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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2005

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Buying used alloys.. safe?

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Signal - 02 Jun 2005 17:27 GMT
I have 3 curbed alloys - 1 is OK. I've found somebody selling 3 of the
same type of alloys all refurbished, but too far away to inspect in
person (I have seen pictures and they look good). I've never bought
used alloys before... just wondering if there are any pitfalls to be
wary of? Eg. deformed and bent back to shape? Cracks hidden by
refurbishment? Or is it case of if they look good, they're alright?

TIA
Mark Levitski - 03 Jun 2005 19:19 GMT
WHY USED, when you can get new from www.discounttiredirect.com  Despite name
I bought and they sell primarily Aluminum alloys, mostly eurobrands, I got
mine TSW UK/German highest TUV rating, beautiful and reason is to REDUCDE
unsprung weight ->save fuel/better acceleration/better braking UNLESS you
buy a much larger diameter/bigger wheels that ctually might be even heavier
than your original steel crap.

BECAUSE THEIR PRICE ARE SO AMAZING DUE TO VOLUME OR WHATEVER... COST ME $560
FOR A SET OF 4 AND HRADWARE KIT, OK, SO USED MIGHT BE NOT MUCH LESS, SO JUST
GET NEW FROM THIS WEBSITE.

If you think I work for them, go buy used and dont post accusations here...
tired of BS, everytime these days you meantion a company there's horde e
people ridiculing your for being employed by that company you've no relation
to... just sahring positive customer's epxerience
Mike Romain - 03 Jun 2005 20:24 GMT
LOL!

Man there is being a happy customer and there is being a SPAMMER.

You are soooo happy, you act like a spammer....
;-)

I do agree with you though.  Sight unseen used alloy rims are not a safe
buy.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

> WHY USED, when you can get new from www.discounttiredirect.com  Despite name
> I bought and they sell primarily Aluminum alloys, mostly eurobrands, I got
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> people ridiculing your for being employed by that company you've no relation
> to... just sahring positive customer's epxerience
John S. - 03 Jun 2005 19:55 GMT
Sure - the pitfalls are all related to the fact that they are used.
They have been driven over and into potholes, backed into curbs driven
over salted streets, etc.  There must be a reason the other owner is
getting rid of them don't you think?  Who refurbed the rims and what
did they do to them - ask the questions.

I would get a new set of rims with the look you are after, be it
aftermarket or dealer wheels.

If the guy was selling them for real cheap, like about $15.00 a rim,
then maybe take a chance.  Otherwise go for new.
Ted Mittelstaedt - 05 Jun 2005 09:09 GMT
> Sure - the pitfalls are all related to the fact that they are used.
> They have been driven over and into potholes, backed into curbs driven
> over salted streets, etc.  There must be a reason the other owner is
> getting rid of them don't you think?

Yes - since the owner is getting rid of 3 of them he obviously f.cked up the
4th
one and couldn't find a rim that matched it.

> Who refurbed the rims and what
> did they do to them - ask the questions.

The owner probably did with a bucket of water and some aluminum polish in
his
driveway.

The term "Refurbished" in conjunction with "used" is almost always a
marketing ploy.

> I would get a new set of rims with the look you are after, be it
> aftermarket or dealer wheels.

I personally don't have $550 to spend on rims, probably the poster doesen't
either.

> If the guy was selling them for real cheap, like about $15.00 a rim,
> then maybe take a chance.

If the rims aren't within driving distance it will probably cost the buyer
$15 per rim
to have them shipped.

Ted
John S. - 05 Jun 2005 14:39 GMT
> I would get a new set of rims with the look you are after, be it
> aftermarket or dealer wheels.
"I personally don't have $550 to spend on rims, probably the poster
doesen't
either."

JS>  Unfortunately the choices seem to be either taking a chance on
used rims which are being sold for a reason or buying new ones at the
going rate.

I had the same problem with a 1984 Volvo 240 D.  The rims were pretty
out of true after 7 years of hitting potholes, so I just replaced them
with steel ones from the dealer.  The rims and good looking caps were
MUCH cheaper than new alloy rims.
Ted Mittelstaedt - 05 Jun 2005 09:20 GMT
> I have 3 curbed alloys - 1 is OK. I've found somebody selling 3 of the
> same type of alloys all refurbished, but too far away to inspect in
> person (I have seen pictures and they look good). I've never bought
> used alloys before... just wondering if there are any pitfalls to be
> wary of? Eg. deformed and bent back to shape? Cracks hidden by
> refurbishment? Or is it case of if they look good, they're alright?

Have you costed shipping prices yet to see what kind of surcharge your going
to
be paying?

Have you looked through local wrecking yards?  Most of them have more rims
than
they know what to do with.

If I were you I would find a nice set of 4 alloys at a local wrecker then
take the 1
good alloy of my existing set and sell it.  Maybe you could sell it to the
guy selling
3 of them so he would have a full set.  And many of the local wreckers have
tire
mount/dismount machines and will set you up for cheap to nothing, if you buy
the rims from them of course.  Then you just go back to the last place you
bought
your tires from and have them rebalanced.

I sympathize with your plight - the aftermarket tire rim manufacturers
deliberately change rim
styles every other year specifically to prevent customers from buying a
SINGLE replacement
if they break a rim, instead the customer has to buy all 4 new rims.  You
really want to
get a set of factory alloys if you can, if alloys were in fact an option for
your model,
simply because there's so many of them made as compared to aftermarkets,
that your
going to have a much better chance of getting replacement spares.

Ted
 
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