Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

[MK4-683]

I'm thinking fo buying the wheels and tires from Tirerack, but the only problem is, they just ship the items through UPS. Is there anyone know how much the UPS will charge me for handling fee,etc????


Thanks

[R_Ethug]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

ship to sweetgrass.. lots of poeple have bought from tirerack on here

[bart]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

i thought they offered fedex to canada too...

[Compton]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

From what ive heard, in order to avoid brokerage fees you just gotta ship it express air. You will end up paying alot more but then you will get the wheels much faster and wont have to pay for brokerage fees.

Ive never went this route so maybe someone on here has done it and can shine in.

[Kor]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

I saved a lot by driving down to the border. I can't remember how much the difference was, something like $25 a tire to ship to sweetgrass and $175 a tire to ship across the border to Calgary. So I saved like... $600 in shipping hahaha.

[DubSport]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

dont buy from tirerack, buy from a canadian source.
shopcms.com
or
tiretrends.com
Even if what you want isnt listed on their website they can usually get them in pretty quick.

[Coker Rat]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

tiretrends seems quite good

[MK4-683]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

Thanks everyone, I just called Tiretrend today, and they can get the wheels I want. BTW, I want to hear some ideas for the tires, I'd like go with the allseason performance tires and price around $200. The reason for allseason is, I can run the tirs and wheels 2-3months more every year than the summar tires.

and for the wheels, How do u like this? It's ASA AR2

[Kor]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

You might want to check your local Canadian Tire, they carry ASA wheels often in-stock and have them quite cheap. Save some $

What size tires do you want? Affects price quite a bit.

[Khyron]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

Falken 512s are good high perf all seasons. Suck in snow but they're not meant for it. Definately avoid UPS for any cross border shopping. Fedex or even better is USPS.

Khyron

[zilla]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

i bought 18x8 ASA AR1's with Kumho rubber last spring. even with the UPS charges it was cheaper than anything i could get in canada.

i think UPS charged me about $180-200 for their brokerage fee.

[Kor]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

Seriously wasn't kidding though, Can Tire sometimes has ASA's on special 18" wheels for $110 each, not sure how much they are from tire rack.

[MK4-683]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

That's a good news, zilla.

and I called can tire, they can't get the asa ar2,which is sad

[MrMercede$]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

go to european auto tint, our sister store, peter has tons of rims, cheap sets too, nice, all sizes for us euro boyz tell em ryan from tf sent you!

[Canadian Turbo]

Re: Thinking of buying wheels&tires from Tirerack

I think there is a rumor that Tire rack wont ship to Sweetgrass any more.