Metro cost pages appear only where we hold at least three dated local price observations with comparable scope.

Questions

• Is it cheaper than a shop? Sometimes, sometimes not. The public references above show mobile installation figures at and above shop mount-and-balance figures. What you save is time and a second trip; what you pay for is the van coming to you.
• Can you quote without the tire size? No. The size decides the tire line, which decides most of the price. A photo of the sidewall is enough to start.
• Do you charge for the estimate? No. The price is free to see; you pay only after we confirm a provider slot.

Why book this way

• Your price online in minutes. No callback, no estimate visit, no waiting for someone to get back to you. Typically the quickest way to book this service.
• One all-in price before any contact. Of the national mobile tire services we read, only Tire Rack publishes an installation price; the others quote after you contact them or reach checkout (read 2026-09-16 and 2026-09-17).
• One point of contact from your request to the finished job. We work with a local partner and answer for the result.
• You pay only after the price and your booking are confirmed.

Get my price

Price confirmed before payment; checkout is a labeled preview until payments are enabled.

Sources

• Tire Rack Mobile Installation, "On-site tire installation prices start at just $40 a tire", read 2026-09-16.
• SimpleTire installer listings and operator price pages observed in the 15-metro assessment, 2026-09-16 (see markets/launch-15/mobile-tires.json).
• Third-party shop cost summaries (costinsighthub.com, rimsandtires.net) cited as secondary evidence in research pass B, 2026-09-16.
• Search demand: Ahrefs 2026-09-16, "mobile tire installation cost" 150/mo; "tire mounting and balancing cost" 70/mo.