New Shoes

[Smasal]

I will post better pics tomorrow. I took advantage of the Ford Dealership rebate and tire sale. Got myself some 265/75/16 Yoko Geolanders for $551.00 installed. Of course like any Ford dealership, my appointment was at 3pm and I was there until 5:15pm. I finally had to just walk right back into the service garage and ask one of the three guys doing nothing, if they felt like putting tires on my truck that hadn't moved for 35 minutes. They obliged.

On a positive note, the tires look and feel great. And the temperature here in Joplin,MO dropped to 27 degrees tonight and snow fell while I was having my tires installed. So looks like perfect timing.

Any idea's on how to get the blue off the white letters?

 

[Smasal]

You can see the snow falling in the picture

FYI - I found the tires for $129.00 on tire rack.com. Printed the web page and took it to Ford Stealership. They matched the price, beat it by 5%, and then added what tire rack would charge for shipping, which came to roughly $15.00/ tire to my zip code. However I convinced them to install em for free. Since I bought all 4 at once they will be sending me a rebate of $100.00 in 4-6 weeks. Check the Ford website for what brands of tires are eligible. Wow I sound like an infomercial.

 

[chauncey0337]

I believe the blue just comes off with soapy water and a scrub brush. Btw, are those the AT/S? I have them on my winter wheel setup.

 

[Smasal]

American Elbow grease. Sounds good. The service guy insisted I let his detail shop do it. But I don't like other people driving my car and I was already upset at how long it took.


Ch@d

 

[Smasal]

Yes they are 8 ply ATS


Ch@d

 

[chauncey0337]

You got a really good deal. I think I paid $800 out the door a year and a half ago. I got talked into getting them sipped also.

 

[NOVAhoe]

you could also use that blechwhite stuff, it works good for gettin that blue crap off, or soap and water and a brush works too haha

 

[Smasal]

Yeah it was too good of a deal to pass up. My dad has same tires on his silverado. Only in a 17. And he paid close to $900 installed.

Gotta get her aligned ASAP.


Ch@d

 

[bowtiefreak]

you could also use that blechwhite stuff, it works good for gettin that blue crap off, or soap and water and a brush works too haha

I would do this, stuff works really well an tan tires also

 

[AlanHurd54]

just use how really hot water and dawn dish soap works the best

 

[Smasal]

better pics

rocking the "4hi" and my new shoes

 

[chauncey0337]

They look good on your truck. I like the tread pattern. How's the ride so far?

 

[Smasal]

The ride is really nice. I need an alignment for sure but thats to be expected. I really like the way they look. This is a daily driver that will see snow, but only a total of about 2 weeks a year. And I take a very short highway commute to and from work everyday, and they are great there too. they raised my vehicle height overall about .5 inches. 17/32 tread depth so they are very meaty. These are 8ply. As I stated above I got to test them out in a light snow/rain mix the day they were installed and I was very impressed.

On a side note my shocks felt like they needed upgrading before the new tires. Now they feel great. Body roll is less and the front end drop when braking has decreased too. Almost unnoticeable. Is it possible the old tires were that bad(because they were bad), or are these tires masking that the shocks are still bad?

And thank you for making me go white letters out! I love the look

 

[chauncey0337]

Maybe the old tires were so old and soft they multiplied the bad effects of your worn shocks. And I think going whitewalls out was the way to go.

 

[Smasal]

Well new shocks aren't too much. So it's a good reason to buy my "next" thing ;-)


Ch@d