I called Bob, and he seems like a great guy, good customer service. He doesn't have anything handy, but if I get him my tire size, he'd try and track something down in my price range.
I bought a 2004 Jeep Liberty of CP in April I think. No idea what the tire size is. I'm going to run out to my car on my lunch break and find out.
Here's the thing is that I don't need to get the best, and pay for the best. I drive maybe 45 mins total both ways to and from work. The only reason I would consider buying them is that I have this massive drive to Kamloops.
I also have to buy new regular tires come spring/summer as well, which is why I don't want to drop $1000 right now on Winter alone.
Appreciate all the help so far.
I would think you should be able to determine the size of tire/rim on your vehicle without going and doing a visual check. If you go to the costco website, you can go to the tire section and put the year/make/model into the web form and it will spit out your tire/rim size for you.
edit: Just looked at the details on the link you provided to your CP purchase. From what is on there your vehicle likely has the following tire size... P235/70R16 104T
My snow tires are on permanent rims and I've installed them on my car.
Hey, does anyone know about this? Do I have to get an alignment/balance done after I put on my four snow tires? The car drives normally. There is absolutely no unusual movement or anything.
My snow tires are on permanent rims and I've installed them on my car.
Hey, does anyone know about this? Do I have to get an alignment/balance done after I put on my four snow tires? The car drives normally. There is absolutely no unusual movement or anything.
The tires need to be balanced on the rims which they are if a shop put them on, but you do not need an alignment when swapping out tires/rims. Swapping them out doens't do anything to alignment. Just need to follow basic trends for alignment.
Well, there's still hope I guess. Friend of mine just called Kal Tire, set up an appointment in an hour, and is getting Nokian WRG2's put on. Talk about lucky!
Are there any suggestions in CP land on tire shops, and brands of tires I should be looking for? And has anyone heard of Nokian? I thought they made phones... just kidding. But I've never heard of them, and I'm slightly skeptical.
Any help would be appreciated.
Nokains are the best. For sure. Especially on your drive. I would get ones with the biggest and meanest looking treads you can. Now, those are not as good for smooth road driving, but if you get into some shat, the bigger the tread, the better!
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My Nokian Hakka R's are unbelievable. I feel as though I can go almost anywhere with them. I can turn sharply and I can mash the breaks and I will hardly skid. They are truly a great feat of engineering.
I have Nokian RSi's on my car, and they just pound through snow and slush. Kinda like how someone (me) treats another someone's (Locke) mom. That's how I treat the slush when I am driving.
Good luck, but it is an expensive (and some days, VERY useful) safety feature.
The tires need to be balanced on the rims which they are if a shop put them on, but you do not need an alignment when swapping out tires/rims. Swapping them out doens't do anything to alignment. Just need to follow basic trends for alignment.
Thanks, so I'm good. They were installed by a shop and were balanced.
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So here's a question for all you guys who have had winter tires for years, and have seperate rims for them.... when you swap your tires around do you mark what wheel they came off? I know in years past there was some talk about making sure the rotation of the tire is still in the same direction.
If so, what kind of pen/crayon do you use to mark them?
I've heard to always get 4. But if you do get just 2, make sure you put them on the rear; no matter if you have FWD or RWD.
I had to cheap out last year and get 2 new tires (all-season) and I put them on the front. The back end was sliding all over the place.
Exactly!
Keeping the backend from coming around is the most important thing.
With all the grip in the front you can create a lot of torque ('potential energy') that can be released with even more force into the backend of the car than if you had no extra traction at all.
So here's a question for all you guys who have had winter tires for years, and have seperate rims for them.... when you swap your tires around do you mark what wheel they came off? I know in years past there was some talk about making sure the rotation of the tire is still in the same direction.
If so, what kind of pen/crayon do you use to mark them?
I just put some tape on the rim and write on the tape where the tire came from. I mark down when I changed them out and I rotate every 8,000 km or so.
Some tires it doesn't matter what rotation they go in. But on both my sets it is labeled on the tire the direction of rotation. So really, if it's labeled, all that can change is if the tire is on the front or the rear of the car.
Oh but re reading what you said i think you're asking for tires where it doesn't matter what way they go, but once you start going that way, you want to continue to go that way. I would think that's probably a good idea to do.
