Where is the best place to buy tires
How To Buy Tires, the RIGHT WAY
tires yes these guys tires they are
literally the most important part of any
car and truth be told they should be the
only things touching the pavement at
least you'd hope plus pretty much
everything that you do in your car is
influenced by the tires the way your car
handles the way the car brakes heck even
the way your car looks but guys if you
don't know what you're doing it can be a
total nightmare when you're buying your
tires yes tires are the easiest way to
get ripped off out of any mod yeah I
know more people that have gotten ripped
off buying tires than I have friends and
well I don't have a lot of friends so
lucky for you I'm gonna walk you through
step-by-step exactly how I get
incredible deals on my new tires and
this exact process has saved me and a
lot of my friends a ton of dough oh and
real quick if you're new here my name is
Brad danger and this is ideal media if
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button otherwise let's put the rubber to
the road and let's go if there's one
thing that you should know about your
car even if you're not really a car
enthusiast yet is that getting a quality
new set of tires for your whip is the
best money that you can spend on it
period well except gas but but that's a
different story but believe me you don't
want to cheap out on the tires because
the last thing you want when you're
whipping around the twisties is to lose
your precious grip mmm I don't know if
that's gonna buff out now the first
thing that we got to dig into is tire
size you need to know what your tire
size is because well then when you go
buy your tires they actually take you
serious
and when somebody takes you serious
that's the easiest way not to get
scammed reading a tire is something that
I think that everybody should know and
it's key to know exactly what tire you
need to buy because if you don't know
how to read tires correctly well a tire
shop could recommend something a little
bit bigger a little bit wider a little
bit taller and you wouldn't even know
the difference and then all of a sudden
your car could look like this
I'm squid what what are these and why
did they look so freaking good on the
911 we just got from our sponsorship
what oh yeah okay so let me show you
guys how to properly read a tire once
you know how to do it it's like reading
Braille it's really easy except I don't
know how to read Braille so maybe it
maybe it's hard no it's really easy
there's really two or there's there's
three things that you need to know so
this is actually perfect that we have
both tires here because I'm gonna first
show you on the rear of the 911 and then
also then go through the rear of the new
tire on the 911 after that so this tire
what you want to look for is this this
and that
the 305 is the width of the tire in
millimeters yeah I know it's the metric
system but just bear with me the second
lesser number it'll always be lesser is
basically how tall this the sidewall is
in relation to the width which is back
here of the tire so if that makes any
sense the width is 305 millimeters and
that sidewall right here is 30% as tall
as the tire is wide clears mutt the next
is you see the Hat Z right there which
that's a pretty cool little letter there
because Z means that the tire is rated
to go over a hundred and forty nine
miles per hour not that I would know but
supposedly these tires can do that and
then the R stands for radial and then
this number at the end is what the
diameter of the wheel is this is a
19-inch wheel if we look here these are
16 1916 tonight what how is that gonna
fit on on there no maybe some movie
magic oh and also one more thing the 102
means the maximum load the higher the
number the more load it can take this is
an extra load tire and then that why
it's actually alphabetical and why means
you can go over a hundred and eighty-six
miles per hour on this tire if you have
an a it's not going to be able to go
very fast and then why is like the
fastest one so now that we went through
the 19-inch wheel with the
high-performance me
went higher let's go through this
16-inch real quick 215 is the width of
the tire this way 70 is the ratio of the
width to height of the sidewall R means
radial 16 means the diameter of the
wheel 100 is the load and T means how
fast it can go so this is a T that's a
why T cannot go as fast as wife I
seriously can't believe that this tire
is gonna be going on this car a Safari
911 it is going to hopefully break the
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and I hope the explanation was not that
tough and as far as the tires go I know
there's a ton to remember right if you
have no idea what you're doing just get
the exact same specs as the tire that
you're replacing it's as easy as that
and if you're sizing up your wheels and
you want to maintain the same tire look
and size there are luckily websites for
that as well my favorite is 1010 tires
calm and if you want those wheels and
tires hella flush which you know I know
some of you guys do I mean wouldn't that
look cool on the 911 you should go check
out our boys over at fitment industries
where they have a database of all kinds
of cars with pictures and how people
have tucked and stretched their wheels
and tires
it's an incredible resource and I've
actually used it once or thrice and
we'll link to those guys down in the
description whatever you choose it's
good to have all this info and know how
to read your tires before you buy
because choosing the wrong tire can be
downright dangerous and I just think
it's best that as an educated buyer you
are gonna be able to kind of give it a
second opinion and make sure that the
sniff test actually smells good
so what tire should you buy and how much
moolah should you pay so this is my
exact process for getting the best deal
and also getting the best value tire out
there now I didn't say most expensive or
least expensive I said best value
specifically because not always the most
expensive tire is the one that you want
to buy sometimes it is sometimes there's
