Beacon Batteries & Tires

Confession time: I’ve lived in Bellingham for almost 20 years, and although we’ve purchased the majority of our tires and batteries from Beacon during I had never actually been to the place until last week! This is one of those places to which I was always happy to send the hubby without me — preferably dragging the kids along with him for some «guy time» while I enjoyed some peace and quiet back at the homestead. Alas, on a recent sunny Saturday trip to Lynden we decided to take a detour to grab a new battery.
Beacon ain’t fancy. There’s no glitzy waiting room with old magazines and a broken gumball machine like at those «other» tire places. You pretty much sit in your car (if you’re me) or (if you’re the hubby) you wander aimlessly through the stacks, taking in the scent of rubber, until you realize you have no idea what you’re looking for and eventually seeking out assistance from the helpful dudes who work there. And yes, they are helpful. And their prices are incredibly fair — especially considering the friendly service.
People don’t go to Beacon because they want to be wowed by fancy displays and 100,000 mile guarantees. They go here to buy tires and batteries cheap, and save a few bucks. And for me personally I’m thankful for all the money we’ve saved over the years by doing business with these fine folks.

Good selection of tires, hard working crew, great price. Best place to go for tires on a budget. They’ll find a set of tires/​wheels for you out of their massive inventory, and most of the staff is pretty knowledgeable on bolt patterns, sizes, widths, types, etc… Definitely worth a trip out to the county if your in bellingham.

Prices went up. I bought a set of tires for my truck less then a year ago for 70 $ including install and when I went to get tired for my Hyundai it was 250 $ with install! I can buy new tires for the same price! Waste of my time. They also had other customers leave while I was there waiting because the price of everything went up.

This place absolutely rocks. After going to Les Schwab who i also recommend, these guys blew me away. I got two wheels and tires for $ 25 and also asked if they had truck wheels for my Dodge truck that i wanted to put studs on. Turned out by chance they had 4 chrome wheels and studded tires in good condition for my truck all for $ 300 out the door, what a deal! They even replaced the valve stems in the tires so i would be good to go. Not as fancy as Schwabs and takes a little searching to find that used tire in the pile you want but the savings are worth it. And they said they guarantee all their tires so if they don’t work just bring them back.