Three Singapore tyre shops publish a live price for the same tyre, a Michelin Primacy 5 in 205/55R16, the size under a Corolla Altis, a Civic, a Mazda 3 or a Golf. TyresOnline.sg shows the lowest number at $142, Kim Hoe & Co asks $150 and City Tyre Auto $151. Then you read what each price covers. Kim Hoe states in writing that its $150 already includes GST, nitrogen, hi-speed balancing, a new valve and all installation labour. City Tyre's $151 adds free rotation every 10,000km, unlimited puncture repair and a 5-year manufacturer warranty on top of balancing, fitting and GST. TyresOnline's product page and FAQ say nothing at all about what the $142 buys, which means the cheapest sticker here is the only one you cannot add up. The other five shops (AL Tyres, Stamford Tyres, Autobacs, Hock Seng Wah and Tire Pte Ltd) quote by phone or WhatsApp. Every price, outlet and promotion below was read off the company's own site on 20 September 2026.
Three shops publish a live price for the same Michelin Primacy 5. The cheapest sticker is the only one that does not say what it includes.
> Quick view: best all-in is Kim Hoe & Co at $150 a tyre, GST, nitrogen, balancing and labour included in writing; City Tyre Auto's $151 adds a 5-year warranty and free rotation. TyresOnline's $142 is the lowest number but states nothing about fitting.
What a set of four actually costs
Every shop on this list quotes a price per tyre, and almost nobody drives away having bought one. On the benchmark size, a Michelin Primacy 5 in 205/55R16, a full set of four comes to $568 at TyresOnline before whatever fitting costs, $600 at Kim Hoe with fitting, balancing, nitrogen, valves and GST already in it, and $604 at City Tyre with all of that plus free rotation for the life of the tyres and a five-year warranty.
So the $8 gap between the cheapest sticker and the dearest one is smaller than a single corner's fitting charge at most workshops. That is the whole argument of this guide: in Singapore the tyre is rarely where the money moves. Balancing, a new valve, nitrogen, old-tyre disposal and 9% GST can add $15 to $25 a corner, or $60 to $100 on a set, which is more than the entire spread between the three published Primacy 5 prices.
Two of the three shops solve this by writing it down. Kim Hoe's product page says the price is inclusive of GST and other taxes, nitrogen insertion, digital tyre hi-speed balancing, air tube valve replacement and all labour cost for installation. City Tyre's says the price covers wheel balancing and installation, free rotation every 10,000km, unlimited external puncture repair, unlimited pressure checks and top-ups, valve replacement, GST, a five-year manufacturing warranty and its Tyre Protection Plan. TyresOnline says nothing, which is not the same as saying no, but it does mean the lowest number here is the only one you cannot add up before you arrive.
Buy the date, not just the model
The most underused number in Singapore tyre shopping is the year of manufacture, and TyresOnline is the only retailer here that puts it in the product title so you can price it yourself. In the benchmark size, its Continental PremiumContact 7 EV is $155 in 2026 stock and $110 in 2024 stock. Its Dunlop SP Touring R1L from 2022 is $75 against a usual price of $130.
That is a genuine choice rather than a trick. Rubber ages whether or not the tyre is driven, so a tyre made in 2022 has already spent years of its useful life sitting in a warehouse, and most manufacturers count the warranty from the date of manufacture rather than the date you bought it. For a car that does 8,000km a year, older stock at 40% off can be perfectly sensible. For a car that does 25,000km, it usually is not. Either way, you should be told, and the DOT code stamped on the sidewall (four digits: week, then year) lets you check the answer yourself before the wheel goes back on.
Who is actually a different company
Shopping around only works if the second quote comes from a second business, and in this trade that is not always the case.
- City Tyre Auto and TYREPLUS are the same company. Three of its five workshops trade as TYREPLUS (Toh Guan, Woodlands, Jurong) and two as City Tyre Auto (Kaki Bukit, Sin Ming). The group also runs Goodyear Autocare here. Calling all three names gets you one price list.
- AL Tyres, Blackhawk Tyre and 24hrtyres.com.sg are the same company. Blackhawk is AL Tyres' own house brand, and the 24-hour recovery site is its mobile arm.
- tyresonline.sg and tyres-online.sg are not related. The first is the Singapore shop with the Kaki Bukit workshop. The second, one hyphen away, is a foreign price-comparison portal that offers winter tyres, snow tyres and motorcycle tyres and lists agricultural and golf-cart sizes. If you are looking for the Singapore store, check the hyphen.
- TyreQueen was not reachable. Its site returned a server error on 20 September 2026, so we could not verify anything about it and have left it out.
How to choose
- Ask one question on the phone: is that price fitted? Then ask whether balancing, the valve, nitrogen, disposal and GST are inside it. Two shops on this list answer it in writing; the rest will answer it if you ask.
- Price the set, not the tyre. An $8-a-corner difference is $32 on a set, which is usually less than one shop's fitting charge.
- Check what happens after. Free rotation every 10,000km and unlimited puncture repair (City Tyre), free patching for the tyre's life (Hock Seng Wah on the Singtel deal, AL Tyres on Blackhawk) and six rotations with balancing (Autobacs) are worth real money over three to four years.
- Match the shop to the hour. AL Tyres opens every day of the week and its Paya Lebar branch runs to 1am; Stamford's MacPherson store runs to 1am Monday to Saturday; Kim Hoe opens Sundays and public holidays 9.30am to 4.30pm. Most of the rest are shut on Sunday, and City Tyre's five branches all close on public holidays.
- If nobody is open, pay for the van. AL Tyres runs 24-hour islandwide on-site service on 8418 8000, Stamford routes Sundays and public holidays to STARVANS on 8797 3355, and TyresOnline has a mobile fitting van.
How we checked
Every price, address, opening hour and promotion above was read from each company's own website, online store or product page on 20 September 2026, not from an aggregator. The three published Primacy 5 prices came from each shop's own product page for the 205/55R16 91W fitment. Outlet lists and hours came from each company's own locations page. Where a company's own page contradicts itself or is visibly stale, we have said so rather than quoting the better number: Hock Seng Wah's Singtel offer is dated 29 September 2021 and names an address the shop has left; Stamford's investor page still shows a share price from 7 March 2025; Kim Hoe's product page says GST is included while its cart displays a separate 9% tax line; and T.S Tyre's promotions page, which we checked and excluded, still leads with campaigns dated April 2025. Promotions without a published end date can close at any time. Cover photo: City Tyre Auto official, Kaki Bukit outlet.
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