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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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Tire shop - Need Quote Opinion

Hey guys...well i stoped by the tire shop to get a price quote on some 33inch toyo mt and he quoted $330 which seemed a little high. He said he could get them in 3-4weeks. He also said they would slow down my truck due to weight and the thickness of the tread. He said i wouldnt get that many miles out of them. Is he making a good point or bs? thanks
 
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Devin4X4
Hey guys...well i stoped by the tire shop to get a price quote on some 33inch toyo mt and he quoted $330 which seemed a little high. He said he could get them in 3-4weeks. He also said they would slow down my truck due to weight and the thickness of the tread. He said i wouldnt get that many miles out of them. Is he making a good point or bs? thanks
$330 each tire??
 
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:25 PM
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Mine just came in today. Finally after 5 months on back order. I got them for 275 each. I was originally quoted 300 each but I beat him down to 275. Now I am just waiting for the wheels to come in. Should be 2-3 more weeks.

I had to go to the tire shop just to look at the tires and they are k****ss! pretty heavy though.
 
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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33 x what? There is a big cost diffrence in 17, 18, 20. For 20s, thats cheep, for 17s its high and for 18s its about right.
 
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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You probably will lose a slight amount of performance, but I dont think your gonna care. You have a 5.4 with 33" tires... I have a 4.6 with 35" tires. I can live with my performance loss and its a lot more than yours is gonna be. I dont really think its gonna be that noticeable though.



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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBlackFX4
Mine just came in today. Finally after 5 months on back order. I got them for 275 each. I was originally quoted 300 each but I beat him down to 275. Now I am just waiting for the wheels to come in. Should be 2-3 more weeks.

I had to go to the tire shop just to look at the tires and they are k****ss! pretty heavy though.
I bet it's eating you alive.........
 
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Old May 19, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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You probably will lose a slight amount of performance, but I dont think your gonna care. You have a 5.4 with 33" tires... I have a 4.6 with 35" tires. I can live with my performance loss and its a lot more than yours is gonna be. I dont really think its gonna be that noticeable though.
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After I went to 305/55/20 = 33/12.5/20 I lost about 1.5 sec 0 to 60
and I am runnig 91 oct tune, Airaid cai, 3" free flowing exhaust and 4.56 LS
 
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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:10 AM
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Toyo Open Country M/Ts are pretty light considering how heavy the Nitto MGs are and they wear pretty damn good. I don't know what he was talking about, you're only going up 1" in overall diamter. Its not going to kill you.
 
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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:53 AM
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hes making a killling if you pay 330/tire i got my toyo mt's 33x12.5R18 for 248/tire mounted& balanced. ive got 14000 miles on mine so far, and there is still just barely under 1/2" of tread left... weight wise, bs as thump said, they are super light for mts- every now and again, i'll turn em over, so i call bs on the 'slow you down' part too.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 09:25 AM
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How tall is the tread brand new?
 
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Old May 20, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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BalogUK

How tall is the tread brand new?
after going back and looking at my first pictures from mounting day, and scaling them up to 1:1, then checking the service records from yesterday, and the toyo stat sheet i am adjusting my first answer lol- the starting tread on the toyo mt is 21/32" [.82"] (which is the same as the bfg mud terrain, also the nitto mud grappler) as of yesterday's service visit, I have 16/32" [.5"] of tread remaining @14,000 miles.
 

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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBlackFX4
Mine just came in today. Finally after 5 months on back order. I got them for 275 each. I was originally quoted 300 each but I beat him down to 275. Now I am just waiting for the wheels to come in. Should be 2-3 more weeks.

I had to go to the tire shop just to look at the tires and they are k****ss! pretty heavy though.

I should have mentioned. Mine are 275 for 33x1250x20. 18's should be even cheaper. Good luck
 
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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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I guess its safe to say that the Toyo Open Country M/Ts would last around 30,000 miles than.
 
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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:49 PM
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which is awesome for an mt if you ask me- you're gonna like em when you get them thump- they're great tires really- i can go up the mountain at 50 mph on dirt and gravel, and never once lose the back end on a corner-
 
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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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ya thats really good miles for an M/T, with my procomp M/T's that i had on my ranger (big mistake) at 6k i had less then half the tread left! they sucked!
 
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