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Time to retire from all of this, forewarned is for-armed....... |
forrestkhaag |
Jul 11 2018, 03:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 935 Joined: 21-April 14 From: Scottsdale, Arizona Member No.: 17,273 Region Association: Southwest Region |
My Pal Kieth (Please have Larmo check the spelling......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) ) noticed on the lift yesterday while at eye level, that my tires are tired....... and in need of a full change out to new rubber. A good eye is always good.
Keith (SP / er,......Larmo) was correct.............. The sidewall at the or near the bead is showing hairline cracks (as are we all) and the rear set of two are measurable less endowed......... (Again,....Larmo) So the question is, is Tire Rack or other the way to go or there a better Tire Rack? Or just bite the bullet and go the Newport Beach Porsche Dealer route to go all in on their offer to replace all four mounted and balanced for (.....the bargain price of....) $1267.00 plus tire disposal fees ( 20 bucks a tire) and disposal of the disposal wrapping needed in SoCal to dispose of disposal stuff,... add fees of 25 dollars a corner + an environment impact up-surcharge of 45.00 dollars per corner / to cover that hideous rubber-exposure after take off / that which is exposed to the sun or air in the human condition in SoCal not mounted. ......... it goes on and on.... And the air still sucks. However,... I'm thinking Tire Rack.............. Insight or what is your bad or best experience on a new set of treads? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Attached thumbnail(s) |
infraredcalvin |
Jul 11 2018, 04:41 PM
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Distracted Member Group: Members Posts: 1,504 Joined: 25-August 08 From: Ladera Ranch, CA Member No.: 9,463 Region Association: Southern California |
Done the tire rack thing, it’s fine but mounting is kind of a pain, lots of tire shops try to ream you on the mounting - even though they commit to a price on TR...
I go to Tucker Tire now, better prices mounted & balanced then TR charges for tires and shipping only. They are genuinely nice guys too... |
914-300Hemi |
Jul 11 2018, 07:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,355 Joined: 7-September 06 From: San Dimas, CA Member No.: 6,794 Region Association: Southern California |
Done the tire rack thing, it’s fine but mounting is kind of a pain, lots of tire shops try to ream you on the mounting - even though they commit to a price on TR... I go to Tucker Tire now, better prices mounted & balanced then TR charges for tires and shipping only. They are genuinely nice guys too... I have had bad experience with Tucker Tire and will never go back to them. They broke the seal on my 3 piece wheel and it leaked. I took it back to me and just said that the rim leaks and have someone fix it. When they put the rims on they never torqued the nuts. I called them and all they had to say was sorry and never admitted to anything including shoddy workmanship. Ravi |
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