Holy crap, have you seen tire prices

I bought KO2’s April 2021 from Tirerack.com for 234 each list.

Look now..

 

I last bought tires in fall 2019. Imagine my sticker shock looking a few months ago thinking about some 35s and comparing prices to back then. Jesus.

i got my Toyo 285s for like 180 each back then.

 

35’s are in to the $300’s

I want them but my KO’s only have 4K miles on them. Wife no go for that.

 

Got quoted $550/each for super swamper 37’s and price match. Luckily I found five on the blem list for $280/each.

 

Damn. I guess I picked a bad time to get new tires.

I wonder if the prices will ever return.

 

I found 235/80-17 KO2s at Walmart for 228, compared to Tire Rack/Discount/Simple Tire/the rest at 266. Even the cheap tires are pricey, was debating whether to go with Kenda AT2s in the same size to make it easier but they were even more expensive than the KO2s in the same size.

 

In the market now and not looking forward to paying these rates...

 

I've got some like-new LTXs if that's your thing.

 

Probably not. Just in the last 2 years we got a couple of dollar raises just due to cost of living. Labor cost and materials have shot through the roof. And the higher the cost of oil and gas the prices will only continue to climb

 

It's absurd. Bought my first set of Wildpeaks for $140/each back in 2019, spent $220/each on my second set this year!

 

What's the largest tire size I can fit in my budget??