Bought new tires for the 83 300D.......... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

tjts1 · #1 10-03-2015, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Millennial

Whats up guys, just wanted to get everybody's opinion. Planning to run the 300D here in a couple of weeks for the winter so I can park the truck. So part of the process has been re-doing a ton of things including rebuilding the turbo which came out nice......I needed new tires. I saw that I could buy the nice Michelins, but at 100 a piece, I was questioning it, not that they weren't worthy, but whether I felt like spending that. I decided not to and got GTRadials 195/70R14 for $262 shipped to my door. They have a 40k warranty, which should be fine for me as I only expect to put about 5-7k miles a year. I wanted to get your guys opinion as to what you think. Thanks.

How about $216 shipped.

Millennial · #2 10-03-2015, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tjts1

How about $216 shipped.

Well that would be the case, but since I live in Louisiana, they add a bunch of small fees(Environmental is one of them) for EACH tire, and they charged for valve stems. I ordered it from that website that you posted. I can post my order form so you guys can see the breakdown of charges. Exact tire and everything.

Graham · #3 10-03-2015, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by tjts1

How about $216 shipped.[/url]

I have a set of Champiro snow tires on our E320 that I bought used. Their snow tires did quite well on tests carried out here in Canada. From what I could find, those are Chinese tires.

That seems like a heck of a low price. Good reviews here.

Personally, I would try and buy tires locally and have them balanced and mounted as well as have an alignment done.

BillGrissom · #4 10-04-2015, 12:37 PM

Both my 300D's have the factory size (P195/70R14), installed in last 3 years. One has Yokohama Avid S Touring from America's Tire (or Discount Tire). The other has Cooper Response from Sears. Both tires have straight channels, which I think looks better, and makes it easy to measure toe-in w/ a tape measure. I can't say which set performs better (not a tire aficionado, ditto for audio).

Sears was a rush job on a Sunday before my son took the car away. We prefer America's because they have stores all over CA and I always get the road-hazard warranty, which we have used many times.