New shoes

"HoustonRunner" (houstonrunner) 12/13/2018 at 22:09 • Filed to: None

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Finally found a place locally that actually wanted to sell me new wheels, picked them up today with new tires as well.

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Went from 22" wheels with IronMan tires (good tires despite not being name brand ) to 20" from a GMC Denali and Michelin Defender LTX M/S. Early review - a little loss of steering feel, which was expected, but the extra 2" of sidewall is definitely smoothing out the crappy Houston roads. I’ll see tomorrow morning how they feel on my highway commute.

Like the look as well. Even though the wheels weren’t standard or optional on the ‘burb, they were optional on the Yukon Denali XL.

Overall pretty happy so far. The place that I bought these from let me trade my 22" for these, so my net cost was about $275 per wheel / tire. Not bad when the tire goes for about $200. I might have been able to get a better deal with each transaction individually , but happy to support a local business and pay a slight premium for the convenience.

[ !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to prior post on trying to buy the wheels . If you are interested, I ended up buying from the same place. After the eBay messages I went by the shop, and in person they were great to deal with. I told them that whatever number they list on their website does not respond, the two guys at the counter basically sighed like “yeah, we know, that guy sucks”.]

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HoustonRunner 12/13/2018 at 22:12

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That’s a nice looking house

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HoustonRunner 12/13/2018 at 22:12

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That’s a nice looking house

HoustonRunner > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/13/2018 at 22:20

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Thank you.  I’d post my awesome chandelier as well, but we didn’t allocate much in the budget for that when we built.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HoustonRunner 12/13/2018 at 22:23

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Hah, I’m not exactly living the high life, so I’m sure it’s exceptional in comparison.

JeepJeremy > HoustonRunner 12/13/2018 at 22:42

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I LOVE THAT TRUCK!!!!!

HoustonRunner > JeepJeremy 12/13/2018 at 23:10

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Thanks. Wish it was 4WD, even though I would almost never use it. Also, two weeks ago I proved it it not a truck. Just had it detailed, then needed to run out and get some lumber. Borrowed my dad’s Ram 1500 because I didn’t want to get the burb dirty...

wafflesnfalafel > HoustonRunner 12/13/2018 at 23:27

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nice French rubber, love that pearl white - better ride than a swb Tahoe

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > HoustonRunner 12/13/2018 at 23:35

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It’s yuuuuuge

M.T. Blake > HoustonRunner 12/14/2018 at 00:45

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Tires should be cheaper too if you plan on being like most Suburban owners and putting one-hundred-bazillion-gillion-wowtillion miles on it. 

HoustonRunner > M.T. Blake 12/14/2018 at 09:15

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That is the plan. Bought it with 52k, up over 76k now. With my nearly 50 miles each way commute (mostly highway) I’m willing to pay for a better ride and less noise, and these were rated very well  on tire rack.

Nothing > HoustonRunner 12/14/2018 at 10:21

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Those look really good, kudos!