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Hi all, any good deal for a set of tires around? What type of prices have people seen? Tempted to just goto costco. Also considering regular tires vs run flats. Tips? I have a 1999 with the wagon wheels.
Hi all, any good deal for a set of tires around? What type of prices have people seen? Tempted to just goto costco. Also considering regular tires vs run flats. Tips? I have a 1999 with the wagon wheels.
I bought my tires from Costco. Michelin run flats. May be the best tire you can put on your car. The latest and best technology in run flats. Under 1100 out the door.
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-
'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Before you buy, check out Tire Rack and Discount Tire Direct. Both have good prices and very good customer service. I have used both and have been pleased with the experience.
Mail order are ok. I like to deal with brick and mortar when it comes to tires. If i have a problem i know who I'm dealing with, and being taken care of face to face.
Before you buy, check out Tire Rack and Discount Tire Direct. Both have good prices and very good customer service. I have used both and have been pleased with the experience.
Both Tire Rack and Discount allows you to order online and then have the tires shipped to an installer. With Discount, you pay all of the fees and when the tires arrive at a DIscount Store, you just show up with the car or the wheels. With Tire Rack, they will ship tires to you or to one of their recommended installers in your area.
The Michelin Pilot Sport SP3 is a very good tire. I just picked up a set of the PS2's in Z06 sizes and so far are much better that the old Goodyear GS-D3's that I had. I would go with a non-runflat tire. You can keep a can of Siime and some tire repair cords in the car along with a small 12v compressor. Or maybe just a AAA card and a cell phone.
I ditched run flats early on. We live in 2018, and if you have sidewall damage a run flat isn't going to help anyways. I keep a small 12v compressor and my cell phone charged. My recent set of tires I went with a fairly cheap Nexen set for the wagons. Nexen is a South Korean brand. I want to say the rears were $165 and the fronts $145 from a local dealer. I took my wheels to them for install which is what I always do with my C5. Biggest issue occurring with the stock wagons and what will likely be a further issue in the near future is discontinuation of sizes. For a while I had to run mis-matches front to rear as the previous set of tires I bought for the front had the rears discontinued by the tire supplier I was running.
I ditched run flats early on. We live in 2018, and if you have sidewall damage a run flat isn't going to help anyways. I keep a small 12v compressor and my cell phone charged. My recent set of tires I went with a fairly cheap Nexen set for the wagons. Nexen is a South Korean brand. I want to say the rears were $165 and the fronts $145 from a local dealer. I took my wheels to them for install which is what I always do with my C5. Biggest issue occurring with the stock wagons and what will likely be a further issue in the near future is discontinuation of sizes. For a while I had to run mis-matches front to rear as the previous set of tires I bought for the front had the rears discontinued by the tire supplier I was running.
Tire selections for the stock 17s and 18s are diminishing, which is part of the reason I picked up a set of C6 wheels. There are far more selections available for the 18" and 19" wheels, plus the C6 wheels look nicer IMO...
I ditched run flats early on. We live in 2018, and if you have sidewall damage a run flat isn't going to help anyways. I keep a small 12v compressor and my cell phone charged. My recent set of tires I went with a fairly cheap Nexen set for the wagons. Nexen is a South Korean brand. I want to say the rears were $165 and the fronts $145 from a local dealer. I took my wheels to them for install which is what I always do with my C5. Biggest issue occurring with the stock wagons and what will likely be a further issue in the near future is discontinuation of sizes. For a while I had to run mis-matches front to rear as the previous set of tires I bought for the front had the rears discontinued by the tire supplier I was running.
I like to hear more about the information you just stated. Side wall damage is probably the most unlikely place that you can fatally damage a run flat, it is the strongest part of the tire. This is someone that has been running them for over 20 years and have had at least 3 that needed repaired in different manners, including side wall. Also i have never run into a problem finding stock sizes for coupe or vert. That may be because i run nothing but RF.
Cheapest I could find, by far, are Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires. Better than the factory runflats IMO and well worth the price. The fronts are approx $125 and rears $150. These are non runflats. I have had Nexen's before but on a Mustang GT and the Firestone is a far superior tire in regards to grip. Time will tell on wear but I didn't complain about the Nexen's regarding wear and I haven't complained yet about the Firestones. Going from runflat to regular tires basically instantly makes the car ride and handle better at the expense of possibly needing a tow if you get a flat. Every time I have had a flat in recent years I just flat bed the vehicle to the tire store anyway so it's not different for me really
The Tire Rack web site will inform you what tires are available and you can get a price. Use that information at a local tire store and they can frequently meet or beat that price. That way you won't get ripped off from their approved installer like I did.
It never hurts to actually check with the Chevrolet Dealers GM Service Center, most now compete with the other guys online and those that have stores with good pricing.
Cheapest I could find, by far, are Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires. Better than the factory runflats IMO and well worth the price. The fronts are approx $125 and rears $150. These are non runflats. I have had Nexen's before but on a Mustang GT and the Firestone is a far superior tire in regards to grip. Time will tell on wear but I didn't complain about the Nexen's regarding wear and I haven't complained yet about the Firestones. Going from runflat to regular tires basically instantly makes the car ride and handle better at the expense of possibly needing a tow if you get a flat. Every time I have had a flat in recent years I just flat bed the vehicle to the tire store anyway so it's not different for me really
Have you had to flatbed the Vette? I would be concerned about them damaging it because it sits so low, and the possibility of ending up with a flatbed driver who's never loaded a Vette onto his truck before...that would make me nervous...
Have you had to flatbed the Vette? I would be concerned about them damaging it because it sits so low, and the possibility of ending up with a flatbed driver who's never loaded a Vette onto his truck before...that would make me nervous...
Sorry i don't want anyone towing or flat bed my car anywhere.
I also got Firestone Firehawk Indy 500's on my '98 a few years back, great tire that inspires confidence over my old run flat Michelin's. If you go to Tire Rack look at there site and reviews for installers in your area, found a great installer one man shop in our area and he does all my stuff now.
Have you had to flatbed the Vette? I would be concerned about them damaging it because it sits so low, and the possibility of ending up with a flatbed driver who's never loaded a Vette onto his truck before...that would make me nervous...
yes. It isnt that complicated. It requires extra wood to roll it on before the flatbed but the drivers by me always have extra on hand. Corvettes aren't the only low cars around. Ironically I have never had a tire issue on the vette but have had to flat bed it when the harmonic balancer separated.
I like to hear more about the information you just stated. Side wall damage is probably the most unlikely place that you can fatally damage a run flat, it is the strongest part of the tire. This is someone that has been running them for over 20 years and have had at least 3 that needed repaired in different manners, including side wall. Also i have never run into a problem finding stock sizes for coupe or vert. That may be because i run nothing but RF.
I also got Firestone Firehawk Indy 500's on my '98 a few years back, great tire that inspires confidence over my old run flat Michelin's. If you go to Tire Rack look at there site and reviews for installers in your area, found a great installer one man shop in our area and he does all my stuff now.
Thanks for the tip. Costco wants $900 just for the rears. It's time now.
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'23-'24
Originally Posted by grampi50
Tire selections for the stock 17s and 18s are diminishing, which is part of the reason I picked up a set of C6 wheels. There are far more selections available for the 18" and 19" wheels, plus the C6 wheels look nicer IMO...
What are you talking about? Tire Rack alone has 20 choices in C5 stock sizes. How many choices do you need?
11-16-2018, 09:25 AM
Tire deals for wagon wheels
Tire Rack alone has 20 choices in C5 stock sizes. How many choices do you need?