Tire Prices Up Again

[05 1500HD]

I just looked on distcounttiredirect.com

Last week I was looking at ordering the lt265/75/16 BFG at ko white letter out and they were $181.00 per tire. Just looked and now they are $217.00. Whats up with the hike? I need to hurry up and decide, which tires I want.

[RyanbabZ71]

They have been going up for some time and I have been seeing articles on my daily sme (society for mfg engineering) email briefs. Reason: rising material costs. Google it there are a ton of articles.

 

 

 

Just an example

 

April 08, 2011

 

Goodyear will raise prices up to 8% on May 1

 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is planning to raise consumer tire prices for the second time in two months.

 

Effective May 1, Goodyear will increase prices on all its replacement passenger and light truck tires in North America up to 8%. The company already raised price on March 1 (see below).

 

A Goodyear spokesman said the increases were necessary because of increasing raw material costs.

 

Goodyear is the latest tire company to rise prices in 2011. Here is a rundown.

Consumer

 

* Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. applied an increase up to 15% on all passenger and light truck tires exported outside Japan in early April. That follows Yokohama Tire Corp.'s price increase (up to 8%) on all of its consumer tires on March 1.

 

* Michelin North America Inc. will be increasing prices up to 8.5% on Michelin, BFGoodrich, Uniroyal and private and associate passenger and light truck replacement tires sold in the United States. The prices will go into effect May 1. Michelin also raised prices on Feb. 1; the increases varied by product line.

 

(Michelin also announced it was raising Michelin and BFGoodrich passenger and light truck winter replacement tires sold in Canada by up to 7% on April 1.)

 

* Nexen Tire America Inc. raised tire prices up to 8% on April 1. The increases applied to warehouse orders and April FDC production. Nexen also raised prices "up to 8%" on Jan. 1.

 

* Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. increased prices on passenger and light truck tires by an average of 8%, with in-line adjustments, effective March 1.

 

* Hankook Tire America Corp. increased prices on its full line of passenger and light truck tires by a weighted average of 7%. The increases went into effect April 1.

 

* Cooper raised prices on its light vehicle tires on March 15. The increases in total averaged around 8% to 9%, with in-line adjustments.

 

* Continental Tire the Americas LLC raised consumer tire prices in the U.S. up to 6%, with some in-line adjustments, on April 1.

 

* Federal Corp. raised prices on its passenger and light truck tires by up to 12% effective March 1. The percentage increase varied by product lines and continents. There also were in-line adjustments for all onward orders and remaining back orders.

 

* Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. raised prices on all passenger, light truck and medium truck tires effective March 1. Kumho says the details of this increase will be provided to its customers in the near future.

 

* Goodyear raised consumer tire prices on March 1. The increase, up to 6%, applied to all brands in the U.S. and Canada.

 

* Falken Tire Corp. also raised prices on March 1. The price hikes on Falken passenger and light truck tires ranged from 5% to 8% depending on the size, with in-line adjustments as needed.

 

* Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC raised replacement and original equipment consumer tire prices on April 1, The increases on Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand passenger and light truck tires in the U.S. and Canada varied up to 8%.

[mhenshaw]

I order last week from discount tire but I ordered them off ebay. They run 5% sales off already cheaper prices than their website.

 

I paid 756 shipped for 275/60/20 Cooper Zeon. So 189 a tire. Those tires are 207 on their website.

[Mckenzie]

Everything is going up to make them especially rubber products...Check your local tire guy, 217 bucks for a 265 seems ridiculous... i paid 748 for my 285's mounted balanced and aligned.

[RyanbabZ71]

Everything is going up to make them especially rubber products...Check your local tire guy, 217 bucks for a 265 seems ridiculous... i paid 748 for my 285's mounted balanced and aligned.

 

When? If it was a few months ago its a mute point.