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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 09:51 AM
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First time buying tires online. I'd APPRECIATE some input good or bad. I've narrowed it down to these Amazon,Discount Tires Direct,or Simple Tire. But am open to suggestions.
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 09:57 AM
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I have used National tire and wheel, Ebay, and Walmart.com and I have been satisfied with all three. What kind of tires are you looking for? Walmart.com usually has the best deals and the Mastercraft MXTs are on sale now if you want a good mud tire.
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 10:26 AM
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Looking for the best deal on LT235/75-15 Falken Wide Peak AT3W's. So far Simple Tire is lowest. But it almost seems too low. $30 lower than the next best deal for 4 shipped. With National Tire and Wheel I'd pay tax since they're located in my state of WV.
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 11:17 AM
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I've used onlinetires.com before. Never found anyone that has lower prices. I've ordered direct from them before (shipping is reasonable) and I've also had Discount tire match their prices.

PS: Keep us updated on the Falkens, I've been looking at them for my KJ.

EDIT: Just looked up the Falkens on onlinetires and they're less than a dollar more than simple tires.

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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 11:28 AM
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I got mine from 4wd.com (cheapest at the time). You can normally do some searching and find a 20% off coupon.
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 11:41 AM
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Simple Tire and Discounted Wheel Warehouse are the lowest i have found so far, at $85.97 and $94.51, respectively. Never bought from either place myself.

https://www.discountedwheelwarehouse...SABEgKt6fD_BwE
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by 00t444e
I have used National tire and wheel, Ebay, and Walmart.com and I have been satisfied with all three. What kind of tires are you looking for? Walmart.com usually has the best deals and the Mastercraft MXTs are on sale now if you want a good mud tire.
I can say I agree on the MasterCraft being a good mud tire haha. They make a better all terrain imo....numerous issues recently with their mt.

honestly, I would say just go with wherever you find the best deal. Many customers of our shop seem to use tire rack though.
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 11:46 AM
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That is a good price at onlinetires but shipping adds about $33 per tire.

Yea I'll keep y'all updated on the tires. I'm really having to watch my $$ here so I can get back on the road. Had a run in with a side ditch so I just put $400 out I wasn't expecting. Luckily no body damage. Also putting it in the body shop soon to get a bit of welding down underneath on some rusted out spots. But if money was no problem right now I'd be getting another set of General Grabber AT2's. Best LT tires I've ever run.
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 12:32 PM
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I went with tires-easy.com. They have an option that you can pay over time using Affirm. I have the same tires only 30's. I think mine were about 30-40 dollars a month with shipping.

https://www.tires-easy.com/brands/fa...?code=28034108
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 12:38 PM
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Variety of different sites used just in this thread ez.... you should be fine with any which one.
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 01:20 PM
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I haven't bought tires for the Jeeps from them, but when I needed tires for my Subaru the best deal was at Tirebuyer.com. The base price was higher, but shipping to a local Tire Pros installer is free, so it came out cheaper overall. I just had the tires shipped to a local guy and took the rims in to have them mounted and balanced with they arrived. I doubt they could have made it much easier.

I just did a quick search on Tire Buyer and Simple Tire for the tire you specified. At my zip code Tire Buyer would be about $3 more expensive per tire after shipping. Your shipping may be higher or lower. If it were for my Jeep I'd still end up going with TB just because of how easy it all was to get the installation scheduled.
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Thanks guys.

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Old Aug 22, 2017 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by EZEARL
Looking for the best deal on LT235/75-15 Falken Wide Peak AT3W's. So far Simple Tire is lowest. But it almost seems too low. $30 lower than the next best deal for 4 shipped. With National Tire and Wheel I'd pay tax since they're located in my state of WV.
I was looking on simple tire also. But after shipping and tax they came to 400. Discount tire direct will do 360 shipped if you show them the simple tire price.
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Old Aug 22, 2017 | 08:10 PM
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Too late now. Would have saved enough to pay for one rim to.
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Old Aug 22, 2017 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by EZEARL
Too late now. Would have saved enough to pay for one rim to.
I just found out today. It's definitely the best price I've found since searching for a couple days. I just have to order them now...lol
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