a better value out there and well I'm a
value shopper so it makes sense to get a
lay of the land of what tires are
available and then make an executive
decision and buy one and
by what's best for your needs your
lifestyle and your budget so I'm gonna
take you through the exact process that
I use to get these tires these Michelin
Pilot Super Sports on this 911 so the
first thing I did is I went to tire rack
calm and I put in all my vehicle info
this is just for preliminary research
and there's a chance that I will buy
from tire rack but the best part about
them is that I can look at all their
reviews and start to get a good feel of
how much I need to budget so for my 2006
Porsche 911 and this is without TPMS
which is tire pressure monitoring system
and here it's asking exactly what tire
size I want and BAM just like that I'm
hit with a bunch of options now for a
high performance vehicle like this I
want to put the best tire on the car so
I sort by consumers highest ratings and
over in a little nifty Google Doc I'll
put down the prices of a couple tires
I'm interested in so these pilots sport
for s's they're twelve hundred nineteen
dollars and let's see some reviews now
real quick before I click hover over the
rating to see the average rating okay
those look awesome let's click now
although those tires look like the
golden ticket it's always good to have a
back-up plan so let's scroll down and
see what another tire I'd be interested
in okay I've had Continentals in the
past and they are also a great tire and
look at that they're actually a couple
hundred dollars cheaper so I'll throw
those in the Google Doc as well so after
a little bit of research I've narrowed
it down already to just two tires that I
want to buy so how do I get the best
possible price easy well if it was that
easy everybody would be doing it it does
take a little bit of work but it's
definitely worth it first I search deals
online by typing in tires for sale and
I'll look for the prices of these tires
on discount tire com Walmart Pep Boys
and more when you're going through this
process make sure I can't reiterate make
sure that you actually go through the
whole checkout to see sales tax shipping
costs so you know exactly how much that
tire is going to cost to get delivered
to your door and anytime that you find a
lower price than Tire Rack throw it into
that Google Doc next I look local and
the key here is to pick up the phone
smile
dile that's right you've researched and
you found the best price online it's
time to get the biggest discount that
you possibly can so by picking up your
tinder swiping device I mean I mean
phone this is how I can a hundred
percent guarantee that you're going to
get the best deal out there the same
exact companies that you just looked up
online I've found that you actually get
a better deal time and time again if you
pick up the phone and talk to an actual
human and there's some very simple steps
to negotiate an even better deal first
is tell them the exact specifics that
you want in your tires both front and
rear if they're staggered and ask them
what they're out the door best price is
they're gonna come back with a number
check it against your Google Doc and
even if it's lower than the best price
you found online there's still more you
can do see if there's any current or
upcoming rebates in their system and if
it's not as good as the price that you
found online see if they'll beat it once
you get an answer yes or no now ask them
are there any current or upcoming
rebates in your system they'll usually
sit there for a few seconds to be like
oh I didn't think about check-in well
duh
now once you've gotten the absolute
lowest price from that tire shop you can
always still ask for some freebies to be
thrown in you know can you include
installation into the price that you
gave me or how about road hazard
warranty coverage and also how about
some lifetime tire rotation the worst
that they can say is no and I can
promise you if you don't ask you will
not receive also one other trick but
this is skill level expert is I've used
a tire companies credit card to get an
extra hundred dollars off the tires yeah
believe it or not a lot of tire
companies will actually have their own
credit card and if you use it you get a
discount on those tires and I'm the
first to say that 99.9 percent of the
time you should never use credit card
offers but as long as you know and I
can't emphasize this enough as long as
you know that you will pay it off in
time and not incur a ton of fees it's
actually one of the easiest ways to get
10 15 even 20 percent off your tire
purchase so ask the salesman if they
have a manufacturer credit card for the
tire that you're trying to buy it's a
50-50 chance that they will or they they
won't but again it doesn't hurt to ask
and so you wash rinse and repeat with
all the other local tire companies in
the area
and you will get an incredible deal on
your new set of rubber just remember do
not agree to a final price until you get
the out the door price that means the
tires that means any of the freebies
that they throw in tax any other fees
including shipping all included and know
that exact price so that you get the
best deal yeah I know it sounds like a
lot but it takes just a couple hours of
research and calling different tire
shops to get a deal done and I can
promise you you will sleep so much
easier at night knowing you got the best
deal dare I say ideal deal on your new
set of tires and with all the
information I just gave you I am
confident that you can go out there and
get the best value on the rubber that
you need just remember once you get your
new tires proper tired maintenance like
keeping them inflated within spec and
also rotating them every six to eight
thousand miles is definitely the easiest
way to get the most life out of your
tire now I want to hear from you guys
what are your tips or tricks to get the
best value on tires when you're shopping
and also what did you guys think of
those big off-road tires on the 911 let
us know down in the comments and if you
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