Where to Get Tires Installed After Buying Online: Broward

Four tires, one question

Ordering tires online is the easy part. Then comes the question every online buyer hits: who's going to put them on?

If you're in South Florida, TireDrop was built around that question. TireDrop is the online store of Extreme Tires, a tire and service shop at 7712 West Oakland Park Blvd in Sunrise. So the answer can be "the same people who sold them to you." The full details live on our ship-to-store and install page. This post is the practical version: which route fits you, and what to check before a single lug nut comes off.

Route 1: Ship them to the shop in Sunrise

Choose ship-to-store at checkout and the order goes to Extreme Tires instead of your house.

How it works:

• It's free. Ship-to-store adds nothing to your total for shipping. You pay for the tires, and separately for installation when you come in.
• The shop calls you when the order is checked in and on the rack.
• You can book the fitting before the tires arrive. The shop matches the booking to the delivery and calls you to move it if the shipment runs late.
• Your old tires stay at the shop and get recycled.

What installation covers: dismounting and disposing of the old set, mounting and balancing the new one, new valve stems, torque to spec, and a TPMS reset where the vehicle has it. The shop confirms your total before any work starts.

This route suits you if you'd rather not store four tires in a condo, or if the car needs anything else done while it's in the bay. Alignment, brakes and suspension work happen at the shop, not in a driveway.

Route 2: Have the van fit them where you park

Extreme Tires also runs mobile installation vans across these Broward cities: Sunrise, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Weston, Coral Springs, Tamarac, Lauderhill, Pembroke Pines and Miramar.

You can send the order free to the Sunrise shop and have the van bring it to you, or ship to your house and have the van fit them there. What the van needs:

• one standard parking space next to your car, with about ten feet of clearance on the work side
• a driveway, a flat stretch of street, an office lot or a jobsite area
• at a condo or apartment complex, the complex name and any gate code or call-up instructions when you book

Mobile work covers installation, balancing, puncture repair, rotation and TPMS service. See the mobile service page for how booking works, and our post on mobile installation at a condo or office for gate codes and garage rules.

Route 3: Ship home and take them to a fitter

Outside the South Florida install area, this is the route. TireDrop ships free to addresses in the 48 contiguous states and DC, but installation is a South Florida service. Anywhere else, your order ships to you and you take it to an installer you trust.

Before you order, call that installer and ask two things: whether they fit tires the customer brings in, and what they charge to do it. Better to find out before four tires are sitting in your hallway.

Questions to ask any installer

Whether it's our shop or one near you in another state, the same short list saves surprises:

• Do you fit tires the customer brings in? Some shops do; some don't. Ask before you order.
• What's included in the price? Mounting, balancing, valve stems, TPMS work and disposal of the old tires are sometimes separate line items.
• How is TPMS handled? If your car has pressure sensors, ask whether a reset or relearn is part of the job.
• Are wheels torqued to the vehicle maker's spec? A torque wrench, not just an impact gun.
• Is tire registration handled? If not, plan to do it yourself (more on that below).
• How do you want to be told the tires have arrived? If you're shipping to the installer, agree on who calls whom.

We don't quote arrival dates for shipments. For ship-to-store orders, the Sunrise shop calls you when the tires are checked in, so book the fitting and let the shop line it up.

Before anything gets mounted: the arrival check

Whichever route you choose, check the tires against your car before they go on. Five minutes now beats a second appointment later.

1. Size. Match it to the Tire and Loading Information placard on your driver's door edge or door post, not just to the old tires.
2. Load index and speed rating. USTMA's guidance is that replacement tires match the size, load-carrying capacity and speed rating on the vehicle placard, with a load index equal to or above what the placard requires.
3. Same model on every position. Especially if you ordered in two batches.
4. Shipping damage. Look along the beads and sidewalls for cuts or crushed spots.
5. Date codes. Find the four digits at the end of the DOT number on each tire. Per Goodyear, the first two are the week and the last two are the year, so 3224 would be week 32 of 2024.

Enter a date code here to see exactly how old a tire is:

Can't find the date? The full DOT number may be on only one sidewall. Our guide to reading the tire date code shows where to look.

If something doesn't match, raise it before mounting. Call (954) 773-1896 and ask.

After the install: two small jobs

Keep the DOT numbers. Photograph the full DOT number on each tire, or ask the installer whether they can be noted on your invoice. That's what a recall lookup needs.

Register the tires. Federal rules under 49 CFR Part 574 set up a tire registration program so manufacturers can notify buyers if a tire is recalled. Ask your installer whether registration is handled for you. If not, register each tire with the manufacturer. You can also search tire recalls by brand and line on NHTSA's recall site at any time. Our recalls and registration guide walks through it.

Ready to order? Shop by size or vehicle, choose ship-to-store at checkout, and book the fitting that suits you on the install page.