SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: Brad @ SCJB on July 07, 2010, 08:22:41 AM
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I need a set of tires for my truck....currently have 265/65/18 ....something close to that will work.
anyone know of any deals? i dont need anything extreme
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ya i am looking too.
trying to find a 38x15.50x18
i had mickey thompsons on it but i guess they stopped making that tire in an 18 inch rim. so now i am looking at toyo or kuhmo. both are 500 bucks per tire.
so 2k just for some new rubber. f my life.
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jeeeeeeese....and i was bitching my stock chevy replacements are 800 for the set
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ya i wish. the cheapest i found was a set of toyos on ebay for 1700. and that does not include shipping mounting or balancing
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Brad, got the best hookup for ya.
look up your tires on Discounttiredirect.com print the page and take it to Discount Tires. They will match the price. The website usually has free shipping so make sure they don't try to charge you for the shipping at the store. The website has the best prices (cheaper than tirerack) and is based out of AZ so if you do decide to order them, only a day away. But like I said, store will match their website price. Discount also offers a pretty good tire insurance for life of tire for like $30 per tire. I had a screwdriver go thru the sidewall of a tire with 30k miles and they replaced no charge!!!
Anyway, hope that helps bro!
Sam
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Just paid $120 for a full set of take offs. Got them off Craigslist still had the nubs on them, $12 bucks a wheel to swap to my rims.
New they are $900 out the door.
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I have all new rubber going on this afternoon , Here is a pic of what happend to me on Friday on my way to the river!!!
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hey Marc, did you take it back to ProComp? I think they have a pretty good warranty. That looks like internal failure to me.
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Ive had those tires since I bought the truck 6 years ago!
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Just paid $120 for a full set of take offs. Got them off Craigslist still had the nubs on them, $12 bucks a wheel to swap to my rims.
New they are $900 out the door.
been watching CL....found some stuff....mostly takeoffs w/ 50% life left for like $500-$600.....few hundy more, i can get them for new. so why bother?
Big-O tires has these for $120/each.....reviews on various sites seem like they arent the best, but ok for the buck and get the job done.
http://www.bigotires.com/Tire%20Detail/FALKEN/STZ04/12514 (http://www.bigotires.com/Tire%20Detail/FALKEN/STZ04/12514)
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called big-o about the tires....guy starts rappin about these tires...
BIG-O TIRES: BIG FOOT A/T ALL TERRAIN
http://www.bigotires.com/Tire%20Detail/BIG%20O%20TIRES/N-A/12645 (http://www.bigotires.com/Tire%20Detail/BIG%20O%20TIRES/N-A/12645)
$665 out the door.....comes with the road hazard warrenty.... anyone have any experience with them?
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I can get you these for $668 but you have to get them installed.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?width=265/&ratio=70&diameter=18&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&manufacturer=Pirelli&x=17&y=2 (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?width=265/&ratio=70&diameter=18&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&manufacturer=Pirelli&x=17&y=2)
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I can get you these for $668 but you have to get them installed.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?width=265/&ratio=70&diameter=18&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&manufacturer=Pirelli&x=17&y=2 (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?width=265/&ratio=70&diameter=18&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&manufacturer=Pirelli&x=17&y=2)
buy the time i ship them or pick them up...install..etc...i might as well buy a set of BFG AT's locally....im gunna go over to Big-O on my lunch break and check out these A/T's they are offering me. i read some reviews...no one is saying anything bad about them except one guy who blew out the sidewall at 75mph.....but he also had 100k on them :screwy:
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Just DO NOT buy CHINESE tires :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:
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Just DO NOT buy CHINESE tires :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown:
ok....what are considered chinese? please elaborate.
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They will have on the sidewall where the tire was made, for ex. made in the USA etc.
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ya i also spun the tread on my new trailer on the way to the river last friday. plus it screwed up the fender on my brand new trailer.
hey mark. how much father is martinez from walters camp up river from you. i was down at walters on sunday and it was not that bad of a drive. i was just wondering how much father i would have to go to get to your lake
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Just a little info on the chinese crap. I manage a plant that retreads truck tires. We do not retread chinese tires at all. Have tried to but they cant even make it through the machinery. The casings that do come in I can sell to Mexico for 5 bucks. The china crap wears like a pencil eraser, if they hold up. One example from a while back guy came in for 8 new truck tires, they were a lot of money to him so he passed, and went and bought chinese for maybe a third the price of the goodyears. Didnt make it out of town and blew one. Almost to Vegas and blew another. On the return to cali, blew another. With 3 expensive road calls the price of the tires etc, he could of bought the goodyears and been WAY ahead. Also they have had a BIG recall on thousands of passenger tires for a defect, they didnt put in a special layer of gum in between the belts, a good reason for them being cheaper. Hell they even recalled thousands of the little valve cores for defective reasons. The CHEAP china crap really put a hurt on the US tire industry.
