★ Brand Hawaii shipping guide
Does Tire Rack ship wheels and tires to Hawaii?
Yes on tires, partly on wheels, and the mounted wheel-and-tire package is where Hawaii buyers get hit hardest. A pair of mounted wheels is a heavy, oversize box that draws a steep surcharge. Through GlideOver that same pair ships for $176, door to door in 2 days.
How Tire Rack ships wheels and tires to Hawaii.
Tire Rack (South Bend, Indiana) is the largest online tire retailer in the US and ships to Hawaii on most of its catalog. Unmounted tires ride ground at reasonable rates. The painful category is the mounted, balanced Package Deal: heavy, oversize boxes that carriers surcharge hard for the islands. Ship them to your GlideOver mainland warehouse instead, and we put a pair of mounted wheels (around 60 lb) on the air lane to Honolulu for $176.
Tire Rack's Hawaii shipping policy.
Tire Rack ships to all 50 states. Tires alone move on ground contracts to Hawaii. Mounted packages ship via air with oversize handling and a remote-area surcharge. Tire Rack's installer network doesn't cover every island, so buyers in Hilo, Kahului, Kona, and most of the Big Island ship to their own address and mount locally. That turns the order into a freight-math problem, and GlideOver is the way out of it.
Why mounted wheel-and-tire packages get surcharged.
A pair of mounted wheels (18 or 19 inch) stacks into an oversize box around 60 lb, and a full set of four stacks heavier still. That's exactly what carriers tack the oversize and remote-area surcharge onto for Hawaii. Note the GlideOver air lane caps at 70 lb per box, so a full set of four usually ships as two boxes (two pairs). Each pair travels as its own outbound at the published rate.
A pair of mounted Volk TE37 + Michelin PS4S wheels, shipped to Honolulu.
About $324 less than FedEx/UPS retail to Hawaii — and at your door in 2 days, not weeks of freight.
| FedEx/UPS retail to Hawaii | Through GlideOver | |
|---|---|---|
| Product | Volk TE37 18x9.5 + PS4S, mounted pair | Same box |
| Box | ~60 lb, oversize | Same |
| To Hawaii | ~$500 with Hawaii surcharges | $176, 2 days door-to-door |
| You keep | — | ~$324 |
How to ship Tire Rack wheels and tires to Hawaii with GlideOver.
Get your GlideOver mainland address.
Sign up in 2 minutes, no card required. You get a real mainland warehouse address and your unique GlideOver code (it looks like HIAB123).
Configure your Tire Rack order as a mainland shipment.
Enter your GlideOver mainland address at Tire Rack checkout. Tire Rack quotes normal mainland ground shipping instead of the surcharged Hawaii air rate.
Add tracking to your GlideOver dashboard.
Paste the ground tracking number into GlideOver so we can match the box when FedEx drops it.
We scan, photograph, and ship to Hawaii in 2 days.
Your wheel-and-tire box is scanned, photographed, and weighed at the bench the same day it arrives, and shows up in your dashboard within hours. Review, set declared value, and authorize the outbound. We hand it to the air lane on the next cutoff and the pair lands at your Hawaii door in 2 days for $176.
Questions we hear a lot.
Will Tire Rack's road hazard warranty still apply if I ship through GlideOver?
Yes. The road hazard warranty is on the tires, not the route. Register your tires with the manufacturer at the time of mounting.
Should I order unmounted and mount at a Hawaii shop instead?
On cost alone, often yes. Unmounted wheels pack smaller, so the GlideOver Hawaii leg is cheaper, and shops in Honolulu and Kahului will mount them. The exception is Tire Rack's Road Force factory balancing, which beats most local shops. If balance matters for track days, order mounted and use GlideOver.
Can GlideOver handle TPMS sensors pre-programmed by Tire Rack?
Yes. The TPMS sensors ride inside the box, not loose. GlideOver ships the box as-is, so your sensors arrive pre-programmed exactly as Tire Rack sent them.
What about other tire retailers, like Discount Tire Direct?
Same math. Any online tire retailer's Hawaii shipping is dominated by the carrier oversize surcharge on mounted wheels. GlideOver routes around it the same way: ship mainland-to-mainland, then one flat air hop per pair to the islands.
Other brands Hawaii residents ship through GlideOver.
If Tire Rackisn't the only brand on your list, here are other guides we've published for the retailers Hawaii customers ask about most.
Does Summit Racing ship to Hawaii?
Yes, but Summit adds an oversize destination surcharge to a growing list of parts headed to Hawaii, and on exhausts, headers, and intakes that surcharge can cost more than the part. Ship a normal parts box through GlideOver instead and the Hawaii leg is $80, door to door in 2 days.
Does FCP Euro ship to Hawaii?
Yes, FCP Euro ships to Hawaii on standard air, and their Lifetime Replacement Guarantee still applies. The problem is that air rates to the islands on a brake kit or service kit can rival the cost of the parts. Ship a representative kit through GlideOver and the Hawaii leg is $80, door to door in 2 days.