Tires & Mufflers Depot

I’ve had tires mounted at Tire & Muffler Depot many times but my most recent visit means I’ll go elsewhere the next time. I called for an appointment and I arrived at the scheduled time. There was one customer already there so his car was on the lift. There is a second floor lift but I guess it was broken.
I only needed one side of the car changed so the mechanic brought a floor jack over to raise the car. Instead of putting the jack at the obvious lifting point he placed it half way between the two jacking points. I was standing there and said no please position the jack at the proper spot. He said no it doesn’t matter and before I could get the manager he started raising the car. After he got the car up I asked him to place jack stands at the lift points and lower the car on to them which he did. When we looked under the car you could see where his jack had tore away the undercoat and marred the floor. Damage done.
Then when he finished with the tires and had the wheels back on he started moving the floor jack over under the engine to try raising the car from there. That wasn’t going to get the back of the car high enough to get the rear jack stand out besides doing damage to the under tray that covers the bottom of the engine. I found a big block of wood to use to spread the pressure out where he placed the jack the first time and raised the car briefly to get the stands out. Tak wasn’t around that afternoon and the manager was somewhere else. The receptionist wanted me to stay around for 15 or 20 minutes until the manager returned but I’d had enough. Exasperating. I really got the impression they no longer take pride in their work or care if they damage your car or scratch your wheels.
I’m glad I stayed with my car or who knows what damage I might have found later. I was given a discount as sort of an apology but it didn’t change my mind about not returning here again.

After they overcharged the living hell out of me. I continue to find that my struts have been destroyed. They disnt even refill my tires! Just the same as all these other 1 star reviews that happened months ago. Clearly they have no care about customer service or the customers belongings. To include the big fatty will yell at your face and all I hear is saliva.

The best

I noticed a nail in one of my tires so I took it down to this place. My parents have gone there before to purchase tires at a decent (better than dealer) prices, so I thought I’d give it a shot.
I brought my car in on a Friday afternoon around 4pm. They took a look and patched my tire in about 30 minutes and only charged $ 10. The tire has been fine since, it’s been a couple weeks and counting.

Tires and Muffler Depot in Oakland is my go to place for mounting and balancing tires at reasonable pricing. I use to go to Big O in Alameda but since they would not mount my Mini Cooper Tires I said No thanks. Oh… another time I asked for a specific tire on my Toyota truck and they used another brand– What the heck. Substitute without my permission.
The Tire and Muffler Depot sell tires from the low to the high end, mounting and balancing plus they do alignments, shock and mufflers. I usually purchase my own tires and bring them in for mounting.
So for mounting and balancing tires the Tire and Muffler Depot charges approximately $ 16.00 per tire which is a very good price. Some customers prefer the addition of nitrogen but I don’t think it makes a big difference, just stay on top of that tire pressure.
Smart Money.

Tried Tires & Mufflers Depot when they opened years ago. very nice people but they didn’t have all types of tires in stock. sometimes turnaround took a while when they took time to source the tire.
there are many other tires dealers back then so haven’t been back.

I’ve used these guys many times over the past twenty years and they’ve always been awesome. Good prices and service, what else could you want? They are more or less related to Automax next door which has also been around for 20 years with good everything.

Great service every time I stop by. Quick and efficient.
The price is competitive and they don’t sell you on things you don’t want/​need. They just get the job done.

These guys just don’t get it. They’ve got a sweet deal with
but their service just bites. They couldn’t get it right last time. Clean up my rims when you’re done. Then I don’t know, fill up the tires all the way maybe? Air is free.
This time? Get the job done. All they had to do was put two tires on. I get a call around 1:00 pm. «where’s your wheel locks?» I don’t know? Wherever you left it. You put on the last set of tires and i havent needed the wheel locks since. They went through ALL my shtuff looking for them. First look with the lug wrench dude. Why do you gotta rifle through all of my stuff an get your greasy paws all over my stuff. My toothpaste? Did you think the wheel locks were in my toothpaste? My Fastrack?
Two tires. Put them on and then clean up. Maybe armor all the tires. Is that too much to ask for? How did you even get to be with tire rack anyway. I’m not going back a 3^rd time. Twice was enough.

flat tire plug: $ 15
total wait: 10 minutes
cracking jokes with the owner: priceless

This update is a little late (2 months after my tires installed), but I was pleased with the tire installation. After the tire install, I noticed a nail sticking in my left rear tire. Took it back a few days later and Tak looked at it, pulled it out (wasn’t a full nail) and said it was fine. He did this for free.
I would recommend this place to anyone. The installer is competent, but Tak is the guy you want to talk to if you have any concerns. Having Tire Rack tires mailed directly to Tak’s place is so convenient. Note: I had an excellent experience with the road hazard warranty issued by Tire Rack as well.

I’ve been having them do my tires and wheels for several years now.
The owner and the office girls are pretty good, but I’m not so sure about at least one of their installers.
Recently, I brought them a set of 18×9 and 18×10 Cobra R’s and some Nitto 555’s (²⁵⁵⁄₄₅ and ²⁸⁵⁄₄₀) to mount and balance.
I’m SUPER PICKY about my Mustang and talked to the owner about how I wanted the work done. He knew exactly what I wanted, made sure to let the installer know what to do regarding TPMS location/​rotation and weights etc.
When I got everything back, I was surprised to see a huge stack of wheel weights stuck to the inside of the rim. Must have been 4 or 5 layers on some spots.
The installer guy gave me a bunch of excuses, saying that it was the best that could be done, that my tires and wheels were bad, and that he redid them a few times already;
i told him he should rotate the tires by 180 degrees and rebalance, but he kept saying that it wouldn’t help, blah blah blah.
Some asian guy that looked like he was the manager heard me talking to the installer and came over to find out what was the problem.
I showed him the crappy work and told him that his guy should just do what I asked.
He called some other asian guy over and told him to redo my tires.
When I got them back, they were all perfect with hardly any weights needed on the rims att all.
I took everything home and put them on my Mustang. Perfectly balanced with zero vibration, which can be tricky with the really wide tires I got.
These guys were great for all my regular work, and if you need any special aftermarket type tires and rims done, just make sure one of the asian guys works on them.
I would have given 5 stars except for that one guy that kept giving me lame excuses.

They installed my aftermarket struts and lowering springs back when I was in HS for 70 bucks. that was wayy lower than all the other quotes I got. And they also do alignments. Their prices for tires are pretty good too, and you can buy tires from
and have them shipped directly to them so they can install them on your car dor like $ 12/​tire. I’m not sure if they raised their prices since I havent been there in years but they do legit work… not always the cleanest tho.

Got few of my car exhaust system done here. 100% happy with there work.

I took my acura integra to this shop for all maintenance work from alignment, new tires and timing belt. They did great work every time.

Extremely fast and honest work. If you need a new set of shoes for your car or an oil change to keep your car running, i highly recommend bringing your vehicle here. Its relatively easy to find since it is a BIG BLUE BUILDING that you can see when you ride BART. I’m almost positive you can see it driving on 880 as well.