Here in rainy old Hilo we have to do a lot of driving to get a round because we don’t have a lot of public transport options like they do in the mainland. All this driving wears out our tires fast. Since my car needs new tires soon, I decided to do a little research to find out who has the best tire prices in Hilo. I decided to look at the cost of the tires alone and with installation to find out how much tires cost in Hilo, so that I can get the best deal. Obviously prices will vary based on the type of car that you have, but this might be able to give you a good baseline on which Hilo Tire Dealer has the best prices. After all, if a company has a good price for my car, they will probably have a good price for your car too.
Goodyear Hilo Tire Price: $359.40
The lowest priced tires at Hilo’s Goodyear are the Kelly Explorer Plus, they cost $72.85 each and have a 40,000 mile warranty. Goodyear charges $17 per tire to install them. So the grand total for tires and installation at Goodyear in Hilo is $359.40. They also throw in a $49 29-point inspection for free.
Goodyear Auto Service Center
475 Kilauea Ave, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 935-9756
R & G Tire Center Tire Cost: Unknown
R & G doesn’t list tire prices on their website, so I don’t know how much tires from them will cost. Perhaps I will get around to calling them later. They are a full service tire facility, so they can obviously take care of everything. I just don’t know the cost.
R & G Tire Center Inc
612-A & B Kalanianaole Ave, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 935-2966
Firestone Hilo Tire Prices: $383.92
The Hilo Firestone website was just about the easiest website to use to find tire prices for my small car. Their best prices for tires is $69.99 each and they throw in installation, wheel alignment for free. But they charge for wheel balancing, valve stems and recycling so their true cost of tire installation is $104 and the total cost of tires for my car at Firestone Hilo would come out to $383.92. The tires at Firestone are cheaper than the tires at Goodyear, but the cost of installation is higher so tires from Firestone end up costing more.
Firestone Complete Auto Care
26 Kekela St, Hilo, HI 96720
808-959-7654
K & J Tire Center Tire Cost: Unknown
The K & J Tire websites also wasn’t so helpful to me. Unlike the R & G Tire website it gave me the ability to look for tires for my car, but didn’t give me any prices. It just asked for my contact information so that they could get back to me.
K & J Tire Ctr Inc
266 Kekuanaoa St, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 961-2604
Sears Hilo Tire Prices: $339.84
The Sears Tire website wasn’t so easy for me to figure out, but it showed me a tire price of $47.98 for Guardsman Plus tires but this is before shipping. This is significantly lower than the other Hilo Tire Companies. It turns out that shipping costs $22.99 per tire so the real cost of the tire is $70.97 each. But if I were to buy it at their Prince Kuhio Plaza location it would cost $69.98. Mounting is included and disposal of my old tires is free. Valve stems would cost $2.99 each and tire balancing is $11.99. So the installed cost of these tires is $84.96 and the cost for a full set of tires is $339.84.
Sears Auto Center
111 E Puainako St, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 981-4095