I ran into the same problem when I wanted new tires for my GMC dually. Costco has a policy where they will only replace with the same type and size of tire the vehicle originally came with. If you take your wheels to them, they will do it that way. Boils down to a liability issue. Once you have a different tire on the car, then they will do anything you want.

 

Non-runflat tires will fit just fine on the stock rims - I've run them on mine. I agree - buy the tires at the good price then go to a different shop to have the mounted/balanced.

 

Well I just talked to every Costco tire manager in the Fresno and Clovis area CA. And not one of them will do it. They all told me that they will only install Run Flats and will not install any other type of tire if the original equipment was run flats. So I'M screwed. Costco will not install them.

Thank you everyone for your help.

 

I'm thinking you have been running a brand of RF's that were not great tires and wanted a for certain better ride on Michelin's. I have Michelin run flats on mine now, I took off the original BF Goodyear, and dropped Michelin's on after looking at a number of other brands. Got to the point where I went with what I know. I love em', won't buy anything but for any car I have.

Now before the world flames me, I'll tell ya why. The ride, the wear life, the quality, the reliability, the safety, and not I don't sell tires or work for Michelin. I have put over 40K miles on every set of Michelin's I have ever owned.

Costco and other tire stores, won't waste my time, find yourself a good local mom/pop family owned tire store "Chatsworth Tire" mine here in LA. Not only will they tell you whats right, they will bend over backwards to do what you ask and beyond.
Got a nail in my tire drove to the Chevy dealer and well you know the drill, service consultant, wait, wait, news you'll need a new tire mechanic tell service advisor who tells me that will be about $450....Drove right to tire store, owner came out looked, smiled produced a pair of plyers and handed me a screw head he pluked from the tread. Smiled said no damage, did not puncture. Same tire store, wife had a nasty blow out after running over a hunk of metal that destroyed the tire. She went streight to the tire store, manager came out, about half life left on michelins. Have a seat, in 10 minutes the spare was in the trunk and the same tire and ware was on the car!!! No need putting a new tire on and in 20K you'll buy 3 and get one free...wife left happy and I saved $300 bucks in 18 months.

 

Wow, you guys are brave!!!! I won't even park in a busy Costco parking lot let alone allow them to touch/drive my baby....

I bought mine from tire rack and then took the wheels only to my local wheel guy and had them mounted and balanced.....

 

Those guys are on "crack", they need to pee in the "drug test cup"! My Non-Run flat Michelins were purchased and installed through Costco here in Vista, Ca. and the guys at the tire shop are totally "dialed in" and "up to speed"! The Costco tire shop even let me bring in a compressed air tank and they were happy to fill it with Nitrogen too! Sorry to hear of your problems with Costco.

 

Run Forest run. I would give Discount Tire a call, good luck!

 

(or America's Tire)

...what a bunch of Corvette-tire rookies...

 

I sugest buying the tires online and havign them shipped to your door (or the place putting them on to save the hastle of taking them over), I HATE chain tire places, I have all my tires put on by independant wheel and tire places that are owned by a single person not shareholders, chain places have DESTROYED my tires by putting them on wrong then they go flat on the road and of course they dont give a $#!t and wont take responsability. Have had that happen 3 times now with chain stores like sears costco etc, never had a problem with the local tire shops, one even cleans up my rims cosmetically.

 

He's got a good point. I personally wouldn't let just any old shop work on my tires and wheels... NO WAY!!

 

I just had the Michelin PS2 non runflats installed at the Folsom store, 2 weeks ago.

 

THAT'S

 

He is full of caca ! !

Go to a different costco or just buy the tires there and get them mounted somewhere else !

 

Last tire change out, I was thinking of going to non run flats.
Went to Dobbs (Midwest tire chain). The store manager told me their policy was to only replace OEM run flats with other run flats. They would not put a non runflat on my car for "liability" reasons.

FWIW...ended up getting Firestone run flats from Tire Rack and had them mounted at a local independent who was a Tire Rack recommended dealer. The Firestone Firehawks are a lot quieter and smoother than the Goodyear OEM tires.

 

I haven't heard of Costco refusing to take off run flats and replace them with non run flats. What Costco has told me is that they will not replace the tires on your car with non-OEM size tires.

However, if you bring in the wheels and tires, they will do the tire swap. At home, take off your wheels and tires, take them to your Costco warehouse and have them do the swap, then reinstall your wheels when you get home.

You do have a jack, a lug wrench and a torque wrench, right? You do have another vehicle to take the wheels and tires to Costco, right?

 

Got my Michelin PS A/S ZPs from Discounttiredirect. No charge shipping so CHEAPER than Tirerack. Called the CERTIFIED installers from both DTD and TR. They wanted extra for RF TPM and the phase of the moon. Called the GM chevy dealer and he wanted $70 for demounting, mounting and road force balancing. Wanted another $5 per tire for DISPOSAL charges. At the dealershiop while doing this the 30 year experienced mechanic ruined one of my TPS sensors. The replaced it with minimal discussion. I did inquire as to whether they deflated the tire, unscrewed the stem, and removed the TPS before dismounting the tire as SPECIFIED IN THE GM SERVICE MANUAL. THEY DIDN'T.
I offered to drop the SMs phone and PC monitor on the floor and see if it still worked. He said "you've convinced me" and that was that.
Shop around and if they do RUIN something MAKE them EAT IT. BIGHANK

 

That guy doesn't know a thing !

 

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