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Terry Gaudet 
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada
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 Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:49 am Post subject: Thing tires in Canada |
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Hi everyone,
I did a search and found many options for off road tires for my 73 Thing but can't get any from tire shops in the area. I'm looking for 205r14 BFGoodrich All Terrain tires or something comparable. Stock height with no suspension mods. Would prefer to stay in Canada to save on duties/taxes. Please help.
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oasis
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I understand your reasoning for wanting to stay in Canada. Just in case that doesn't work out or if the options you receive are pricey, it might be worth it to contact TireRack.com. Two out of my last three tire purchases were through them and they will ship directly to you or to the shop of your choice. Shipping to Canada may be prohibitive, but maybe not. It costs nothing to check.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject: tires |
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| Plus 1 on "The Tire Rack", been buying for quite awhile for all 4 of my vehicles, put a lot of miles a year, business travel. Never had a problem, the selection is awesome, can read reviews from other customers, and order on line to your door in 2 days. |
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GI Joe
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Location: Athens, TN
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Compare your best local shop to the tirerack pricing...
My experience has been a better deal at the local Tire Barn, where they will get close to the Tirerack price, and include mount/balance/lifetime rotations/nitrogen fill/and flat repair.....
Many shops will charge stupid rates for mounting your tires.....
Would you take a steak to your local steakhouse and ask them to cook it??
Just sayin'... 
Not sure about how things work away UP there....
Good luck!
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Terry Gaudet
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Thanks for the comments guys. I did check Tire Rack and it's crazy expensive to ship here. I might just have the tires shipped to the border and pick them up when I'm heading back from a VW show in the US.
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oasis
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| Terry Gaudet wrote: |
| Thanks for the comments guys. I did check Tire Rack and it's crazy expensive to ship here. I might just have the tires shipped to the border and pick them up when I'm heading back from a VW show in the US. |
That's a good option. Too bad about shipping.
Checking into mounting, etc., is a good point I didn't think about. The local VW specialty shop I have been going to since '88 and Mr. Tire weren't like that so I was lulled into not thinking about it. The most Mr. Tire will do is offer oil changes and a whole lot of other services to say NO to.
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doublecanister
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:02 am Post subject: suggestion |
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Hey Terry,
This is probably a stupid suggestion but why not?
if you cant get tires in the size you want,
can you try a different size?
OR
can you upgrade your rims (say to 15in) so you can get a more common tire?
This may be a "last option" try but I know for some size tires, esp 14in's, for some designs, there's no market for them and supplies are drying up.
(depends on the size of tire).
Esp since most new stuff now is 15, 16, up to 19 in rims now.
What about an alternate type tire, are any available in your area?
we have to toyotas 88' & 91' that take 14's and the pickin's are slim here too!
Good luck with it!
T
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