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did some light research...looks like the big-o tires are made by kelly-springfield here in the good old U.S. of A. :thumbup:
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Kelly is a Dammnn GOOD tire, I might add :thumbup:
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forgot, Kelly owned by goodyear ;D
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I had to do this when all you guys were at the last unofficial meet. Called everywhere in town trying to get the OEM BFG Rugged Trail T/A in a 17. BigO was over 9 bills OTD. I almost died. And of course we have to order. Nah I need 'em now. At 45K two of them were badly checked/cracked and one blew out the inner sidewall which still looked new. Go figger.
Anyhow after doing the internet deal, WISHING Marc wasn't at the river :mad: I ended up with USA made Dunlops with a 20K better warranty for about $420 for only 2. Put the new ones on the back as I was pulling the boat to Tahoe in 4 days. Now the front end wanders like a mutha fugga. It was better actually towing, and it is getting better as they wear in, but its been a PITA.
I don't know how some of you ballers do it. :screwy:
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I have no problem selling anyone on here tires at cost , but you all live so far away that it's not worth it!
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Dunlop, another Goodyear made tire. I know what ya mean Marc. The distance :thumbdown: Tire prices are going thru the roof. Even the tread rubber we use is getting ridiculous, price wise. Mostly because the price ofr natural rubber, and carbon black are soaring, and who do ya think is buying the crap outa it.....china
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We install a lot of Goodyear and Michelin tire on RV's.
The crazy thing is most of the take off's have great tread... but all are over 6 years old.
Make good playground equipment ;)
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Is there a no B.S. paste/spray/jizz that will help protect my tires from weathering. I rotate them but the truck parks facing north. Can't change that.
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OK GC, I am not an expert here on the tire keeping it looking like new deal. But I will give ya my .02... OK, the real simple way which I have used for a long time is brake fluid. Not a lot, just a simple wipe down, and then after a little bit another wipe down again, that being you don't want it on your paint on the vehicle. OK so everyone can give me crap now, but let me splain. If ya think about it brake FLUID, not OIL is used in your brake system. The reason for that is the brake fluid does not deteriorate the rubber seals in your brake system, so think about it on tires ::) OK so now I need to bail a little, the woman is bitching about dinnner is ready..... I be back :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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The "rubber" parts inside of most master cylinders, wheel cylinders and calipers are in fact Neoprene (synthetic rubber). Allowing Dot-3 type brake fluid because it is not natural rubber.
Many British vehicles used natural rubber in there brake components... thus requiring Dot-4 (LMA) brake fluid.
But... for your tires, I don't think it really makes any difference ;D
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been watching CL....found some stuff....mostly takeoffs w/ 50% life left for like $500-$600.....few hundy more, i can get them for new. so why bother?
I had to look for a while until I found a set, just took some patience on my end. Was damn near on slicks on the rears when I found them but couldnt drop what the tire places wanted.
Good luck!
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I was around before they had armore all and all that stuff, with two older bros. We used to use brake fluid, gas whatever. They even had this stuff called "Tire Black" where you acualy painted the tires. Alot of guys used this shit to lose the white , This was before raised white letters too, if you wanted white letters, or red or whatever, you had to paint them. My Bro worked in a machine shop and got some silicone spray which I used on the bike tires.
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did you use dinosaur blood to make the paint? ;D
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did you use dinosaur blood to make the paint? ;D
Oh OUch! LMFAOOOOO!
Ray
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Got the new shoes on today....happy so far...
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Good looking tire Brad :thumbup:
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If ya don't mind my asking, what did ya pay for em ??? Kinda wanted to compare with some of the prices I got
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If ya don't mind my asking, what did ya pay for em ??? Kinda wanted to compare with some of the prices I got
$686 out the door
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I bought 315/75/17 when the deal was buy 3 get 1 free ...
I got the Big Foot A/t's So far so good ...
I paid 941 outthe door installed.. So far so good..
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I got just about the same price $946 for 4 BFG Rugged Trails which were OEM replacements from Big O. 40K warranty from mfg.
I ended up with Dunlops for about $30 a tire less with a 60K warranty. Still friggin' expensive. :mad: