Tire Rack .com

[gucio]

Hi

I found this awesome site which is tirerack.com and they have a awesome selection of tires, but when i emailed him asking about the price of delivery to Perth he quoted me $641USD for just a pair of tires . So my question is has anyone ever brought tires from the website and what did you pay for transport.

Thanks

[Sneeza]

You're buying tyres from a US site.. are they to Australian standard?

[tigeryas]

i bought a couple of ties from tie rack for $40, a navy one and a cream coloured one.

boom tsh!

[dan_the_man]

yea i thought that too

[tjandriesen]

I bot from them when I was in the US. Good prices versus retail and a great selection. They usually ship to an approved mechanic who installs. Wonder if there would be an opportunity for a group buy as I'm sure the shipping on a container of tires would be much less....

How is Australian spec tires different?

[Sneeza]

I dont think they are different, but they have to be stamped as meeting Australian standards. They check for that at the pits when you get your car complied... so I assume it means you could get a yellow for it as well.

[sam5709]

there a small place that gets in cheap american tyres, that are allowed on australian roads, i forgot where abouts it is, my dad goes there to get tyres for his car, they have every size and width up to 17 inch, they dont do 18 inch and up name is on the tip of ma tongue but just cant get it out

[bubba]

Are you thinking of Roll Right tyres in Balcatta?

[gucio]

sam5709 the name of that place would be great if you could remember!

Abit off topic but has anyone every heard of scorched tires?

[sam5709]

nuh its not roll right tyres, iv been there before,

my dad gets back tonite so ill ask him for ya

[gucio]

Cheers

[Kaido_RR]

I dont think they are different, but they have to be stamped as meeting Australian standards. They check for that at the pits when you get your car complied... so I assume it means you could get a yellow for it as well.

correct!

also if you have a crash and you dont have the stamp, your insurance will not cover you.

on a side note why not buy direct from japan?

i know afew tyres places that will import them for you.... not cheap thou upwards of $1000 for a set of 4x