I've got a 2001 Pathfinder LE. With 36k miles, the wear bars on the factory Bridgestone tires are showing. I was happy with the performance of these tires and would like to replace them with identical tires.
Where is the best place to buy them and what should I expect to pay?
I've got a 2001 Pathfinder LE. With 36k miles, the wear bars on the factory Bridgestone tires are showing. I was happy with the performance of these tires and would like to replace them with identical tires.
Where is the best place to buy them and what should I expect to pay?
I would check your local Sams or Wal-Mart. That's where I plan to do all my tire business in the future, for a few reasons:
1) The unit price of the tires is competitive with any local chain.
2) The service availability at Wal-Mart (and Sams, same chain) can't be beat. There's a Wal-Mart in almost every town in this country anymore...or at least one within 100 miles of any given populace. If you buy your tires at "Bob's Tire Shop", you may not be in town when you need warranty work.
3) The price of lifetime balancing and lifetime road hazard warranty is only $9.96 a tire at Wal-Mart/Sams. When I checked prices of tires at Sears a bit ago, the mounting/balancing was $15/tire, and the road hazard was 10% of the cost of the tires. For a $100 tire, that's another 10 bucks a tire, or almost $30/tire for what you get at Wal-Mart/Sams for $10.
Assuming Wal-Mart wanted $100/tire for your Bridgestones (you'll have to call with your exact size and tire model for the price), that's a total of $440 plus tax. If you bought them from Sears, even at $100/tire (it'd probably be higher than that), it'd be at least $500 plus tax.
if you live in the area, Mr. Tire is the best. They include mounting and balancing in their price unlike other companies, are highly knowledgable, and dont b/s. http://www.mrtire.com/
you can buy those from tirerack.com for $56 each, and then have them mounted for $10 a pop at Sam's since they charge you that much to mount tires you buy from them anyway. I would check them out first. When I had my mustang GT, I saved over $200 ordering tires online and having them mounted vs buying them locally.
I have ordered from Tire Rack for my last three or four purchases and have been really happy with their service. I use a local Goodyear shop for the mounting and balancing - but only because I really like the tech. that does my front end alignments there. They don't seem to have a problem mounting tires purchased elsewhere - even Michelins
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I have been using Michlens for about 40 years...I started buying them when they first became available in the US...a radial tire was very radical in the mid-60's...
I have used Michlens on 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks, all my cars, both of my 4wd's I used to pown, Scout II, and a Trooper...and occasionally deviating to another brand, usually lack of cash at the time, but I have always come back to Michlens...
I find, even on my trucks, I usually get over 80,000 miles before I have to replace them...I had a 86 Honda Civic that I put 112,000 on 3 of the tires, one blew out, don't remember the mileage but it was close to 100,000...
I did go thru a period with Michlen X tires , it think in the mid 80's were the belts were delaminating prematurely...at about 60-70,000 miles...but that hasn't happened again for a number of years...
They are expensive, and Sam's/Walmart is the place to buy them...best warrenty available...but they are the cheapest as a "cost per mile"...
Bridgestone/Firestone are some of the worst tires out there-----esp Firestone---I'd suggest the Michelins also----or Goodyear----I've had good results with both brands-----as Bridgestone/Firestone will NEVER get any of my business again.
Bridgestone/Firestone are some of the worst tires out there-----esp Firestone---I'd suggest the Michelins also----or Goodyear----I've had good results with both brands-----as Bridgestone/Firestone will NEVER get any of my business again.
The only tires I would consider are the Micheline LTX's or the Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo's the LTX is more suited for streets but the bridgestone has more aggressive tread and helps give it some off road bite! the Dueler Revo's are much, much, much better than the Dueler H/T's that came on the pathfinders and should last twice as long too! The Revo's will hopefully be my next set of tires as I want something that will give me better traction off road than my glazed doughnut I have on there now (General Grabbers) but will still accomodate my frequent trips on the highway. The Revo's are very highly rated on the tire rack (the best I think) so check em out!
Later,
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Remember Firestone? These are the people who, three times in my lifetime, have sold defective tires, that they KNEW were defective, that resulted in many people losing their lives.
Firestone lied about it, tried to hide the ball as long as they could.
And then, they repeated the trick, and then, they repeated it again.
Their last go-round - with the Explorers, was not long ago, so its not like they cleaned up their act and ae good citizens.
Do you REALLY want to give these peeps your money???
Do you REALLY want to give these peeps your money???
LOL you said "peeps" !!!!!!!!!! And not all of their tires are defective just certain type tires. They use Firestone on many a race car circuit and I really don't think they are too worried about a blow out going down a straight away. I say if you want the Bridgestone goo just don't drive beside me right before your tire fails !!!!!!!! The Firestone brand is just getting a bad wrap for a number of bad tire batches they let get out. Do you think they would actually cost themselves millions of dollars in lawsuits, lost supplier deals and recalls??? I think not.
"The Firestone brand is just getting a bad wrap for a number of bad tire batches they let get out. Do you think they would actually cost themselves millions of dollars in lawsuits"
Yes, the point is, they decided to keep making the tires even after they knew they were bad, and tried to hide that. The result was that a bunch of people lost their lives. Greed is one thing - murder is another
The only tires I would consider are the Micheline LTX's or the Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo's the LTX is more suited for streets but the bridgestone has more aggressive tread and helps give it some off road bite! the Dueler Revo's are much, much, much better than the Dueler H/T's that came on the pathfinders and should last twice as long too! The Revo's will hopefully be my next set of tires as I want something that will give me better traction off road than my glazed doughnut I have on there now (General Grabbers) but will still accomodate my frequent trips on the highway. The Revo's are very highly rated on the tire rack (the best I think) so check em out!
Later,
I have been using Toyo Open country a/t's since i had my truck and i have had Nothing but the best of Luck with them.. You should consiter those tires too. I have 30k miles on the tires and they have about half life left. but this winter i am getting the same thing i been always getting.
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Ya...the original question didn't ask for opinions, but since others have, I'll give mine as well. Michelin tires are the ONLY way to go! I've owned MANY brands of tires, including Firestone, BFGoodrich (now owned by Michelin), Kelly, Regul, Goodyear, and Michelin. Michelins are the only tires I'd give money for anymore. I have Pilot XGT H4s on my Cadillac (second set), and I'll be starting on my third set next spring probably (avg. 40-50,000 miles/set). I have LTX M/S tires on my truck, with unknown mileage, but they're old. Date codes put them manufactured near the beginning of 2000. Mileage on my '95 truck is 185,000. I can only assume that happened at a fairly constant rate, which puts it at well over 20,000 miles per year...and that's about 80,000 miles on this set of Michelins, if they were installed soon after they were produced. The LTX M/S tires are a very good competitor to the Dueler H/Ts (and are superior in every way). The LTX A/T is a very good all terrain tire, but it's expensive (at $140 each at Sams).
Tires are the last place I'll cut corners on a vehicle, and the Michelin brand has always performed at least as well as any other tire I've purchased. Many of them are also made in America, which can't be said for some other tire brands.
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!!!!!!!! The Firestone brand is just getting a bad wrap for a number of bad tire batches they let get out. Do you think they would actually cost themselves millions of dollars in lawsuits, lost supplier deals and recalls??? I think not.
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