2024 Air Touring - Tire Change Shock

[Anil_Lucid_Air]

Dear friends,
Lucid Service Center said they don't replace the summer tires on 20 inches wheel with all season tires. The option provided was to buy the set of all season tires with 19 inches wheels...thats costs around $4750 per their website + taxes.
Really?
Please suggest any good options available for this situation. Or is the final resort to do away with this car? for good
Thanks in advance

 

[wideruled]

Why wouldn't you go to a local tire shop to inquire about all season tires for the car? Probably less expensive than having the service center do it, not to mention the benefit of not having to wait for a service center appointment.

The reason the service center likely told you about the 19in wheel package is that is the only package Lucid sells that has the all season tires on it. if you look at the accessories here: https://store.lucidmotors.com/lucid-air/ all the larger wheel sizes only come with the summer tires and has been that way since they've sold the car.

 

[Anil_Lucid_Air]

Why wouldn't you go to a local tire shop to inquire about all season tires for the car? Probably less expensive than having the service center do it, not to mention the benefit of not having to wait for a service center appointment.

The reason the service center likely told you about the 19in wheel package is that is the only package Lucid sells that has the all season tires on it. if you look at the accessories here: https://store.lucidmotors.com/lucid-air/ all the larger wheel sizes only come with the summer tires and has been that way since they've sold the car.

They should have the curtesy to educate customers when buying 20 inches wheeled cars in areas where it snows. While they recommend the Summer tires are not suitable for Rainy and Winter conditions, they do not warn the customers that in Winter you will have to swap tires by paying $5000. Is this good customer care?
Besides, when you look for cars on Lucid website, they only mention 20 inches or 19 inches wheel. No where they mention 20 inches wheel with summer tires only.

On an other note, can you please suggest which local tire shops have been tried and tested for this tire swap ? Will the 20 inches wheel with all season tires touch the inside of the car? how about tire pressure calibration...does it get altered? lot of worries here...as the configuration changes...

 

[wideruled]

When I had to get tires to replace some 21in tires that I damaged I was directed to a Les Schwab in my area as that was the preferred Pirelli dealer near me. They ended up not having that specific tire in stock, so I went with another brand (hankook if i remember correctly) that ended up being all season tires and they worked just fine. So really any tire shop should be able to accommodate you, as they should have recommended tires for EVs. If there is a shop near you that you trust or have had good experiences with, swing by and ask about tires for the car.

Side note: I did end up purchasing the 19in wheel package later on as I was taking a longer road trip and wanted the better efficency. The Service Center folks never once remarked about the other brand of tires on my 21in wheels.

If you want to provide feedback to Lucid about the website / tire selections I'd recommend emailing customercare @ lucidmotors.com and also maybe provide feedback to the service center person you spoke with. I'm guessing this is not an uncommon bit of feedback from folks that live in places that actually get snow vs places like Cali where our winters can sometimes be rainy.

 

[socktucker]

They should have the curtesy to educate customers when buying 20 inches wheeled cars in areas where it snows. While they recommend the Summer tires are not suitable for Rainy and Winter conditions, they do not warn the customers that in Winter you will have to swap tires by paying $5000. Is this good customer care?
Besides, when you look for cars on Lucid website, they only mention 20 inches or 19 inches wheel. No where they mention 20 inches wheel with summer tires only.

On an other note, can you please suggest which local tire shops have been tried and tested for this tire swap ? Will the 20 inches wheel with all season tires touch the inside of the car? how about tire pressure calibration...does it get altered? lot of worries here...as the configuration changes...

Discount Tire, Costco

 

[BS8899]

Discount Tire, Costco

Agree with @socktucker.
Go to Discount Tires if they are in your neighborhood. Costco is good as well. But some Costco don't want to touch a Lucid (Air)

19" PZ4 tire is about $250 a piece (free mounting).
As for wheels, that can be anything you want to spend. I'd suspect between $300-$400 a piecee.

So, Say $2,000-$2,500 for the set of 4.

 

[Leftlane]

What were you doing for tires before you bought a Lucid? Do that again - no need to involve the service center or pay their crazy prices when you can go to Discount Tire and have this done same day at a lower cost. This is one thing that doesn’t have to be complicated.

 

[bcjenkins]

They should have the curtesy to educate customers when buying 20 inches wheeled cars in areas where it snows.

A YouTuber also had this issue:

It’s certainly not obvious that the 19” wheels are fitted with all-season tires while the other wheel sizes have summer tires.

Tagging the selected wheel with the tire type would be a useful (and easy?) update to the inventory listing and the configurator.