Chucktr

Several years ago I replaced a (second?) set with on-sale Michelins for my '04 Silverado.
Got about 70K on them but time's running out.
So I'm talking to another old geezer about my next set and he sez "Y'know there's a right tire and a wrong tire for that truck..." and then he trailed off (or I did) and never did get the answer.
Bottom line (literally) is much as I love my old truck I don't want to spend a ton of money.
Advice appreciated.
Thanks!
Chuck

oldchevy

70,000 miles on a set of tires is fantastic. I would buy them again!

Chucktr

You're right! That would be my first option. But Michs are expensive. I need to have enough $ to pay for the new good quality Chevy-matched set!

jfmorris

Last set of tires I bought for my wife's car was actually purchased on Amazon, for about 60% (installed) of what the local "Tire Discounters" store wanted for the same set of tires. AND that included installation at a local tire shop of my choice - Amazon ships to them, and you make an appointment at the time you are purchasing the tires on Amazon, for when you want the tires installed - usually a week or two out to allow for shipping. The morning of your appointment you show up, and its already paid for through Amazon.

You may want to check into that if money is a factor. It was a good enough experience where I plan to do it it soon for my 2006 Silverado, for a full set of 5. I was underneath recently and am seeing dry rot on the spare, so its time to replace the spare, which is likely the original GM supplied one...

Chucktr

Good advice! Did you pick any specific brand?

jfmorris

I can't remember the brand - it was something other than Goodyear/Michelin/BF Goodrich. The Subaru Impreza she drives has very low profile tires and the only place in town that had ANY in stock for it was Tire Discounters, but when they wanted $700 for a set I could get on Amazon for $450 installed - the exact same tire, I got them on Amazon.

Its easy enough to look online at local tire places, the big box stores like Sam's and Costco, as well as Amazon, and pick a tire you like for your truck, and see who has it cheapest local and online.

The funny thing with some of the local tire specific places is that they try to upsell and upcharge you for things that don't show on their own website. I had to show the website price to the guy at Tire Discounters to get him to come DOWN to that price, and it was still too high. If we had been dealing with a blowout or something I would have been stuck, but I was just shopping for tires because it was getting down to the wear bars...