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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
id recommend staying away from any Sears Auto Center for tires. The best way to buy tires is online. tirerack.com has a shipping port in delaware and delivers to NJ in a day or two. bringing in dead wheels (loose tires) and having them do it like that is the cheapest way to get tires done. most of the time theyll forget the mount charge and just charge you with a balance.
i stay away from large chains when it comes to tires.
you can pay 75 a tire for the HTR T4's or pay 10 bucks more on tirerack.com and get the HTR Z. ive heard lots of awesome things about the HTR Z
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The HTRT4's would be for the S10, not for a performance application. the T4's are a T rated tire, and a very good tire at that.
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Originally Posted by NJ Torque
They are ****. Sumitomos suck for pretty much anything.
Also, I will always charge a mount/dismount fee when not buying our tires.
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Sumi's suck? I have had plenty of great feedback from them. Are they the best? No, but they are great for the price.
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
i have a personal vendetta against Sears Corp 
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i also understand all the different aspects of why buying in house can be more cost effective. ive been around in the industry in many different types of shops and realize that to the avg person buying at the store is cheaper in the long run. i dont worry about road hazards for the very reason that i can fix my own rubber and i rarley buy tires brand new. the only tires i buy brand new are usually some type of offroad tires which arent going to see many hazards anyway. |
Well, you make up a very small portion of the public. Most people want the ability to buy the tires and have a nation wide warranty as well as a road hazard policy in place.
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also one of my biggest reasons for hating SAC.....
ive seen 90 percent of the wheels coming out of SAC's are usually chipped, scratched and Counterbalanced like a mofo.
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Our mounters are touchless, and never contact the rim.
As for counterbalancing, Im sure it happens at other shops, if not more, then at Sears. My last two shops, the tech's were very good or had several decades under thier belts.
As for the other brands, Falken are GREAT tires. They are actually owned by Sumi. Falken's old Z-502 or 512's were not that great...but thier new 912's and the FK 452's are very good.
Kuhmo, Han's arent too bad. They have some really good stuff as well.