FTG-05
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I bought a set of Nitto Terra Grapplers from my local 4x4 shop that I've done a lot of business with the last 9 years. Balanced and installed, $950 out the door.
Drove about 5 miles on the interstate, these things had a pretty good bounce down the road - totally unacceptable. I called the shop back before I even made it halfway home (about 5 miles max).
Took them back a couple days later, picked it up, drove the same route. Not as bad, but still a shimmy that can be felt in the steering wheel. So, they gotta go back again - for the third time.
I get home, change clothes go outside to mow the grass and find that I have a rapidly deflating front tire!!!!!!!!!! Now, I am unholy pissed because I just spent 5-7 miles driving +70 mph on the interstate and these so-called brand new tires didn't even make it home!
This shop is about 13 miles away on the other side of town, a major pain in the ass to get to in evening traffic, plus I have to have another person to either take me or pick me up. And now I've got to do it a third time.
There's no way that these tires will ever be smooth (they've been balanced twice, plus I have Centramatics). I believe the tires are simple out of round.
I plan to tell the shop to just put the Conti's back on (I saved them since they still have about 5k miles left on them) and to forget it. Then I'll go down to the Big 10 tire shop that's only 2 miles down the road and see what they have that isn't Nittos.
$950 and I can't even drive my own truck. What POS tires.
Drove about 5 miles on the interstate, these things had a pretty good bounce down the road - totally unacceptable. I called the shop back before I even made it halfway home (about 5 miles max).
Took them back a couple days later, picked it up, drove the same route. Not as bad, but still a shimmy that can be felt in the steering wheel. So, they gotta go back again - for the third time.
I get home, change clothes go outside to mow the grass and find that I have a rapidly deflating front tire!!!!!!!!!! Now, I am unholy pissed because I just spent 5-7 miles driving +70 mph on the interstate and these so-called brand new tires didn't even make it home!
This shop is about 13 miles away on the other side of town, a major pain in the ass to get to in evening traffic, plus I have to have another person to either take me or pick me up. And now I've got to do it a third time.
There's no way that these tires will ever be smooth (they've been balanced twice, plus I have Centramatics). I believe the tires are simple out of round.
I plan to tell the shop to just put the Conti's back on (I saved them since they still have about 5k miles left on them) and to forget it. Then I'll go down to the Big 10 tire shop that's only 2 miles down the road and see what they have that isn't Nittos.
$950 and I can't even drive my own truck. What POS tires.
