The Sams Club tire guy said... bigger tires will tear up my transfer case, transmission, engine, suspension, brakes

[ezapar]

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[Discount Tire]

Thank you for all your support and business. As well for the positive stories, I am glad to hear our store is taking care of you all.

@Gnomad Unfortunately that is correct, our closest location would be down in Gaylord. If you are willing to make the trip, we would love to earn your business. Otherwise as it was mentioned we do offer free shipping and can send the product directly to you or a local shop.

 

[Gizmo]

No Discount tire locally here in the tip o' the mitt. We do have Belle Tire, but I've never used them so not sure how they are. The local shop I use is pretty good as long as the tire combo isn't actually dangerous or utterly stupid.

Belle Tire is good, or road trip to Traverse City

 

[Gnomad]

Thank you for all your support and business. As well for the positive stories, I am glad to hear our store is taking care of you all.

@Gnomad Unfortunately that is correct, our closest location would be down in Gaylord. If you are willing to make the trip, we would love to earn your business. Otherwise as it was mentioned we do offer free shipping and can send the product directly to you or a local shop.

Actually Gaylord isn't that far, we drive there for shopping and sometimes dinner at the Iron Pig.

 

[Jon_chimpo]

Corporate tire sellers don’t like aftermarket tire size changes. To much liability I guess. Costco told me the same thing for my wife’s Subaru when I wanted to go wider to help to avoid curb rash by the Mrs. I gave him a “comon, give me a break” he said sorry, that’s policy.

 

[BroncoSarge]

Was a Walmart Auto Care Center Manager for years. We have certain things we will and won’t do. The tire size had to be on the vehicle or on the door sticker. We didn’t do anything sidewall 40 or less. Lastly, I wouldn’t touch military HMMWV tires. They are run-flat and don’t bead easily.

 

[uncledoodoo]

Tell them it's a Sasquatch.

 

[Aaonter]

My base is scheduled for production so now I'm earnestly working on the new tire situation. I love the look of the steelies but not the tires Ford puts on them. Since I'm already in Sams that day I head to the tire department to see what they have, the guy looks up the Bronco, tells me the stock tire size. I tell him I need 265's and of course he isn't going to put them on, but then he proceeds to tell me that going to a bigger tire will tear up my transfer case and transmission, my engine, the suspension, brakes, and render the vehicle unable to be driven safely.

I tell him not to bother any further with looking things up, and he keeps going. You'll never find a shop that will install those tires, the whole industry is going that way, and all the time he has my membership card and seems reluctant to give it back. I had to ask him directly for its return.

It's one thing to be told "we don't do that" I expected it TBH. But the hard sell put me off.
One last thing-I looked at the tire decal in the door jamb of the Wrangler and it lists 3 different tire sizes. Can someone with a base look at theirs and see what it lists? I'm thinking that any tire on that sticker should be a go at any tire shop, even a consumer grade Karen shop like Sams.

Costco will not put tires larger than what it shipped with due to their legal rules. I am sure Sams club is probably the same.

 

[ABorges]

My base is scheduled for production so now I'm earnestly working on the new tire situation. I love the look of the steelies but not the tires Ford puts on them. Since I'm already in Sams that day I head to the tire department to see what they have, the guy looks up the Bronco, tells me the stock tire size. I tell him I need 265's and of course he isn't going to put them on, but then he proceeds to tell me that going to a bigger tire will tear up my transfer case and transmission, my engine, the suspension, brakes, and render the vehicle unable to be driven safely.

I tell him not to bother any further with looking things up, and he keeps going. You'll never find a shop that will install those tires, the whole industry is going that way, and all the time he has my membership card and seems reluctant to give it back. I had to ask him directly for its return.

It's one thing to be told "we don't do that" I expected it TBH. But the hard sell put me off.
One last thing-I looked at the tire decal in the door jamb of the Wrangler and it lists 3 different tire sizes. Can someone with a base look at theirs and see what it lists? I'm thinking that any tire on that sticker should be a go at any tire shop, even a consumer grade Karen shop like Sams.

He doesn't know what he is talking about.........

 

[Letagoavs710]

Why is anyone going to Costco or Sam’s? @Discount Tire is on the forum with fantastic customer service, they price match like crazy and they install what you want without being a pain in the ass.

 

[Dmorty217]

The guy works at sams club is problem number 1. Problem number 2 is they don’t even sell 35s or similar tire sizes so I’m sure he will tell you whatever he thinks will get you to buy from him. Also since the bronco comes with 35s with the Sasquatch package, you can bet he is full of shit

 

[Bronco Don]

I have some Aluminum BD take offs with general grabber tires for sale... ( south Florida)
I upgraded to SAS wheels and 35

I’m doing to same, can I use the same lug nuts and do I have to remove the crash bars?

 

[Carbon Bronco]

Do we do a full size shot or a sample size shot when "Sam's Club guy said"?

 

[broncobase1]

My base is scheduled for production so now I'm earnestly working on the new tire situation. I love the look of the steelies but not the tires Ford puts on them. Since I'm already in Sams that day I head to the tire department to see what they have, the guy looks up the Bronco, tells me the stock tire size. I tell him I need 265's and of course he isn't going to put them on, but then he proceeds to tell me that going to a bigger tire will tear up my transfer case and transmission, my engine, the suspension, brakes, and render the vehicle unable to be driven safely.

I tell him not to bother any further with looking things up, and he keeps going. You'll never find a shop that will install those tires, the whole industry is going that way, and all the time he has my membership card and seems reluctant to give it back. I had to ask him directly for its return.

It's one thing to be told "we don't do that" I expected it TBH. But the hard sell put me off.
One last thing-I looked at the tire decal in the door jamb of the Wrangler and it lists 3 different tire sizes. Can someone with a base look at theirs and see what it lists? I'm thinking that any tire on that sticker should be a go at any tire shop, even a consumer grade Karen shop like Sams.

It won't do any of those things. The Base Bronco has the same engine, transmission and transfer case as the other models. Sasquatch has the advanced transfer case which is more complicated and probably less robust. The problem is the effing lawyers, if they install tires that are not specified they can be liable in an accident. I wanted a body shop to pull out a bumper, they wouldn't do it for the same reason. The salesman shouldn't have been a jerk, he should have just said we can't do it. Don't blame the shop however, they are just protecting themselves from the scumbag money grabbers. I have a Base Bronco, and really dig the base wheels. I'm staying with the base tires for now, they are actually pretty big, just looks small compared to the giant tire you you usually see on Broncos.

 

[broncobase1]

Probably wouldn’t have had an issue if you went to Costco. Jk

I would be very surprised if Costco will install anything other than specified tires. Lawyers Suck.

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