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Rick98Z

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Well after searching and searching for cheaper tire prices on some Xterrains I found a great deal from an ebay store for $750 shipped to my door...now that is $100 cheaper than anywhere else on the net right now. I decided to get a price match from 4wheelparts to see what they would do and I got an email back from someone named chuck who said no probem they'd match it. Well when I called, chuck had already left for the day and I was told to call back today. Well called today and chuck is not in, so I explained the whole deal to the guy on the phone and offered to forward chucks email. He said no biggie, I trust you, just need to get approval from my manager. Comes back a couple minutes later and says there is no way...best price is $840.

 

Now that I've waited the ebay store has jacked their price up $100 to what everyone else is selling them for. I've since emailed chuck back explaining my frustrations with their company and forwarded it to 4wheelparts president Greg Adler. I'm so freaken mad right now...they just cost me an extra $100 on tires I could have ordered Friday from ebay and been done with it...

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Combatvet0311 Enthusiast

Combatvet0311

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Yeah I know what your talking about. I picked up my xterrains off ebay for $700. However I've had some decent luck with 4wheelparts...i do wish they'd give me a break every now and then as I have dumped an a$$ load of money into them already...spent $2000 on my 44" boggers, $1300 on a 7" procomp lift, $700 on my Procomp Xtreme Alloys, all from them. you'd think after 4000 grand they'd toss me a coupon or something.

chud53 Enthusiast

chud53

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yeah i think 4wheelparts is a joke when it comes to being competitive in buying wheels, tires, intakes. They are good with lift prices and installation prices, i lucked out and got my wheel and tire package when they were offereing a buy 3 get 1 free with any pro comp wheel or tire but i still payed 5,000 for lift, wheels, tire all installed, but besides that they really are not competitive when it comes to wheels and tires, the lift and tire warranty is the reason why i guess which are both pretty nice. But they are pretty helpful i know they gave me a free 10 day check up on my lift when it had been 4 months since i had the lift installed. Can't all be winners, win some lose some

Combatvet0311 Enthusiast

Combatvet0311

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5 grand for lift tires and wheels!!! GOD d**n!!! I guess thats why I did it all myself..then again, yours will probably last alot longer, and I had to replace 2 ball joints and both front brake lines....eh..it was fun anyways.

chud53 Enthusiast

chud53

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yeah they called me while they were installing my lift and told me that with the mileage on my truck i had to replace my u-joints and my tie rods, my truck has like 203,000 miles on it NOW, and i had the lift installed at around 196,000 so that also added like 150-200 bucks to the price it ended up being 4,600 out the door, $650 for labor, so not quite 5,000 but close enough.

chud53 Enthusiast

chud53

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yeah i've been very pleased with how its been running, i havent had any problems with it yet (knock on wood) i purchased the truck with 190,000 on it and i couldnt pass up on it, it has everything in it leather, heated seats, bed liner all that stuff, and the leather was in brand new condition and he said they were the stock seats, and that he drove from waco to austin all the time so i took it for a test drive and i knew i had to have it, so yeah the 5.3 is still very strong, and larry your truck looks badass, you have the other color truck that i was looking at, i love that billet grill, the clear corner turn signals, the hood, the wheels and bed cover you have good taste. :thumbs:

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