Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 271 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 271 | AND ... Nate was awesome enough to send me some barn door screens he wasn't using.
And where does one get these?? They would be awesome in my chariot!!
I have no idea where he got them but they're awesome. There are a few brands of these out there but most of them wouldn't do for me because of the cats. You might look into the magic mesh magnetic ones since you don't have to be concerned with pets dragging them down. Hell, you could probably make a velcro set pretty easily. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 addict | addict Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 | Went back to wal-mart and spoke with the manager there, told him how his employees broke a corporate policy and they said they would replace all the tires, then we go to the tire department and they don't have the ones I need in stock and said it wouldn't matter because I would have to pay the difference, so instead we made a deal that they refund the full amount I paid and I keep the tires. So I am going to be getting better tires from some place else soon. Going to drive these tires until death then put the new ones on. So victory is mine, 4 tires and 380 bucks refunded. I caught them in so many ways how they broke policies and actually broke a couple laws not only selling an inferior product and admitting to it. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,811 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,811 | Hey RamVan as the saying goes "TO THE VICTOR GOES THE SPOILS" or in your case 4 tires and money in your pocket. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,308 Likes: 568 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,308 Likes: 568 | But really you get what you pay for....if you get $50 tires dont expect them to last too long or complain about the tire separating....budget tires are just that....Buy it right or buy it twice...
glad you got your money back and kept the tires
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SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS '93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB '92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 addict | addict Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 | They were 80 something dollar tires, and not to long ago quality tires would only run you about 80 dollars but yes times change, the issue was the tires where actually defective, they had a radial run out of .064" and the thread wear wasn't even which confirms the radial runout. The tires performed well in the beginning however wal-mart installed tires that didn't have proper load rating which there policy states they will not do but they did it anyways which is why I got the money back. I normally don't complain, but when you have the tires less then 6000 miles and you have to have them balanced 3 times and won't hold balance something is wrong. They loose there balance within 100 miles, and like I said I measured the run out and even with the naked eye you can see that sucker is out of round.
Thing was when I purchased the tires I didn't have allot of money and needed tires as my old ones were dry rotted.
But I am going to be getting Hankook H727's users seem to be very satisfied with them, they are a best seller on tire rack. They have a BIG thread rating of 700 versus my goodyears that only have a 300 rating. The Hankook's have a 5 year 100K mile warranty, they also are the proper load rating and are inexpensive. I can get a set of 4 for 368 dollars and with the mail in rebate they come out to 318.
But thank you, point was the tires I got were like you said, crap cheap get along tires but even then they shouldn't have that excessive of a run out. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 addict | addict Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 | Yea thanks, It took some doing but the fact I had them with corporate wal-marts policy which they broke is what got the manager to change his mind. But now I can save a little and get some quality tires. I use to have Uniroyal Tiger Paws, great tires but they don't make them in the size I need anymore | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,308 Likes: 568 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,308 Likes: 568 | Went to the Bone Yard today to look at a '95 G20...found it had a good dash kit... so I grabbed it...Installed a lot of it in my '92 but the switch and door pull handle positions are different so I need to get 6 pcs from these 2 pcs...2 door pull handles plates, 2 eletric switch plates, a radio bezel and a dash top trim pc... also got a set of door pockets and soft felt visors...
SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS '93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB '92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,233 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,233 | Went for a ride on a beautiful morning
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