Mexicali Tires

Summary for those who don’t want to read my essay:
–Shady bait and switch in telling you he misheard your tire size over the phone and that the correct size is more expensive.
–Did not balance my wheels
–Extremely overpriced
–Sold me damaged tire that deflated hours later
I called 30 minutes before closing asking if they had my size. Guy on the phone confirmed he did have my size and he could accommodate me up until closing. Drove all the way there and arrived 10 minutes before closing. The employee at the gate kept making the motion a baseball umpire does for «safe» over and over again. Idiot finally comes to my window after making his arm gestures for 30 seconds and says they’re about to close. I told him of my arrangement with guy on the phone. He let me in and I met the guy on the phone, who took a look at my tires and said he has them in stock but they would be $ 20 more each than the size I told him over the phone. That’s BS as I clearly enunciated the size several times over the phone. He quickly installed my tires and didn’t even balance them! Later that night I found one of the tires deflated.
I feel like he took advantage of me because I told him I’m driving up to the mountains in the morning and because I showed up 10 minutes before close and no other tire shop would be open. His work was rushed in that he didn’t balance the tires or install one of them properly.

I used to come here all the time when I was young. They were affordable, did good work, and were great to deal with.
That time has obviously long gone. I was in a bind, and needed their services again. They were expensive, and unfriendly.
At least the work was done quickly. Needless to say, I will not be coming back.

Worst customer service ever, there listed hours of operation are not correct. If your in an emergency situation do not come here.

A lot of other shops would try to scam you, but these guys give you their honest advice. Went in looking to get new tires and the mechanic told me all I need was a tire patch. He saved me around $ 200 without me even knowing what I was doing.

We brought 2 front tires from this place about 5 weeks ago. Yesterday one of the front tires shredded as we were driving. Trying to save a few bucks we almost lost our lives!
Never again!

Coming here really makes me think about how high the mark-​ups are on tires. I had 2 screws in my tire resulting in a flat. Freeway honda was closest and they were going to charge me $ 167 for a tire replacement and explicitly told me that it could not be patched. They made a point to emphasize that. They also told me it would ruin my car in the long run if I only switched 1 instead of replacing 2. Well, I wasn’t going to drop that much money. I Unilocaled a highly rated tire shop and Mexicali’s came up. I called and they asked me for the size of my tire. I had no idea. They looked it up, checked their inventory, and got me a used tire for $ 40. They also are open late! Which is great
For people who work standard jobs and can’t get out early.
They took off my tire, asked me if I would like to save the tire and just patch it instead, because I had mentioned that I was leasing. He said that if I switched it I would get charged a fee. He was thoughtful and was really helpful. I ended up paying $ 20 for the patch, and it took less than 15 minutes!
Thanks! I definitely recommend this place!

Jesus was very helpful! Only shop around which had the tire size I needed. Quickly installed tire, I asked if I could personally check my front left tire pressure, Jesus then checked all 4 for me as a courtesy without me asking, came across a valve stem which was leaking and replaced as a courtesy as well! Friendly cat walking around too. I highly recommend!

Prices for service are at their whim.
I have take our older car there a few times and always quick service at good price. However the other day I took newer car there and they sized me and the car up and wanted to charge more for service. Maybe the guy wanted extra money for lunch that day: p

I don’t know what other negative reviewers were expecting, This is a mom and dad «used tire shop», this is where you go when you can’t afford to drop hundreds of dollars on new tires.
you go in, let them know how many tires you need, they show you the tires, you do a quick visual inspection, give them the go ahead and boom!, literally a few minutes later your car has newer tires than the ones you had before. there’s no alignment, they don’t have the machine at either location (CM, SA).
I’ve been going to this location and the one in Costa Mesa for years and so far have not had any issues with them, of course when i want (and can afford) new tires i go to other tire places that will do everything. Personally i’m thankful there are places like these that are definitely a viable option when you need it.

