My technique always.

 

Ian just post the tire companies name. They are bad to deal with, everyone should know.

I personally hate buying wheels with tires on them, it's so hard to tell if they are mangled or not.

 

I think it is pretty obvious which company it is Blain, one of the guys from the US on this thread guessed the one he was talking about.

 

Yes you appear to save on tires buying them from someone such as tire rack until problems arise. I have also had some problems finding a local installer for the tires I bought from Tire rack, nobody wanted to mount them. The local tire store quoted me $240 to mount them. I now buy them from Costco and get free flat repairs and rotations and their price is competitive to tire rack when you include shipping costs, tire mounting charges, UPS brokerage fees, etc.

I will probably not have them shipped up here again but if I am passing by south bend I may consider dropping buy and having a new set installed.