Tires from the US
 

Hey guys, I needed 2 315/35/17 tires for my rear and I had a hard time finding anything reasonably priced here in Canada (as usual).

I ended up making contact with the Tire Rack in Indiana. They ship to Canada and when they quote you it is all inclusive (incl. tax, duty, shipping).

I got a pretty good deal on the tires.

I emailed them, they gave me a quote and they called me to get my c/c info to save me the long distance bill when I was ready to order. Not bad service!

If anyone else is in the same need for tires here is the guys email address.

colin@tirerack.com


rockon:

Good to hear!


So when they get to your door, fedex/UPs wont charge you extra?
Thats a plus:)

Yes, all the fees were upfront so when it shows up all I do is sign for it.
After I paid he sent me a confirmation by email and all the fees (duty, etc) were listed on the invoice.

Got the tires this morning. Would have received them probably Wednesday but a storm on Monday screwed that.

Can't wait until spring...............

AWW, you bought sumitomos....
They are not a bad tire for the price.

I think i have the ones a step of from them. HTRZ II. not bad traction, wet or dry.

I think ill buy from them next time i need tires. :)

Yeah, for $98.00 each you're bloody right I bought Sumi's...lol. For the price I couldn't turn it down.

I had a set of them before and never had any problems with them whatsoever so I didn't mind.
I know they are not Goodyear Eagle F-1's ($439.00 us each) but my car is a garage queen and only comes out on nice sunny days so they are perfect for me.

Have a good one!

I have Sumi's too and I love them........Had Goodyears and the Sumi's are just as good and they are a better bang for the buck....Wise choice

Agreed.
Have them aswell.

I got them too, & they're a great tire for that kinda money. Got them at Carlisle. Well worth it!

Speaking of Carlisle I will start a new thread.

Well I bought new rims too from the us.
I sold the Cobra R's I had on the car. I wanted a wider tire in the rear and like the look of the deep dish. I could get a 17X10.5 Cobra r but not in deep dish (you can get r's in deep dish but they have rivets and wouldn't match the fronts).

I ordered some chrome FR500 rims from AM.
The 2 17X9's were fine but one of the 10.5's had 4 bubbles in the chrome. You could also actually see the grooves in the chrome too where the rim was machined when it was made. The other 10.5 was flawless.

Anyway, I emailed them about the problem and they sent out another rim the same day. Hopefully they checked this one before they sent it though.

Would a 255/40/18 fit on a 05-08 Mustang GT with a stock optional tire size of 235/35/18 ?

I'm not sure of the size you listed.

As far as I know the 05/08 GT has a stock size of 235/55/17 with an optional size of 235/50/18.

I think you would have problems running the 255/40/18 as the diameter will be off by over 4%.

This link might help.

www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

What did the tires cost ya, if you dont mind me asking????

PM is good or spill your guts here......lol

They were $98 each and $200 for taxes/shipping/duty.
Shipping probably would be a fair bit cheaper to send to Ontario for you though.