4 Wheel Parts tire warranty...

[boomhauer]

Originally Posted by carwash

So when i bought my tires, years ago, I got the road/offroad warranty. Shipping for the tires was $168, but they offered the shipping for free if you spring for the tire warranty at $100. No brainer, saved $68 on shipping and had peace of mind of the warranty.

Warranty info came in the mail. It said this:
-We will replace it at no charge during the first 50% of tire wear (pro-rated after)
-Warranty covers all failures, on and offroad
-Warranty covers all non-reapairable flats
-Warranty covers all tire defects

So finally finished the rig, as everyone knows i guess... Took it to Harlan Fall Crawl for it's first official trail run. Second day of riding, we hit Grapevine on the way back to camp and I slice open the sidewalls on 2 of my brand new 44" Boggers. Damn.

Was really bummed out about it until i remembered my tire warranty. So, got back home and started the process. Called them up, they verified my warranty and sais as long as i had more than 50% tread, i would get new tires no problem. So, as to not want to wait for me to ship my old ones, or let the rig sit on no tires for weeks, i went ahead and paid in full up front, and will be reimbursed. (hope so anyway).

They told me the process of what to do for shipping back the portion. The piece has to include the DOT number and a section of tread so that they can measure the depth. Odd to me that they don't even require that you send back the damaged section at all. What keeps dishonest people from just getting new tires when their tread gets down to about 60%?

Anyway, here's some pics of my process. I will ship these off today, and let you all know when my credit comes through. That bead is amazingly tough to get thru, what the hell kind of metal is that wire... jesus. I was amazed at how easy it was to cut thru the tread and sidewall areas tho, like butter.













Its really an odd feeling to take a saw to brand new set of tires... feels like I'm doing something wrong.

"nyles" should send those to that guy you were f'ing with so he can sell them for 600.00 or so....lol

[carwash]

Good idea.

Or maybe brad can use them. He can mount them so that the big hole is hidden. They don't need to actually be functional anyway. hahahahah.

[KargoMaster]

Originally Posted by carwash

Good idea.

Or maybe brad can use them. He can mount them so that the big hole is hidden. They don't need to actually be functional anyway. hahahahah.

You MUST be talking about a different brad...

Hope this all works out the way it should... Good job remembering the warrantee... I'd have forgotten, bought the tires, let them sit for 5 years while I rebuilt, then remembered. :o

Load Range C - 6 ply sidewall... they look about right to me...

[carwash]

5 years... keep it up assbag. You can see the build date on the tires... 19th week of 2006.

I know a good vulcanizer, you want these?

[KennyTJ]

Originally Posted by carwash

5 years... keep it up assbag. You can see the build date on the tires... 19th week of 2006.

I know a good vulcanizer, you want these?

Not to sidetrack but I could use a # for someone who can volcanize a 39.5 IROK?

Thanks!

[carwash]

Let me get his name and number from a buddy. I might know 2 different ones, gimme a couple days.

[KennyTJ]

Cool, Thanks man!

[boomhauer]

Originally Posted by carwash

Good idea.

Or maybe brad can use them. He can mount them so that the big hole is hidden. They don't need to actually be functional anyway. hahahahah.

too mf'ing funny!!!!

[cheapthrills49]

so what is the story wit the "left overs" cuz ide like to buy them or just get them them outa your way;) they would make a nice bar base or some ****?

[carwash]

When imma unload them I will let you know.

[77goldeneagle]

I used to work at 4WP in Columbus and when we did a trie warranty all we did was take a "hot" knife to the number section between the two dimples keeping the complete tire intact.................not saying that SOME tires didn't end up a trail spares AFTER the warranty was fullfilled interco got the numbers they needed

[carwash]

just to update....

Received my credit. I had them pull the handling cost ($39) and the price of a new warranty for the two new tires ($50 ea) out of the credit I was owed, but I received the rest of the credit back on the card.

The warranty you buy is only good for the one tire it's on. When you turn it in, your warranty is gone and you have to buy a new one. I think this is fine. $50 more for peace of mind is just fine in my book. I will do it every time at that price.

Here's the kicker, wasted another tire at Jellico a couple weekends ago... cut the sidewall pretty good. Able to be plugged, but definitely needs to be replaced. They are gonna think I'm scamming them at some point I'm sure. Am I actually this unlucky? Last set of boggers I had, I ran for 3 full seasons hard with no punctures. Ha.