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Which one of you is at Discount Tire putting Chinese tires on your Tundra?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:30 am
I’m at DT this morning getting the wife’s ( <—-Avatar) SUV’s tires rotated/balanced. I’m waiting and guy comes in and tells service guy he needs tires on his Tundra and “only wants ones on sale” . Sales guy gives his recommendation, customer not happy with the price and asks for something cheaper. They go back and forth and settle on some Chinese brand I’ve never heard of and customer finishes with “Are they good tires? I am wanting tires that are quiet and will last.”
Man he’s in for a disappointment.
Man he’s in for a disappointment.
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Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:33 am to Big Block Stingray
That’s what happens when you finance a car for ten years and have to pay for Jaxton’s travel ball.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:33 am to Big Block Stingray
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Man he’s in for a disappointment.
you're now a tire rubber expert? Do you really not know that maybe he made a decent financial decision saving money on tires even if he gets 75-85% of the treadwear an alternative could have provided?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:36 am to Big Block Stingray
Tires are expensive and I don’t blame anyone for wanting cheaper options. But I do blame them for thinking they will get good tires the cheaper they go.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:37 am to Chad504boy
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you're now a tire rubber expert?
Yep, Top of my class at Michelin University
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:39 am to Big Block Stingray
Speaking of tires, any of you baws considered re-treads on your truck? Cheaper but I foresee the cap turning loose and destroying a quarter panel with it. 
no it to mention steering me into a huge white oak or oncoming taffic.
no it to mention steering me into a huge white oak or oncoming taffic.This post was edited on 8/15/25 at 9:40 am
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:42 am to Big Block Stingray
I remember years ago when I got some Hankook Dynapros AT tires for my truck. I had never heard of them and they were the best set of tires I’ve had.
Think I paid around 3-400 for the set and nowadays I’m assuming they are around at least double that.
Think I paid around 3-400 for the set and nowadays I’m assuming they are around at least double that.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:57 am to White Bear
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re-treads
Nope. They are a mistake.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:58 am to WhuckFistle
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I remember years ago when I got some Hankook Dynapros AT tires for my truck. I had never heard of them and they were the best set of tires I’ve had.
Yep , Hancook truck and SUV tires are actually made in Tennessee.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:01 am to Big Block Stingray
Maybe he plans to trade in this truck in the near future but needs a set of tires to get him by. I say that because I usually get around 80K miles on Michelin Defenders. But if it was time for tires and I know I was not keeping the vehicle for another 80K miles, I’d go with a lower cost tire. Not sure I’d go Chinese though. Maybe Coopers or something similar.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:02 am to Chad504boy
quote:I'm a penny pincher but cheap chinesium tires are not something I would place my life's worth at to risk it. There's a balance and Toyo tires are usually cheap enough and "good enough" for me not to go gambling with a roll over at 80 mph.
you're now a tire rubber expert? Do you really not know that maybe he made a decent financial decision saving money on tires even if he gets 75-85% of the treadwear an alternative could have provided?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:07 am to Big Block Stingray
he got them linglongs?
This post was edited on 8/15/25 at 10:08 am
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:10 am to Big Block Stingray
Some of the shite people can be nosy-assed busybodies about and feel the need to run here and tell everyone about never ceases to astound me.
Now stop snooping about what tires I'm buying and worry about your own damned self!
Now stop snooping about what tires I'm buying and worry about your own damned self!
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:14 am to WhuckFistle
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I remember years ago when I got some Hankook Dynapros AT tires for my truck. I had never heard of them and they were the best set of tires I’ve had.
Think I paid around 3-400 for the set and nowadays I’m assuming they are around at least double that.
Hankook and Kumho are Korean brands that were good enough to meet global OEM specs and started coming on new cars probably 30 years or more ago. I used to run Kumho race tires on my SCCA car.
Most people pay little attention to what brand of tire is on a new car, which is why you had never heard of them, but the OEMs pay a lot of attention. Both Korean brands came of age during the Firestone/Ford Explorer fiasco, and were very conscious of safety from the start. Sometimes they weren't the greatest tire on the market, but they were always benign and safe.
Chinese brands? None of that applies......don't know that I would buy a set even if I was selling my vehicle tomorrow.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:15 am to Big Block Stingray
Buy discounted tires online and just pay someone to have them put on. It’s a long shot, but you can sometimes ask a local shop to use their equipment early hours and do it yourself.
If you’re really desperate, sometimes you can find tires in good shape on a car in the junkyard as well. I do that with trailer tires.
Don’t listen to the big box store chains that are only trying to upscale you on expensive tires and act like nothing else exists.
If you’re really desperate, sometimes you can find tires in good shape on a car in the junkyard as well. I do that with trailer tires.
Don’t listen to the big box store chains that are only trying to upscale you on expensive tires and act like nothing else exists.
This post was edited on 8/15/25 at 10:16 am
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:21 am to Chad504boy
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Do you really not know that maybe he made a decent financial decision saving money on tires even if he gets 75-85% of the treadwear an alternative could have provided?
you can get good quality tires at good pricing.
but like everything else when you go to the very bottom of the cost scale, you typically also get the very bottom of the quality scale as well.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:29 am to Darth_Vader
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Maybe he plans to trade in this truck in the near future but needs a set of tires to get him by. I say that because I usually get around 80K miles on Michelin Defenders. But if it was time for tires and I know I was not keeping the vehicle for another 80K miles, I’d go with a lower cost tire. Not sure I’d go Chinese though. Maybe Coopers or something similar.
I see nothing wrong with this. Every time I am in need of tires the first question from my mechanic is "how long do you plan to keep the car", then it's "is this the car you do your family trips in"; from there, we figure out what's best
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:33 am to Big Block Stingray
What did her buy, West Lake?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:39 am to Big Block Stingray
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Yep , Hancook truck and SUV tires are actually made in Tennessee.
didn't know that, thanks! I've been running Hankooks on my Tundra and 4Runner for a few years now and love them.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:46 am to BabyTac
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Buy discounted tires online and just pay someone to have them put on. It’s a long shot, but you can sometimes ask a local shop to use their equipment early hours and do it yourself. If you’re really desperate, sometimes you can find tires in good shape on a car in the junkyard as well. I do that with trailer tires. Don’t listen to the big box store chains that are only trying to upscale you on expensive tires and act like nothing else exists.
Anyone with a brain would never let someone come into their shop and mount tires
Hey do you mind if I use some of that Mobil 1 over there while I’m here?
This post was edited on 8/15/25 at 2:10 pm
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