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#2 of 34 2004 Deville tires by 04cad Apr 15, 2006 (7:22 am)
My Deville is a base sedan with the 225 60 16 Michelin Symmetry tires. With 44,5xx miles on them they are advertised to go for many more miles. I have found the exact same tires for $107.00 each plus disposal, mounting and balancing at Walmart or Sam's club. I have checked Big O and they quoted $56x.xx may not have included tax. There are several companies with comparable tires at $7x.xx each plus disposal, mounting and balancing. I have had good luck with Goodyear, BF Goodrich, Firestone, Sears, and others on past vehicles. We put tires from a local non chain tire supplier on our last Deville and they worked fine at no more than $300.00 for the set. I was curious if anyone had tried any other brands on the 04 model and how they liked the ride and noise levels with other brands. Thanks for the reply... Bob Replies to this message: geo9 (Apr 15, 2006 12:51 pm) dispencer1 (Apr 19, 2006 6:31 pm) bremertong (Apr 15, 2006 9:23 pm) jlb2 (May 19, 2006 8:59 pm) bolivar (May 20, 2006 2:15 am) and 2 more...
#3 of 34 Re: 2004 Deville tires [04cad] by geo9 Apr 15, 2006 (11:51 am)
Replying to: 04cad (Apr 15, 2006 8:22 am) ME? It depends.............I would purchase a similar tire with the same load range/tread wear rating/size/ply etc. that came with the car. For me it would all come down to price...............   Lets face it.......Most tire brands are made by the SAME company at the same factories. Most likely you are only paying for the name.   I have put a set of cheapie Pep Boys tires on some of my older cars that were due to be traded soon for less than $200 OTD installed.............. Replies to this message: dispencer1 (Apr 19, 2006 6:31 pm)
#4 of 34 Re: 2004 Deville tires [04cad] by bremertong Apr 15, 2006 (8:23 pm)
Replying to: 04cad (Apr 15, 2006 8:22 am) My car is also the base model and has the same tires on it. When ready I would like to find a more quiet tire with the same handling characteristics. Have found the present tires a little noisy at speeds of over 60 MPH (freeway driving), I don't have a Sams club near but do have both a Walmart and Costco. Please post when you purchase as this will be valuable input when it's time to replace present tires, Thanks. Replies to this message: jlb2 (May 19, 2006 8:59 pm) bolivar (May 20, 2006 2:15 am) imidazol97 (May 20, 2006 5:50 am) and 1 more...
#5 of 34 Re: 2004 Deville tires [geo9] by dispencer1 Apr 19, 2006 (5:31 pm)
Replying to: geo9 (Apr 15, 2006 12:51 pm) I figure that Cadillac knows more than I do about a tire that is suitable for a particular model. When my Michelins wear down I intend to replace them with the same tire and model unless Michelin doesn't make the Symmetry by that time. Then I'll put on what they consider a replacement for it.
#6 of 34 Re: 2004 Deville tires [bremertong] by jlb2 May 19, 2006 (7:59 pm)
Replying to: bremertong (Apr 15, 2006 9:23 pm) Never Walmart or Sams. Replies to this message: bolivar (May 20, 2006 2:15 am) imidazol97 (May 20, 2006 5:50 am) 04cad (May 20, 2006 1:50 pm)
#7 of 34 Re: 2004 Deville tires [jlb2] by bolivar May 20, 2006 (1:15 am)
Replying to: jlb2 (May 19, 2006 8:59 pm) You said 'Never Walmart or Sams'.   Why?   Are you like my MIL, who thinks the billions of dollars of things sold out of Walmart are all 'seconds', things 'quality control' caught on the production line and channels into the distribution systems of Walmart?   If you are looking at Michelin, Goodyear, Bridgestone, etc, the tires at Walmart are just .... tires.   Now maybe their workers mounting the tires are a step down from the local Goodyear shop, but how do you really quantify the difference between dumb and dumber? Or maybe it's 'don't give a durn and seldom gives a durn'. Replies to this message: imidazol97 (May 20, 2006 5:50 am) 04cad (May 20, 2006 1:50 pm)
#8 of 34 Re: 2004 Deville tires [bolivar] by imidazol97 May 20, 2006 (4:50 am)
Replying to: bolivar (May 20, 2006 2:15 am) Agree that tires are the same. I think the worker quality may be better or worse than a local brand tire store. It just depends. You get a sense of how a department is run when you go in a couple different times of day and ask about tires or batteries. Frankly I trust the local, new Superstore more than a brand name store where I bought my Michelins. But I watch what local brand store is doing as far as torque and rotation pattern and all. It's a store chain- not a brand like Firestone or Goodyear store. Replies to this message: 04cad (May 20, 2006 1:50 pm)
#9 of 34 Re: 2004 Deville tires [imidazol97] by 04cad May 20, 2006 (12:50 pm)
Replying to: imidazol97 (May 20, 2006 5:50 am) The Sam's club tire techs were very professional and put the old tires into plastic bags and into the car for me. I did notice they used the same technique the other tire places I have visited use to tighten the wheels, which I think is wrong. They run the nuts up with an impact wrench one at a time in the cross pattern and then check with the torque wrench. If I am doing them myself I run the nuts up to touch with the cross pattern, then I tighten them with the cross pattern, then I final tighten them with the torque wrench which requires me to move the nut until the torque wrench clicks. The way most tire stores tighten them with the impact can and will occasionally warp the rotors. When they put the torque wrench on and pull it until it clicks (which is almost always immediately) all they are doing is ensuring the impact wrench has at least tightened them to the required torque. They may be overtorqued on some and barely torqued to spec on others. Watch them the next time they do yours, if it clicks almost as soon as they pull on the wrench then the impact has set the torque, not the torque wrench. Sadly, in my experience this is the norm for tire store installations. By the way the Goodrich tires performed fine on the trip to FL and we averaged 27 mpg both ways in all kinds of traffic. Noise seemed to be the same as the original tires, handling and ride were very good also.
#10 of 34 I LOVE AND SHOP AT WALMART BUT by bremertong May 20, 2006 (8:46 pm)
The one time I bought tires from Walmart  they over torqued the lug nuts causing rotor damage to a Chrysler LHS. The Chrysler dealership said the damage was likely a result of the over torquing but was not 100 percent provable. On presentation of the letter from the dealership and in discussion with the store manager, Walmart agreed to pay half the cost of the repair. My 2004 Deville now has 32,000 miles on it and am expecting I will need tires in the next year. I probably will either use Costco since there is someone in the tire shop that has been friendly and helpful in the past. Just as likely I will use a local tire shop with a long and good reputation for quality work in my small community. I was having a wheel vibration last year after a tire rotation and the small shop did a good job of resolving with a spin and balance. They also did an alignment earlier in the year with good results. If I use the small shop I expect to pay more but it is important to me that the likelihood of poor workmanship or damage be kept as low as possible.

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