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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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Its about time to replace a couple of my stock Xb tires but they are so expensive. Its about $120 a tire driveout at Discount Tire everytime I go. Who has the cheapest tires for the Xb?
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 12:08 AM
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Watch Craigslist and check on here, its' pretty normal to see a set of 4 stockers on steelies for 100-150 for all.
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 12:18 AM
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Tirerack.com is a great site, Vulcantire.com, Treadepot.com I wouldn't go Michelin,Pirelli or Goodyear though. Falken 512, Khumo SPT,AST or ASX even Toyo has a few nice replacements. Check with your local tire shop to see if they'll meet the online price, most often they will. Then you can avoid shipping costs
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 01:12 AM
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I bought some Fuzion tires... work great. Much less than 120 a piece.
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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stock tires for 120.00 a piece?

wth??

I only payed 102.00 for my 18's

your shopping at the wrong places
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 07:23 PM
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Yea, you should get better tires cheaper... Kumhos are good and they're really inexpensive.
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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Heck, my Michelin Exalto A/S's were only $93.00 at TireRack.com! :?
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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I got a set of take-offs with wheels from the local Toyota dealer for $200. Sometimes dealers will sell a customer custom wheels and tires and then take their stock ones in.

I went back a couple of weeks ago for another set for our other xB, but Capitol Toyota's parts people changed their tune and were real jerks.
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 10:11 PM
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Boy you got real lucky for that set at $200! They have such a markup on everything, somebody must have screwed up giving a price out before checking to see what the manager actually was charging-but maybe you just got a great deal
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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If you have a Sam's Club or Costco, you can get them done for at least $75 a tire.
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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I know getting them from the online places is cheaper, but you have to get them put on by a tire shop and balanced and all that good stuff.
I always opt for the road hazard warranty as well so that ups the price.
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I've bought all my tires local as well...had to wait 4 days for the 18's to show

but you should be able to get stock tires...pretty good ones for a lot less than $120.00 a tire
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On all of the websites I mentioned, $38 per tire from Toyo, $40-$60 would be a good price even $75 a tire is still too high for stocks. I got Falkens for my Legend at $50 a tire and they wanted $75 or better in town
Old Apr 8, 2008 | 04:24 AM
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Frogot, in last post, but thats what I was talking about when I was saying to ask the local shops if they'll meet the price, and in this economy they should be more willing to at least bargain but Wheel works here said that they would have matched the online price-after I paid for shipping, then you get the mount/balance and warranty
Old Apr 10, 2008 | 01:39 AM
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Someone else already said it, but craigslist. There is almost ALWAYS someone selling their factory steelies with OEM tires already mounted and balanced. Got my first replacement set for $150, and the last for $200 but they only had 500 miles on them (off of a Yaris)
Old Apr 10, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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ZIEX ZE-912 195/60 R15 88H NEW at this site right here for 48 bucks shipped with 65,000 mile warranty.
http://www.tires-easy.com/start.html
Old Apr 10, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Craigslist is definitely a good start. I got a set of OEM (100 mi) tires for only $100. Just keep looking.
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