Discount Tire...

[10mm-man]

Wow ! That sucks, must be one out of a lot of people. My experience has been nothing but EXCELLENT! Everyone of them from Co Springs to Denver to Castle Rock.

Sorry about that man!

[def90]

I dunno which I'd really recommend. Goodyear is another option; they price-matched Tire Rack's online price for my 265/75-16 6 ply Duratracs, so that was cool. Les Schwab might be worth a look, too.

Goodyear was the place to go when I lived in Minnesota.. There isn't a true Goodyear shop in Boulder plus the BF Goodrich TAs seem to work better on the jeep than the Goodyear Wranglers.

[Buff]

I’ve used the FC store with mixed results and have found the Longmont and Loveland store to be competent. I have 3 trucks, 1 car and 4 trailers and it seems I’m always buying tires for something to the point where the staff knows who I am. I did have some issues with tires going out of balance which was cause by the rim not taking the clip/pound on weights, after some research and a few trips back to Discount it was decided tape weights was the way to go. To prevent this from happening again they put a note in my customer profile saying that vehicle required tape weights.
Every time I go in for tires I’ve done my research and show up with competitors prices to take advantage of their policy about beating the completions prices. Two years ago I bought 3 sets of GY Duratracs on the same day as always I was dealing with the store manager and was able to pull off an additional 12% off of the total bill.
Each store is different, by doing some research you can get a good deal, having no problem riding their ass/micromanaging them along with the amount of tires I buy from them I have no complaints with the Lovelan and Longmont stores.

[Irving]

No one should be using an air gun or impact wrench on lug nuts.

[BREATHER]

I have nuthin but good things to say about discount tire. Been buying tires for years. The last were some meaty tires and wheels for my Wrangler. All is good.

[tmleadr03]

No one should be using an air gun or impact wrench on lug nuts.

I use an electric impact to spin the lugs back on. Then torque wrench it the rest of the way.

[buckeye4rnr]

So they wound up fixing it and I really have to thank the GM at the E. Arapahoe store for doing what he could to make it right. He paid me cash for the service done at Kuni Lexus to get the lug fixed and spent some time with me yesterday to go over everything and gave me a hell of a deal on the tire warranty just to prevent any future problems(though he did say if it ended up that any tires were out of round he would take care of that without a warranty and at no cost to me.)

All 4 tires were unbalanced... two were off by .5 an ounce, one was off by a full ounce, and another was off by 2.5 ounces. They answered questions throughout as I was watching the whole thing and they put the wheels back on by hand.

[streetglideok]

No one should be using an air gun or impact wrench on lug nuts.

Impact guns are not the problem, its the users that are. I can break loose and tighten bolts tighter than any 1/2" impact will do, by hand. Most Japanese makes require less torque to secure the wheels than American brands. Isuzu used to be really problematic. The Rodeos and Troopers required less than 65ft-lbs to tighten the wheels. 80ft-lbs would stretch the studs, and 100 would lead to breakage the next time they came off. That's not much. I can torque most wheels in the air with just one hand holding the wheel. A four-way tire iron would easily surpass that. Poor workmanship is the issue, not the tool.

[Bailey Guns]

So they wound up fixing it and I really have to thank the GM at the E. Arapahoe store for doing what he could to make it right. He paid me cash for the service done at Kuni Lexus to get the lug fixed and spent some time with me yesterday to go over everything and gave me a hell of a deal on the tire warranty just to prevent any future problems(though he did say if it ended up that any tires were out of round he would take care of that without a warranty and at no cost to me.)

All 4 tires were unbalanced... two were off by .5 an ounce, one was off by a full ounce, and another was off by 2.5 ounces. They answered questions throughout as I was watching the whole thing and they put the wheels back on by hand.

Well...sounds like they tried to make it right then. I think that's a good thing.

[Irving]

Impact guns are not the problem, its the users that are. I can break loose and tighten bolts tighter than any 1/2" impact will do, by hand. Most Japanese makes require less torque to secure the wheels than American brands. Isuzu used to be really problematic. The Rodeos and Troopers required less than 65ft-lbs to tighten the wheels. 80ft-lbs would stretch the studs, and 100 would lead to breakage the next time they came off. That's not much. I can torque most wheels in the air with just one hand holding the wheel. A four-way tire iron would easily surpass that. Poor workmanship is the issue, not the tool.

That's exactly the point. The only tool that should be used is one that will tighten to the correct torque. If the tech is in there playing Nascar with the impact gun, the vehicle owner is going to get into a fight with the poor person who tries to take the whhel off next when the studs break.