Is the Walmart tire the same as what the dealership sell,, or do the tire companies make special spec tires for the discount stores? Found this little bit of info on another site, just wonder if there is any truth to it. http://www.goodyear.com/email/faq/walmart.html
Question about Tires from Wally-World And Dealerships
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pafixitman
Registered User
wal mart specs their own. I have bought tires from them 3 times w/o incident.
Diesel_brad
Dunce
As stated above. Walmart, sams club and sears all have tires made to their spec for them.
All are made at a lesser quality than the name brand quality tire you would of bought thru goodyear, BFG or the like.
it is like going to Home depot and buying a John Deere. You dont buy a John Deere for 1500, they are 5000. You get what you pay for
All are made at a lesser quality than the name brand quality tire you would of bought thru goodyear, BFG or the like.
it is like going to Home depot and buying a John Deere. You dont buy a John Deere for 1500, they are 5000. You get what you pay for
Silver91Hatch
Full Access Member
I work for a Ford dealership and we have very competitive priced tires compared to everybody but WM. The tires there are not as high quality. I personally wouldn't run them on my truck.
gatorman21218
Registered User
if their tires are anything like their batteries then I would stay the hell away
mattplumber
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My truck that I just bought has the wal-mart good year wrangler authority A/Ts on it (They were newly installed by the PO when I bought the truck). 265/75 16's LR E. They seem to be decent tires, and look more like a mud terrain than an all terrain in my opinion. The only complaint I would have with them is that they seem to be made of a somewhat inferior rubber compound (very soft). The reason I know this is that not a month after I bought the truck I blew out the passenger side front shock and the tire literally started to wear significantly every day that I drove it until i replaced the shocks. Now I know that faulty shocks do contribute to premature tire wear, but I have driven vehicles before in the past with terrible/and or no shocks and never had this much noticable tire wear in such a short period of time.
Next tires I will buy are the new Michelin LTX A/T2's. My dad has a set on his 99 f-350 that have been on there since it was a year old with 20k miles and they still look like new. His truck now has 180k miles. They aren't cheap but they do last forever. Truly a PREMIUM tire.
Next tires I will buy are the new Michelin LTX A/T2's. My dad has a set on his 99 f-350 that have been on there since it was a year old with 20k miles and they still look like new. His truck now has 180k miles. They aren't cheap but they do last forever. Truly a PREMIUM tire.
i put those $hit tires on my expedition
tread was still good, but the tires gave the truck death wobble from hell. they lasted under a year and less then 25k miles
NapaBavarian
Dually driver 6.9
I buy my delo at Wallmart, $11 VS $17-20 elsewhere 
and I buy...um...well, I look at stuff, sometimes cheap isn't such a good deal, Dello is about it, I'd give my money to Napa auto parts if it was $14-15, but not an extra $20 on 3 gallon fill up
and I buy...um...well, I look at stuff, sometimes cheap isn't such a good deal, Dello is about it, I'd give my money to Napa auto parts if it was $14-15, but not an extra $20 on 3 gallon fill up 
itsacrazyasian
residentcrazyasian
friend of mine put wally world special's something called a liberator on her escape. After 12K one by one the tread liberated from the casing!
I put 4 kumho's on it and called it a day. That was 2 years ago and they look great. The Korean tires really seem to be very decent for the money. Hankook, Kumho and Nexen. I only put a set of chinese tires on my truck because they were cheap. they wear well, but they are load range d. If i acutally use the truck like a truck i would have NEVER installed them.
I put 4 kumho's on it and called it a day. That was 2 years ago and they look great. The Korean tires really seem to be very decent for the money. Hankook, Kumho and Nexen. I only put a set of chinese tires on my truck because they were cheap. they wear well, but they are load range d. If i acutally use the truck like a truck i would have NEVER installed them.
itsacrazyasian
residentcrazyasian
I buy my delo at Wallmart, $11 VS $17-20 elsewhere
Walmart by me has teh delo for 9/gal on rollback. I ran there to buy a fram g3 prefilter since the pos purolater one started leaking and saw the delo on sale. Picked up 8 gals!
BTW the purolator version of the 3/8 clear filter is made in China. The fram is made in Israel??? The fram is cheaper too!
Silver91Hatch
Full Access Member
Fram = Junk. Newer fram filters are no good. I run Motorcraft filters, why run any other.
itsacrazyasian
residentcrazyasian
fram oil filters suck yes. But in my case this is a prefilter for my electric pump. hell it could be a damn sock for all i care i just dont want it to leak and i want to be able to see in it. I usually keep a spare in my truck but i lent one out and forgot to replace and i knew wally world had them in stock.
Silver91Hatch
Full Access Member
Well I guess that works, I just hat supporting a company that makes stuff like they do.
