It's just an idea, but I'm thinking I'd like some actual rims for my DD. I've got the Steel+ Plastic covers that were standard, but after a few years they're in bad shape.
Would you trust rims from a junkyard?
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June 11, 2010 8:58 p.m. DoctorBlade Reader
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June 11, 2010 9:22 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
most yards here have a 30day guarentee.... more than enough time to test them to make sure they are true
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June 11, 2010 9:33 p.m. Ranger50 New Reader
I've never had a problem with any rim I have bought from the boneyard. But then again, I inspect them before forking over any cash.
Brian
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June 11, 2010 9:55 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
yeah, I have bought several sets of wheels at the JY. The Aspire even ran on Junkyard tires...(shh, don't tell anyone)
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June 11, 2010 9:59 p.m. DoctorBlade Reader
...cause you know my concern: I get them home and the set I buy wasn't made from steel but, say, brittle aluminum.
Glad to see some good news. At least the car's popular.
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June 11, 2010 10:10 p.m. patgizz SuperDork
i started buying my tires at pull a part. can't beat 16 bux for a good tire on wheel.
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June 11, 2010 10:18 p.m. novaderrik Reader
what would be wrong with a wheel on a car that is in the junkyard because of a blown motor or trans? as long as the guy operating the loader didn't do anything dramatic with the car when moving it around, i can't see what the problem would be. i currently have 2 sets of junkyard sourced Trans Am GTA wheels out in the garage, and they are all straight and true.
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June 12, 2010 10:44 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
DoctorBlade wrote:
...cause you know my concern: I get them home and the set I buy wasn't made from steel but, say, brittle aluminum.
Glad to see some good news. At least the car's popular.
what's wrong with aluminum? My fiat is sitting on aluminum rims that are over 30 years old
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June 12, 2010 12:28 p.m. novaderrik Reader
mad_machine wrote:
DoctorBlade wrote:
...cause you know my concern: I get them home and the set I buy wasn't made from steel but, say, brittle aluminum.
Glad to see some good news. At least the car's popular.
what's wrong with aluminum? My fiat is sitting on aluminum rims that are over 30 years old
if you can't tell that the rim you bought is aluminum vs steel, then you might just need to find a new hobby.
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June 12, 2010 1:55 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
just bring a magnet!
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June 12, 2010 2:14 p.m. Rob_Mopar Reader
I've run plenty of junkyard wheels. Had a few that were out of round. Had some steel ones with some scaling on the bead surface and would leak. Cleaned up the bead area and they worked great.
As Novaderrik pointed out, if it was junked for a dead motor/trans odds are better of having good wheels than one in a collision. But even then one that was wrecked could still have a couple good ones on it.
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June 12, 2010 3:03 p.m. Nitroracer Dork
patgizz wrote:
i started buying my tires at pull a part. can't beat 16 bux for a good tire on wheel.
Last time I grabbed a wheel and tire at the junkyard it was $40. A steel 15" at that.
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June 12, 2010 9:29 p.m. Streetwiseguy Reader
I've raced on wheels that I've pulled out of the recycling pile at the wrecker.....
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June 12, 2010 9:44 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
Nitroracer wrote:
patgizz wrote:
i started buying my tires at pull a part. can't beat 16 bux for a good tire on wheel.
Last time I grabbed a wheel and tire at the junkyard it was $40. A steel 15" at that.
steelies at my local yard are $16, $26 for alloys
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June 12, 2010 10:02 p.m. Carson Dork
neon4891 wrote:
Nitroracer wrote:
patgizz wrote:
i started buying my tires at pull a part. can't beat 16 bux for a good tire on wheel.
Last time I grabbed a wheel and tire at the junkyard it was $40. A steel 15" at that.
steelies at my local yard are $16, $26 for alloys
Ouch, around here steelies are $6 and alloys $20.
Edit: that's without tires, tires are $14.99 regardless of size.
