goodrich atr & parallel importing

Greg!! I dont know if BFG actually make BFG A/Ts other than the USA but that is untrue about the warranty. If you buy tyres from a tyre outlet, you are covered by a warranty. i Its as simple as that. If warranty is needed, it is up to the dealer to sort it out for you, not the importer or B F Goodrich. This is definately for NSW. Michael

Nah mate dont listen to him just yet.

$20 a tyre is not that big a difference. What i would do is go to the cheaper one and ask to see a tyre and note its serial number, then go to other shop and ask for the serial number of his. Compare and see what the go is then. Maybe ring BF Goodrich themselves and ask. That will either prove him correct or wrong, and will ensure you get the best deal.

they do make BFGs in Japan also. possibly other places but i am only aware of japan and US(from mixed thai and US rubber)

With tyres, tyre resellers are usually aligned to one brand but can sell any brand...if that makes sense.

In the tyre world there are brand dealers and resellers, the brand dealers get a better price on one particular brand because the support that one brand more.

When we went to Toyo's for our 4x4 we went to our regular tyre place (who looks after our company cars and service vans) to get them and found they were about $60.00 per tyre dearer then the place around the corner from our business was.

We approached him about the difference in price and that's when he informed us of how the tyre industry works, we could by the tyres for the same price as he could from this other mod who were Toyo dealers.

I would say the guy who offered you the tyres for $300 each may be that brands dealer and the other guy is a reseller.

Hi Greg,
I think you will find that BFG is Made ONLY in the USA, they used to manufacture tyres for the aircraft industry & supplied tyres to the space shuttle, they are now owned by the "Michelin tyre Co" & produced under the watchful eye of Michelin as Michelin wanted & needed to get into the aircraft tyre supply business.
Michelin are in totally controlled by the French{what ever Michelin USA says} the quality control of Michelin is second to none WHEREVER they are made,
Michelin do not have a factory in Oz, due to the huge labour cost's so they did purchase a factory in Taiwan, which at the time made "Barum" tyres just to name one, most "65" series profile tyres for the Australian market are made in Taiwan, If a tyre" brand" is made by Michelin it will have after the brand name & country of manufacturer the Initials MTC printed after it = Michelin Tyre Co, 95-100% of "semi Truck tyres" are made in the UK factory, as with some "special" sizes car tyres for BMW,Citron,Mini, etc....,etc, most 4x4 tyres are made USA{but not all} I have even seen a few car tyres with "balance weights" on the inside of the carcass, that's how fussy they are with quality.As far as rubber "compounds" are concerned don't let any one tell you that they know that a certain Michelin tyre has harder compounds as another, complete rubbish, even the guy's working in the factory's wouldn't know, it's the most well kept secret in the tyre industry, and NO tv or media is allowed into most, if not any parts of any factory owned by Michelin,as for "rubber" used in a tyre nowadays properly about 1% rubber is now used, & it's Carbon Black that gives a tyre it's "hardness" ability, but at the end of the day BFG will give you a better life & performance for your tyre investment, Do i work for Michelin No, but i did for 25yrs.
hope that helped in some ways
cheers
dave

I have owned vehicles & driven work supplied vehicles in all terrains & believe B F GOODRICH are a great tyre. They are actually the T/A & the tread pattern has not changed in about 25 years. I never worried about where they were made just had them rotated & monitored the pressures. I drove, Rangies,Patrols, L/cruisers, Jackaroos & Pajeros never a fault. $300 per tyre is a good deal. I remember years ago there was an issue with Japanese Bridgestones & Aussie made B/stones but I have never heard any stories about BFG.

There might be something in that - I just got another set of BFG AT 265/75/16 fitted yesterday at $300 each fitted new valve inserts etc etc.
They are made in USA , and I know some people at Beaurepairs etc and they said there buying price was $350 , so has to be some special arrangement somewhere !