I've been shopping around for tires for my 09 Highlander Sport. I found 245 55 19's for 161 shipped each from this site. However, I'd have to pay extra to get them mounted and balanced.
Has anyone found tires cheaper than that? They are Goodyears and supposed to wear well.
Try Ebay or Craigslist...I've had a lot of luck with Craigslist lately...picked up a set of 4 Bridgestones (245 55 19) for $250 with 90%-85% thread just last month...
I tried adding a picture, but it only will attach a pic from a URL not from my harddrive. Anyway, thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Especially since you are in Ocala and I am in Plant City. I can easily go up to Ocala.
I think I will look into putting wider tires on the 19" rims. Has anybody tried that? Say 255/55-19?
I tried adding a picture, but it only will attach a pic from a URL not from my harddrive. Anyway, thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Especially since you are in Ocala and I am in Plant City. I can easily go up to Ocala.
I think I will look into putting wider tires on the 19" rims. Has anybody tried that? Say 255/55-19?
You need to first post you pics up to a photo hosting site like Photobucket. Here's a link that tells you how to do it.
PCMike asked about wider tires like 255/55/R19 size.
On my 2008 HL Sport I replaced my original 245/55/R19 Toyo A20 Open Country OEMs with Bridgestone Dueler Alenza 255/55/R19 tires about 18 months ago. The OEM tires had 18,000 miles on them and could have gone a few thousand more but their wear pattern gave me no confidence that they would last safely much longer. I now have 17,000 miles on the Alenzas which are significantly better than the Toyos. They should last about 50,000 miles or more according to the current wear pattern.
The wider Alenzas (10 mm or about 0.4 inch) works just fine with my HL with no contact issues and less than a predicted 1.5% speedometer error. In practice the speedometer error is within the accuracy of the HL's speedometer. I've checked the accuracy versus my Garmin GPS and the difference can hardly be discerned.
I see more options for 255/55/19 tires versus the 245/55/19. So what are most people using?
I switched to the 255/55R19 Bridgestone Dueler H/L Alenza's (from Dueler H/L 400's). Best decision I've made in regards to tires in awhile. Paid about $230 + $15 install + tax per tire (just over 1000 grand total) at Costco (Discount Tire was the same price). 65k mile warranty, much better traction (especially in rain), IMHO quieter. They were like 20 bucks more per tire than the OE Dueler H/L 400's, but well worth it.
For your other question in the other tire thread you posted, about the 245/55R19 tires, there basically are the Bridgestone Dueler H/L 400's, Goodyear assurance fuel max, Bridgestone Dueler H/L 422 Ecopia (which I know nothing about (ie good vs bad)), and some other's by Hankook and Dunlap.
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2008 Black Highlander Limited FWD
Nav (with override), Rear DVD | 900+ Watt Sound System | Headlight & Fog HID Projector Retrofit | LED Interior/Puddle Lights | Rattletrap Sound Deadener | Dueler HL Alenzas 255/55R19's |Updated Modification List
NTB also sells nitto crosstek cuv which have good reviews for under 700$ installed with tax, buy 2 get 2 free
I would not recommend the good years to anyone, i put them on cause costco did not have any bridgestone tires in stock in 245/55 or 255/55
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