Craigslist SCORE!

[Dantilla]

Originally Posted by Laneco

When we had our JK Wrangler, we bought the "X" with the base wheel/tires. The tires the X came with are absolutely a joke on a 4x4. But alot of people will buy a brand new Jeep, take it to the tires store and buy a whole new set of bigger/badder wheels/tires. Even the dealers do this. Kept an eye out at the local tire shops and Craigslist. Sure enough a set of brand new, less than 20 miles, set of Rubicon wheels/tires came through. Picked them up for a couple of hundred dollars.

I got tired of the original wheels/tires from my wife's Rubicon taking up space, and sold them on CL- For more than just a couple hundred!

I bought a nice set of Koenig wheels for the Miata from CL. Tires were old off-brand junk, told the seller I wouldn't use the tires, and asked for a reduction in price. The seller was so tired of CL flakes promising to pick them up and not showing, she was thrilled just to get them out of her garage.

[Dantilla]

Anybody want the stock 8-lug wheels from my 2001 Chevy? They're probably next to go on Craigslist.

[speeder]

I sell tons of tires on CL.... never bought any though.



Cars with mis-matched tires, or cheap-brand tires, or feathered tires but deep tread..... I always just put a set of four new tires on. I can always sell the tires, fully disclosed, for a disproportionate amount of money. Some people have $200 for a set of used 75% tires, but not $300 for brand new ones.



Because I have wholesale accounts and substantial discounts, by the time things are done it costs me $150-250 to have four brand-new name-brand mounted and balanced tires to replace the cheapo off-brand mismatched 50-75% tires that were on there. I feel I recoup my money selling the car, but that's hard to know for sure.



I would never buy a used set of tires unless they were true new car take-offs. Wheels are a completely different story.

Depends on what they're going on, for me. My 996 got basically new Michelin PS2s, with Mercedes I like to stick to Michelins, etc., but I've put used tires with some miles on cars before. The price/condition just has to make sense.

New, high quality tires are of course best but man, are they getting expensive. I spent $800 on a set of E- rated tires for my F-250 in Mpls 4 years ago. I'm sure they've gone up since.

[motion]

Originally Posted by speeder

Richard, that sucks. You should have kicked her in the nuts.

Or pimp-slapped her

[motion]

Originally Posted by speeder

Depends on what they're going on, for me. My 996 got basically new Michelin PS2s, with Mercedes I like to stick to Michelins, etc., but I've put used tires with some miles on cars before. The price/condition just has to make sense.

New, high quality tires are of course best but man, are they getting expensive. I spent $800 on a set of E- rated tires for my F-250 in Mpls 4 years ago. I'm sure they've gone up since.

I was just reading an article today that our govt has slapped a big import tariff on tires imported from China, where most of em are being made these days. Prices have gone up.

[Baz]

I've been searching for tires for my 914 and in that size they haven't been showing up much...195/50/15. Going to keep searching though. Good story - congrats Paul!

[Racerbvd]

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[Baz]

Ask Louise if she has relatives in Nigeria?

[E38Driver]

Originally Posted by Dantilla

Anybody want the stock 8-lug wheels from my 2001 Chevy? They're probably next to go on Craigslist.

Are they the aluminium ones or the steel ones?

Dave

[LakeCleElum]

Originally Posted by aigel

LOL! That's good - I would be scared to drive a high center of gravity vehicle at highway speeds on anything that's older than 5-6 years.
G

Don't be scared. I just drive my PU locally. Bought 4 used Studs for $50 3 yrs ago - Recaps and date code of 1984.....On the 3rd winter, one had a "buldge" so I thru that one away and bought 4 more like new for $80. Still running 2 of the 4 I paid $50 for.

[Dantilla]

Originally Posted by E38Driver

Are they the aluminium ones or the steel ones?

Dave

Steel.

Probably cost a fortune to ship them to CA.

[Superman]

Cool score(s). Yes, tires have date codes, if you're interested in knowing their age. Also, my experience with Ford trucks is that the ball joints seem to need replacing after a bit. Without solid ball joints, alignment really suffers. The new ones can be better quality than OEM and can have grease nipples. It's a good idea to check the tie rod end thingie on the pitman arm while you're in there. If that were to come all the way loose, your tie rods would become unattached to your steering column.

[aigel]

Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

Don't be scared. I just drive my PU locally. Bought 4 used Studs for $50 3 yrs ago - Recaps and date code of 1984.....On the 3rd winter, one had a "buldge" so I thru that one away and bought 4 more like new for $80. Still running 2 of the 4 I paid $50 for.

I always have good tires - bought new with good profile - on my rides, even the beaters. It is the only thing that connects the vehicle to the road. It may be the difference between hitting the brakes hard and clearing the object in the way or getting into an accident.

G

[Superman]

Every single performance part on your vehicles is focused on the contact patches between your tires and the road surface.

[mikeferg75]

I've bought the last 2 sets of tires for my wifes Pathfinder on craigslist, both were new take offs, and both sets were around 300 bucks in 265/65/17 size, I love it when they do a lift right out of the showroom

[Dantilla]

Originally Posted by Superman

Every single performance part on your vehicles is focused on the contact patches between your tires and the road surface.

....yet to most folks, the tire's biggest job is to hold the wheels off the ground so they don't get curbed.
"They're all round and black, I'll take the least expensive ones"

[URY914]

Originally Posted by Dantilla

....yet to most folks, the tire's biggest job is to hold the wheels off the ground so they don't get curbed.
"They're all round and black, I'll take the least expensive ones"

As one TV pitch man used to say in his ads, "Tires ain't pretty"