82sbshortbed
Fuckemall!!
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- First Name
- Doug
- Truck Year
- 1982, 1984
- Truck Model
- 1500 shortbed, 1500 longbed
- Engine Size
- 454, 305
Fck Firestone!
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That's disappointing to hear. I agree their website is total shìt, but it was worth it because their service and pricing was good.They just left a very sour taste in my mouth, they took all my money for a set of winter tires I needed bad. The website said nothing about them being out of stock or not available or whatever. So they ****** me for a couple weeks, all because they can't put (out of stock) in the ad, or not let you put them in your cart and pay for them, then wait 2 days to email me they're out of stock.
This was a year or so ago.
Also their website kind of sucks to navigate, tirebuyer had the tires I wanted for cheaper and they shipped to my door in 2 days! The last set I ordered from tirebuyer, shipped to my door in 3 days. I have nothing but great stuff to say about them. They also tell you when tires are out of stock!!
I would be good with either stock-sized or oversized tires. I have found a military surplus 30 minutes from my house that has 35x10.5x16.5 Good Year wrangler tires for $135 a piece. The tires were made in 2018 and have light tread use.
That's definitely something worth bringing up. Most of us probably know tire stores say the life of a tire in time is 7 years. That's a safe number and it would be pretty rare for a tire to rot to the point of being unsafe in less than 7 years. Working at tire stores back in the day and still at a car shop today we obviously see a lot of tires. Sometimes we are amazed at the age of tires still in good shape. My advise for what it's worth, if a guy is looking to buy used tires look closely for cracks. The area around the bead and just below the tread on the sidewall is generally where dry rot starts, the trouble is the cracks in the early stages can be very small and sometimes can't be seen until there is air in the tire. Also check the inside of the tire for cracks or damage, signs of water having sat in it ect.That’s decent unless they cooked in the sun for 4 years first. Which they probably did.
That $4 more than amazon is that tire to tire, or does that include installation at discount where as amazon is obviously not installed?Recently, like today, Discount Tire was almost the best price on a set of tires for the wife’s car. Definitely the most convenient. And the tires were $4/ea more than Amazon. And a few bucks less than a couple other online places.
Ordered online and scheduled install appt in one shot. Out in less than an hour with free balancing rotations and tire repair. (Which I don’t usually care bout. Until it basically is free and convenient)
My opinion regardless of tread a 2018 tire is about done with its life,I use 7 years as my cut off.I would be good with either stock-sized or oversized tires. I have found a military surplus 30 minutes from my house that has 35x10.5x16.5 Good Year wrangler tires for $135 a piece. The tires were made in 2018 and have light tread use.
I worked for Firestone during the late 90's recall. There were a LOT of factors involved in the blow outs that caused the Explorer rollovers. In the end it would seem the biggest issue was the recommended tire pressure was 26PSI there was no tire pressure warning system in those rigs so loss of just 5 psi of air would put the tire in danger of a blow out. I'm not saying that the ATX was or wasn't defective, I'm just saying that there was more to the issue than just a large recall, due to the tires. When we changed out the ATX's we also stuck a new sticker on the door jam of explorers with an updated tire pressure of 30 or 32PSI of pressure, it's been long enough I don't recall clearly.As a side note, Firestone is the tire company with the record of the 2 largest tire recalls in tire history.
In 2000 I got my money back for my ATX's and promptly replaced them with BFG.
They had a large recall in 1978 also.
I worked for Firestone during the late 90's recall. There were a LOT of factors involved in the blow outs that caused the Explorer rollovers. In the end it would seem the biggest issue was the recommended tire pressure was 26PSI there was no tire pressure warning system in those rigs so loss of just 5 psi of air would put the tire in danger of a blow out. I'm not saying that the ATX was or wasn't defective, I'm just saying that there was more to the issue than just a large recall, due to the tires. When we changed out the ATX's we also stuck a new sticker on the door jam of explorers with an updated tire pressure of 30 or 32PSI of pressure, it's been long enough I don't recall clearly.
They recalled both the Wilderness A/T and the ATX, I think, but even though I lived it I don't think about it much anymore and the memory fades.....I agree completely with all this... except the stinker of a tire in question was the Wilderness A/T. I personally had no gripes with that tire... I think the 26 psi was 100% the issue, but there were indeed other minor factors.