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01-19-2010, 08:46 PM | #1 |
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Tire dealers Please Read
I'm buying some coys wheels for my truck from the states, "I'm in Australia", it is worth me buying tires as well, the guy I'm getting the wheels off is offering me some tires which we're not familiar with down here
they are 255/45/20 Goodyear Eagle RS/A - $160/ea. 255/45/20 General Grabber UHP - $130/ea Are these tires any good, I don't want a noisey truck tire just something that will give me good milage, ride and performance the guy is also an agent for Toyo and Nitto Your input would be greatly appreciated |
01-19-2010, 09:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: Tire dealers Please Read
Let me know how you go Marty,
I tried to buy tyres in last year and it took me 5 weeks... ended up finding a great shop in Brisbane - let me know if you want their number. I would love to get new rims as well in the future so keen to know your outcome.
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01-19-2010, 09:35 PM | #3 |
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No worries Lara, I'll let you know when I get it all sorted
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01-19-2010, 11:02 PM | #4 |
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Re: Tire dealers Please Read
the general grabber uhps are a really cool looking tire and they are the best in that class of tire. theyre in a 'performance pick-up' class so i think that they'll deffinatly perform well.
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01-20-2010, 07:56 AM | #5 |
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Re: Tire dealers Please Read
i dont have any first hand knowledge of either tire but i was recently looking for tires and found the tire reviews on www.tirerack.com very helpfull. so if you try a search on there maybe you can pickup some info
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01-20-2010, 08:23 AM | #6 |
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Re: Tire dealers Please Read
if you google goodyear rsa you can see the tread design. I sell a few of these, and find them to be a good tire at a very good price. Quiet ride
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01-20-2010, 09:51 AM | #7 | |
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if you need any help with shipping the stuff over there let me know. I can help you out. |
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01-20-2010, 10:39 AM | #8 |
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I got the bid on ebay for the coys 20x8.5, someone else bid in the last few seconds but I got one over him , hope it wasn't anyone here !! I did really want the Boss 338 but they don't have the backspace I need, I'm sure I'll be very happy with these
all I goto do now is decide on some tyres |
01-20-2010, 01:53 PM | #9 |
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I have found through the years that the reviews/feedback on the Tire Rack (www.tirerack.com) website are a great resource. I have purchased tires based on the feedback on their website, four times now and every time I have been completely satisfied. I believe the Generals typically rate much better than the Goodyears. I just purchased my first set of Generals based on Tire Rack reviews and once again, I am totally satisfied.
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01-20-2010, 02:05 PM | #10 |
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You sure those wheels are the right bolt pattern?
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01-20-2010, 05:47 PM | #11 |
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01-20-2010, 05:53 PM | #12 |
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the truck bolt patterns are 5X5"
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01-20-2010, 11:17 PM | #13 |
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I paid $350 a corner for mine last year - I will pm you contact details for my guy.
My Ford cost me $670 a corner and it has 2WD tyres.... it is crap.
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01-21-2010, 02:33 AM | #14 |
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Ha Ha not me.. Im riding around on 30%- right now cause I don't want to fork out the $$ for new ones at 1700 a set. Thanks to our loving president raising taxes on all tires last year. My tires went from 1450 a set to 1700-1800.
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02-19-2010, 08:00 PM | #15 |
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I bought a Goodyear Eagle RS tire. Size P255/50R-20 It cost me $136.00 at Discount tire. I will use it as a spare tire. If you buy tires from America, and have trouble with them it would cost you a lot of money to have them replaced. You would have to ship them back to where you bought them. Do they sell 20 inch tires in Australia.
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02-20-2010, 04:07 AM | #16 | |
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02-19-2010, 10:49 PM | #17 |
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Discount tire.com has free shipping and good prices, but I don't know if they will ship that far.
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02-25-2010, 11:06 PM | #19 |
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Goodyear Specs:
http://www.tirerackwholesale.com/tir...del=Eagle+RS-A General Spac: http://www.tirerackwholesale.com/tir...h=true&place=0 Go General This Time!!
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Still, dont get the RSA's./ ahaha..
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02-26-2010, 12:55 PM | #21 |
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Oups Sorry about the wholesales side but you can still go there to review tire just loose the wholesale word.
Just tryin to help?
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02-26-2010, 01:11 PM | #22 | |
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Being in this business, there are so many shady things businesses do.. Especially with reviews.
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02-26-2010, 01:17 PM | #23 |
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I gotcha! Thanks
and Areed! but after twenty five plus years of selling tires i just found the Racks reviews pretty acurate.
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02-26-2010, 01:20 PM | #24 |
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Ya, they definetly seem fairer then the rest. Thats for sure. i really like tirerack.
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02-26-2010, 01:31 PM | #25 |
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