Another Tire Thread.

[unit731]

Anyone one do mail order for tires? If so, why?

 

Any good websites for good prices for tires?

 

Or do you just travel to local tire store and purchase?

[solarjustin]

The Tire Rack is good (www.tirerack.com), but I found by the time I would have the tires I was looking at shipped and then mounted it was cheaper to just shop around the locol stores. But I'm sure there are tires that you may just not be able to get in your area and that tire rack would be a good deal. Just shop around, but don't froget about the mounting fee that a shop will charge you, it is normaly more if you did't buy the tires from them.

[JoshRDavis.84]

tirerack.com has good prices from what i have seen, but i have never bought anything off them so i cant say about service

[omegafiler]

Tirerack is just about the only place I'd order tires from on-line. Which I have before and they arrived rather quickly. But DiscountTire can match their prices and maybe even get you free shipping or something. So I'd just get 'em all through them.

[vranasaurus]

You just have to shop around. Sometimes the online price is better than the store price and sometimes it's the other way around.

 

The last time I bought tires was 3 years ago and after looking around the local ford dealership was the cheapest for tires. Which is really odd but they were $50-$100 dollars cheaper for the whole package vs. any other place.

 

The best way to do it is figure out what tire you want, or a couple that you like, and get prices for each at local places. Also ask what it will cost you to have four tires you bring in mounted and balanced. Then take all those quotes and price them online factoring the cost of shipping and mounting. Then compare them all.

[cc1999]

I buy tires all the time for my company fleet trucks and use http://www.treadepot.com/, great prices and decent freight charges, sometimes they even run specials for free shipping.

[ws6_guy]

I've purchased from tirerack in the past, did so cause I knew I was getting exactly what I wanted. Reasonable prices & shipping

[c4cruiser]

It may depend on what specific tires you want to buy. Some tire stores have limited brands while online stores carry a wider variety. Local store may not have specific sizes either.

 

Places like Discount Tire will match the Tire Rack prices, but with online stores, you wind up paying for the mounting and balancing. Most "brick-and-mortar" stores typically offer lifetime flat repair, tire rotation and even a road hazard warranty.

 

As mentioned, you have to do the research for what you want and then get prices.

[WFO]

American Racing AR-6091 Cannon 17"X8.5" 6-5.5 5.375 B/S ( Dale Earnhardt Jr. Series) http://www.americanracing.com/browse_dale.asp

 

The Tire are 265/70R 17 Nitto Tera Grappler

 

I bought them as a set for $1444.85 and that included the tire sensors mounting and balancing. I bought them from http://www.performanceproducts4trucks.com/ before Christmas. They gave me 10% off plus free shipping. I did not want to put the money out at the time for the wheels and tires but, I knew the deal would end after Christmas and I could not resist the savings. I drove around to a few chain tire stores and they could not touch that same wheel and tire set for less than $2200.00. If you call performance up and ask the for a price just try to get then to come lower, I'm sure they will. Just don't except the first

[jbannick18]

American Racing AR-6091 Cannon 17"X8.5" 6-5.5 5.375 B/S ( Dale Earnhardt Jr. Series) http://www.americanracing.com/browse_dale.asp

 

The Tire are 265/70R 17 Nitto Tera Grappler

 

I bought them as a set for $1444.85 and that included the tire sensors mounting and balancing. I bought them from http://www.performanceproducts4trucks.com/ before Christmas. They gave me 10% off plus free shipping. I did not want to put the money out at the time for the wheels and tires but, I knew the deal would end after Christmas and I could not resist the savings. I drove around to a few chain tire stores and they could not touch that same wheel and tire set for less than $2200.00. If you call performance up and ask the for a price just try to get then to come lower, I'm sure they will. Just don't except the first

 

 

A little OT but i love the rims wfo, i was just looking at those exact ones lol

[WFO]

American Racing AR-6091 Cannon 17"X8.5" 6-5.5 5.375 B/S ( Dale Earnhardt Jr. Series) http://www.americanracing.com/browse_dale.asp

 

The Tire are 265/70R 17 Nitto Tera Grappler

 

I bought them as a set for $1444.85 and that included the tire sensors mounting and balancing. I bought them from http://www.performanceproducts4trucks.com/ before Christmas. They gave me 10% off plus free shipping. I did not want to put the money out at the time for the wheels and tires but, I knew the deal would end after Christmas and I could not resist the savings. I drove around to a few chain tire stores and they could not touch that same wheel and tire set for less than $2200.00. If you call performance up and ask the for a price just try to get then to come lower, I'm sure they will. Just don't except the first

 

 

A little OT but i love the rims wfo, i was just looking at those exact ones lol

 

 

Thanks!

[unit731]

I buy tires all the time for my company fleet trucks and use http://www.treadepot.com/, great prices and decent freight charges, sometimes they even run specials for free shipping.

 

 

Thanks. Free shipping too.

[Darkanion]

I bought some tires recently. I used the internet to find the best price and the local Discount Tire matched the internet price.. (and, of course, I didn't have to pay shipping & handling, etc)

[chitownpete]

I have purchased from tirerack and they are OK but they screwed up my order twice and what a pain to drag all that crap back to UPS. I wont do it again unless I can save at least $300 for my time or if they sell something I cant buy locally. They once sent me 4 lug wheels for a car that took 5. They took care of it but not worth the hassle. You can usually find a comparable deal at a tire store and you can always call around to see what deals are out there and they will usually match a net deal. Go to a store if you can its nice if anything goes wrong.

[pm26]

tirerack can be OK, but make sure you know what you are buying. These guys play some games - for example they are known to buy tires that are more than one year old (typically tire stores rotate their stock every year) and then discount them. My neighbor recently ordered a set of Goodyears for his BMW 330 and he spend almost $ 1000 on them. He was not happy when he found out that the rear tires were over 2.5 years old. And his front ones were fresh, but made in China! The best thing is to call tirerack before you order and find out those details beforehand. I ordered a set of Kumhos from them for a '98 Maxima and they were a good set. However, when I ordered another set of smaller size Kumhos for my other car, they sent me Kumho tires made in China! This really irritates me. Somehow I cannot connect Chinese made stuff with quality.