I picked up a used set of Volk CE28n wheels in 15x7 4x114.3 last summer. They had been repaired, which I knew and got a good deal, but a crack developed in one rim. I tried to get it repaired but was told the entire rim was hosed, bent beyond repair.
I no longer own the car, and wanted to repair the wheel before selling them. Now I'm at an impasse. What is the value of 3 wheels? Should I try and sell as a set or sell individually?
Hmm, hard to say. Obviously the set would be more valuable but then again, Volk will sell you single wheels anyway... I'd probably try to sell them as a set, less hassle that way.
Just out of curiosity, what's the offset on these? Not that I'm wondering if they'd fit my Celica...
Not much unless you are the other guy with less than 4...
What he said. Without the 4th wheel not much.
Simple extrapolation suggests that three wheels in hand are worth six in the bush.
Time to build a trailer with a sweet ass spare;)
if they are discontinued, they are worth scrap unless you find someone who needs one or spares. i learned the hard way with a beautiful set of konig five-o's that i bought for my z34 - all over the internets sites showed them available so i bought 3 from a guy who potholed one, then went to order a match from about 20 sites and all claimed "sorry not available" yet still let you order them over a year after i tried.
Hope to find a race car guy that needs that size and offset of wheels, and sell them as spares. I have carried an odd number of wheels to the race track lots of times, and I have certainly had different wheels front to rear.
Or find a 4th and sell as a set.
Or put them in the corner of the garage to be sold at the estate sale.
Or melt them down into aluminum ingots, and trade them for full aluminum beer cans.
some drifter is bound to want a pair of legit, lightweight, jdm wheels that he can show off and mount some tires on and spin real easy.
Advertise as a pair and throw in the 3rd wheel as a bonus/spare
No reason why you couldn't have two of a kind on one side, and two of a kind on the other . . .
ZOO wrote:No reason why you couldn't have two of a kind on one side, and two of a kind on the other . . .
Actually, in retrospect I suspect there are many reasons not to do this . . .
I think I'm going to try and sell the 3 to a drifter, autox guy, or Lemons/Chump team. I picked them up for a song and got a year of use put of them so recouping my money isn't a big deal.
As for the fourth wheel, I'm keeping it and going to build a something sweet for my house. Either a lamp or end table. Nothing screams taste like JDMYO! furniture.
I bought a '95 M Miata at salvage and found that I had one bad BBS rim. I bought and sold around and sent a few to FixRim in Flaand so that I ended up with one set to sell, another set for my wife's Yellow and 3 extras. Two of those got traded for a '92 tub with full running gear and interior. I still have the last one in the garage. I have no idea if I came out financially on that deal but the one good set went for over $1000 on Miata.net.
It has been my experience that a set of 3 is worth less than a single wheel. Bought 3 Escort GT wheels at a swap meet for $30 thinking that I could pick up the 4th later and cheaply. I was wrong...
Bruce
