I want to get the KO2s in 285/75/16, set of 4 tires.
Called local Costco and they quoted $230.99 per tire bottom line installed, balanced. That's $923 for set of 4.
Discount tire direct is $228 shipped, that's $912 plus mount balance locally approx $15 per tire so bottom line 912+60 = $972
Tirerack is $840 for set of 4 plus $112 shipping. With local mount/balance the bottomline would be $1012.
Just checked 4wd.com and they indeed have an amazing price of $671 for set of 4. Adding mount/balance would be $731.
Two questions:
1. I am very new to the LC world - is 4wd.com a reputable vendor? Good/bad experiences? Just wondering why would they do such a big discount. Any advice before I order?
2. Is there any other vendor that could do even better than 4wd.com (which I think is already a great price)?
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Ive bought many sets of tires over the past several years and I have searched and searched for the lowest prices all over. I have basically purchased tires 2 different ways.
1. Go to Discount Tire in person, ask for the manager on duty, get a price on the tires you want, then negotiate. The manager has the authority to lower the price to get the sale. They will also price match with prices you find online. If they don't have them in stock, they'll order them then call you when they come in, take your car in, they install them, boom, done. Good thing about Discount Tire is they do free lifetime rotation and balancing. But be careful, every time I go in there, I hear them trying to upsell some poor schlub on wheels or something. I never get the extended warranty certificates or anything, just get in and get out. Ive heard them say something like a "wheel is bent and it won't balance right." But DTs aren't all over the country, in some areas its called Tire Kingdom I think and then there are other unrelated chains that probably operate the same way. Just find the one closest to you and try to establish a relationship with them.
2. Find the tires online, (ebay, National Tire and Wheel.com, 4WD.com, etc....) have them shipped to you (the free shipping is key here) call a few local tire shops to get the lowest price on mounting and balancing, lug the tires up there and say here you go, mount em up. This is often the cheapest way when different online retailers have sales or something, like 4WD apparently is right now. Michelin and BFG also do rebates every other month or so which helps. At DT, you fill out a form and they send you a Visa card with $70 on it, some of these retailers work that into the price up front.
Ive never bought a set of tires from Tire Rack, Ive always found them cheaper elsewhere, usually a good bit cheaper.
As far as 4wd.com, they are huge. Pretty sure they are the same as 4wheelparts.com because they have the same prices on tires right now. They sell a lot of stuff, probably just selling stuff on smaller margins because they sell so much. So far so good, with them. I ordered them last Thursday, and they sent me an email confirmation immediately, then sent an update with UPS tracking numbers the next day. The tracking numbers went live the following day, and as of this morning, they are in my town, out for delivery today. As far as the date of the tires, I wouldn't worry about that with the KO2s since they are a new tire. Im a dealer so Ive bought dozens of sets of tires over the past several years for cars I was restoring and selling, and this is what Ive found.
. Since the only off reading my 100 sees in driving into my garage I'm OK but I love the looks of the 2's, would of waited if I knew they were coming out. My problem is that the last KO's I had on my 80 series lasted over 80k miles. So I think I'm good for awhile.
