This is the same thing i heard about the Hummer wheels. $100 a piece at the dealer... Heard this on TDR and got real excited...
Fat chance. I called EVERY hummer dealer from here to north of LA, and East to Yuma, Im in san diego. Not one would sell me a set of 4 for less than $900. This is for the non polished older ones. Add $150 a wheel for chrome. Though some of them had one or two wheels only, non set, no tire, that they were happy to wheel and deal on. They get $100+ a wheel/tire from venders who buy them in bulk (40 wheels and tires, or 10 sets) and ship them off to Russia in cargo containers. The Russia story came from a couple LA dealers.
I called the dealer in PA that a TDR member refered me to. yep $100 a piece but he had no sets. 2 wheels and 2 tire/wheels. $100 for the wheels/tires. The parts guy asked if i was "brian again. " sound to me like 1 TDR member had a sweetheart deal with thier local Pensilvanian dealer?
J penner did you happen to score a set of the michelins from your dealer? Im not trying to start a spitn match but the above explains my hesitation in believing the price...