Thanks for the reply guys, and instead of making a new thread ill ask it here

what brand tires do you guys recommend? im looking for AT tires that will last me a long while

procomp?toyo?nitto?

what do you guys suggest?






info:

35/12.50R18 AT tires

$429 a piece, totaling to $1,719.96

how much am i looking at to get them installed?

i already have the rims, because my previous tires were the same size

thanks all!

 

Shop I work at, if you bring in a set of 4 new truck tires, it would be probably around $125 for those big dogs.

 

If you bought the tires from Tire Rack, we have recommended installers that have negotiated prices and we can drop ship the tires directly to them...

 

Depends on your local shop's rates.....get on the phone and call around.....

 

Yeah, and us at the shops don't make any money on those ridiculous prices. Takes time away from people who actually spend money at my shop on tires and service to install tires on a car that I'm never going to see again for any sort of service.

 

Some of the shops around here are starting to refuse to install tires bought on the internet and/or if they do install them they have the customers sign liability waivers and/or charge significantly more to install them....which i think is only fair to them....

 

Prices vary widely. In my area, most shops charge $10 each to mount/balance a tire that you bring in. They charge more if you want road force balancing.

 

I always think of it as a symbiotic relationship - there is not much mark up in tires (or there shouldn't be..). The installer gets the tires and the customer into the door and the installer can up sell them into wipers, brakes, alignments, lifetime mount and balance... you know, money making things...
Also, there are not too many installers that can stock an over abundance of different types of tires (summer, all-season, winter) in their facility and still be able to be profitable.
Providing the customer with exceptional customer service will ensure that customer will continue using that local installer for all future needs. Returning business is a beautiful thing.

 

I wish we could refuse to do installs on tires purchased online. BUT, us being a corporate owned location, we have no choice in the matter.

 

I'd say MAYBE 1 out of 10 customers I get with tires purchased online or elsewhere at drastically reduced price than at a retail location like my shop, buys anything else. Most of the time they don't even want me to check the alignment on their vehicle, and that's FREE!

I get returning customers from online purchases, with more online purchased tires! They do not buy anything, period.

I don't want them as my customer, and I don't need them as my customer. But I have no choice in the matter other than to service them for their install.

The worst is when someone orders my products from somewhere online and has them sent to my shop for install. Then they come back to me for a warranty issue or something with the tires and I refuse to service them as I did not sell them the tire and they get pissed at me and now I'm the bad guy.