New tires for YARIS

[aden]

Guys,
I have driven 40 K miles on my Yaris now ..yay..and took it to a toyota dealer for periodical service...the service adviser recommended all 4 tire changes as the threading has gone 3/32 in all the tires. He offered to put bridgestone tires -15 - and gave an estimate of $ 780 including alignment...am so wary of the estimated charges ,hence am asking you for your opinion.Is it worth the money or whats the best place /price to change tires ?
thanks

[SilverBack]

Welcome!

Don't ever trust a dealer's word. Best way to find out is to stick a quarter in your tread with Washington's head going in first. If goes as deep as his hairline you're fine.

You're Bridgestones lasted longer than mine, so yeah they do suck lol. If you're just looking for standard replacements you could try Goodyear Eagle LS, as they replace the Bridgestones as of last year's model. Try http://discounttiredirect.com for better deals.

[MUSKOKA800]

Originally Posted by SilverBack

Welcome!

Don't ever trust a dealer's word. Best way to find out is to stick a quarter in your tread with Washington's head going in first. If goes as deep as his hairline you're fine.

You're Bridgestones lasted longer than mine, so yeah they do suck lol. If you're just looking for standard replacements you could try Goodyear Eagle LS, as they replace the Bridgestones as of last year's model. Try http://discounttiredirect.com for better deals.

Stay away from the Eagle LS. These tires are downright scary.
Oddly they're okay in the wet but offer zero dry road traction and don't even look at snow. I've never heard the ABS rattle so often as with these banana peels.

[yaris-me]

You can get a good set for $400. Look around.

[fmicle]

Jeezus, $780??? I got a complete set of wheels, that is rims, tires, alignment and install for $1,000. $780 is rip-off for tires only. Even $500 is too much...

Any tire shop can do it, Big O Tires, Firestone, American Tires, you name it. Pepboys, etc.

[Yar Is Word]

You can look around here for your specific model and year:

http://www.tirerack.com/index_w.jsp

[aca72]

Michelin Harmony FTW!

$70 off at Costco 'til 1/31.

[bear4]

I had a set of Michelin Harmonies, great tires, lasted over 100,000 miles! They are expensive thought... I went with Yokohama this time, like them too. Paid $360.00 for the set of 4 with lifetime rotation and balance.

Originally Posted by aca72

Michelin Harmony FTW!

$70 off at Costco 'til 1/31.

[toad]

Originally Posted by bear4

I had a set of Michelin Harmonies, great tires, lasted over 100,000 miles! They are expensive thought... I went with Yokohama this time, like them too. Paid $360.00 for the set of 4 with lifetime rotation and balance.

second the yokohamas! i just bought a set of yoko avid trz in the same size as factory from discount tire and spent around $320 installed with the lifetime rotation and balance. they got MUCH better reviews online than the oem goodyears and so far so good. they're not a 'performance' tire by any means, but they have terrific treadlife, all-season capability(i live in the midwest), and quality name. i've also heard nothing but good things about the michelin harmonies and if you don't mind paying the extra coin(still less than the dealership tires you were quoted) they're not a bad choice.

[TRDMarty]

Check TIRERACK.COM
I got my 18's for my TRD wheels for $64.00 each delivered to my door.
They probably have every tire made so pick what YOU want.

[b_hickman11]

Got Yokohama as replacements for my 07 from Tirerack.com for $52. I live within an hour of their Shreveport warehouse so I went and picked them up to save the $40 shipping. I then took them to Wal-Mart and had them installed for about $50 with free lifetime rotation and balance. So ended up being about $250. I have 10,000 miles on these tires and they are still in perfect condition.

I got Coopers as replacements on my 08 from Pepboys. They were $60 a piece and the 4th tire was free. Install was about $70 so it ended up being about $250 as well. I have about 5000 miles on these and they are also still in great condition.

[thebarber]

discounttiredirect.com = win

[Hershey]

COOPER CS-4s are are very good all weather tire at a reasonable price . Stay away from the BRIDGESTONE . Not worth a cr*p on rain soaked roads .

[thebarber]

get falken 912's

[Kal-El]

$780!!???

You should have laughed in his face. For $780, you can get a good set of wheels AND tires mounted and balanced and shipped from TireRack or Discount tire. Even upsizing to 16" you can stay in that price area.

[Hershey]

here are some reviews of the T- rated COOPER CS-4s . www.treadepot.com/review/cs4t.html .

[Hershey]

COOPER now making a fuel saving tire w/o sacrificing traction . The GFC . www.coopertire.com/gfe/product-information.html . Price is around $60 a tire . Thing is they make a 175/65R14 ( T-rated ) for those YARIS owners with the 14s' , but only have 185/65R15 ( T-rated ) . The 15's for YARIS are 185/60R15s' . Could the 185/65s be used in place of the 60s' ?

[RedRide]

People, please note that the $780 also includes an alingment.
However the price is still way too high.

List for top line tires @ $125x4 = $500
+$10 per tire for balancing etc =$40

Alingement (assuming you actually need it) about $80

Even at inflated dealer prices it should only come to about $620

BTW whenever a dealer gives you a price for work, get an itemized list describing exactly the cost of each item and all individual labor charges for each item.

They usually sing a slightly different tune when all the cards are on the table and they can no longer hide from a blatent rip off.