Posted: Nov 04 2008 at 12:46pm | IP Logged

My past experiences with Big O lead me NOT to buy their tires.  Went in to a Big O dealer, told him I was interested in a set of tires.  "Well," he says, "we won't sell you tires if you just want them nmounted and balanced and out the door.  Oh no, you have to let us give you a certified alignment at $75 and also to replace any parts of the steering assembly we judge to be defective.  Our tires are so precious that we can't let you run on them if we don't do this FOR YOU!"

I told him he was a nut case and left.  Bought myself a set of BFG All Terrains that ran 50000 miles without any alignment or parts replacement on my truck.  Be careful dealing with these people.  I may just have hit a wierd dealer but it was a very distasteful experience.

Posted: Nov 05 2008 at 11:16am | IP Logged

Interesting, when I used to own my Integra, I bought 4 Khumo tires from them, no problems. The only problem was that the tires only lasted 10k miles at a time (car was in 2 accidents and alignment was a bit off)

I also got the exhaust done there.

I've always liked the service, and it's nice I can use my credit there, instead of saving up 650$.

I got a quote for like 638$ for mounted, balanced, aligned and all 4 brand new for 30x9.5x15

I want a more aggressive tire than the BFG AT's, and I don't like their MT design much, heard from friends it's too loud, drives sloppy in a DD and don't last long (30kis)

Any other recommendations are welcome though :)

Posted: Nov 14 2008 at 12:23am | IP Logged

Alright, I got the tires, and I love 'em! I took 'em mudding, and did better in 2wd than I did in 4wd with my old AT's! Fantastic!

Heres some pics for those that are curious ;)

Sorry but we have a rule about wide posts.  Your photos, causes it to be necessary for many to have to scan horizontally to see the pictures. It also requires scanning horizontally to read the text in all the posts in the thread. Large pictures cause those on dial up much time to load.  640 pixels wide by 480 is a nice size. 800 by 800 is MAX

Please resize and repost.

The pictures did not all load at fifteen minutes.

lakota

Sorry Lakota, got 'em re-sized, was having internet problems that day, along with no time between jobs..

But, here they are, all 800x600,

I'll provide the direct links this time instead of inserting them into the post.

City View

Driver side rear tire

Driver side muddy

Driver side front tire

Foggy - Snow

No fog - Snow

Close up front tire Big O XT

New tires - Passenger Front Side

Front of truck, Passenger view

Posted: Nov 15 2008 at 2:34pm | IP Logged

Thanks dmartin16;

With all the job losses and maybe hard times coming many will be switching back to dial up. I'm On SS and fast service would cost me six times as much as my $9.95/mo.  Juno dial up.

I’ll be more forgiving when it comes to posting tech pictures that need to show intricate detail

Thanks again! You are a scholar and a gentleman ...

lakota