10 Car And Truck Products You Should Think Twice About Buying From Costco

Costco’s wheels are another seemingly good deal, but there are some drawbacks built in there, too. If you want to buy wheels from Cotsco, you have to order them online. Then, you’ll have them shipped to your home.

Finally, you have to bring your wheels into Costco to have tires mounted (and bring the tires you want if you don’t buy them at Costco). Installation is not free, either; it costs $18.99 per wheel. It’s unclear whether you can bring wheels from somewhere else and have Costco tires installed on them, but Velox Wheel is currently Costco’s only vendor for wheel orders.

With Costco’s selection of wheels, it seems like it would be far less work to shop elsewhere, specifically at stores that either have wheels in stock or get them shipped to their retail space. It’s unlikely that the cost savings of DIY’ing part of the process is worth it, especially because Costco’s wheels aren’t the highest performance or flashiest. Ordering online also means you can’t check out how the wheels look ahead of purchase.

If all of that isn’t enough to make you think twice about buying wheels from Costco, many customers complain about the installation service itself. From Costco’s staff not reading directions to the finish chipping off during installation, not every buyer was happy after experiencing Costco’s custom wheel service.