Worse place ever. The employee who put air on my tires at first was friendly and I thought everything was going to go great. Wrong! After he put air on my tires he said that I could pay him what I wanted to. I wanted to give him two dollars at the most. After that he said he didn’t have any change for a 10 as ones so then he said the price was going to be 5 dollars. After that he told his other co worker about it and then the other worker started telling me things that it’s 5 dollars for price and this and that and then we got into an argument because I told him to correct his employees into telling customers the regular price, not the price that the customer wants and then change their minds. He then wanted to fight me because of that little issue, which at the end resulted in me calling the police. At the end I only gave the other employee a dollar. That is not how a customer should be treated. Definitely not coming back to this place, ever.

Well this was just awesome. The reviews are right. Got a flat on my Ford Explorer. Was ready to plunk down 40 – 50 bucks on a used tire. I walked in and within 7 minutes, I was back on my way only down $ 14!!! I’m not sire there was a lot of english spoken in the transaction but who needs it when it was this fast and awesome! Highly recommended! Thank you dude who only spoke two words.

Had a flat tire. I just got off of work and notice that alot of tire shops close at 6. Mexicali Tires closed at 8 which is great! Went in the guy was very helpful and honest. I went in about 15 min to close. Helped me out and was fast and quick and was out of there in less then 10 min. Definately would recommend!

Last minute emergency & they took me in right before closing time. Great & fast service. Prices are reasonable and will most definitely return for my tire services & recommend my family! 2 thumbs up

If I could give this little shop a zero, I would. I went here because they were open on sunday and I needed new tires that day. I got 4 used tires. I asked if they were going to do alignment and they said that they didn’t have the machine to do that. Weird for a tire shop but whatever. I do catering. Next day I went to my car to do my job and I noticed one of the tires was flat. I missed work and lost money. I went to their sister shop in costa mesa which is closer to me. They gave me a new tire. So far, so good. BUT, my first time on a freeway with the new tires, when I was up to 65 mph, the car started wobbling, shaking. It was scary. It almost THREW ME OFF THE ROAD. I am not talking about a mild shake. When I hit 65 – 70 mph, the car started wobbling like crazy. It was so dangerous. So I took the car to the shop. And thank god this time the owner was there. I told him exactly what happened. Despite the danger of the job his shop caused me, I was very polite as I always am. The owner didn’t want to accept that it was caused by the tires. (My car has absolutely no problems, no mechanical, no balance issues, nothing. And it was incredibly smooth up until I got the tires from this shop.) I tried to explain all that to him. …that I didn’t have this problem till I got new tires, that my car doesn’t have any issues. He just didn’t want to do anything with it. I couldn’t believe that I had to argue my way through what I paid and deserved. And the owner at that point was YELLING at me. Yelling and still arguing that it wasn’t his fault. He is not worth dealing with. He is a just i don’t even know what to say, low class, thrasy, … I mean he really is not worth the trouble. Go do business with another shop. By the way my car still wobbles. The problem is unsolved. So if anything happens to me while driving, let it be known it was this guy’s fault. Put him in jail and let him rot the way he deserves.

I saw the reviews and Unilocal,and yes sure enough this place is really fast. I was out of there in 10 minutes. The staff is friendly and only sells you what you need. May not look as fancy as other major tire chains, but your definitely gonna save some money. I will definitely return. Oh and they’re open late as well.

Excellent Fast Service, Unbeatable prices on tires that have 80% of their usable tread left.
If you have bad slightly unbalanced rims you cant afford to replace or some front end/​control arm/​strut/​spring issues that you can’t afford to fix… why buy new tires that will wear down 4 x faster than normal? Save your money, get the underlying issues fixed… then put on new tires when your car is ready for them.

Fast– really fast– HONEST and friendly! So happy I came here to get my tire repaired. No nonsense and didnt try to sell me tires I didn’t need yet! I will definitely come back when I do need tires. I never review anything but I felt compelled to after the great service and spectacular price.

Decided to try a local spot for tires and I am glad I did. I picked up 4 tires at a good price. Martin gave me the best deal I have seen anywhere. Highly recommend Mexicali tires. He will give you excellent tires at an affordable price. Lots of brands to chose from.

Bought my husband a set of tires here at a good cost. Best thing is he is open late. Planning on buying another set for another car this week.