Calgary Jeep Association
4x4 Related Groups => General Talk => Topic started by: silverfox on December 31, 2010, 07:20:15 PM
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I am going to upgrade my tires and put steelies on the beast so I thought I would probably sell the Stockers and the rims. So I ask the wise vets here.
I am thinking $1,500 for the 5 including rims. Thats 300 a piece for the tire and rim with approx 2,000km on them
Does this seem reasonable to you guys?
I searched and the closest I saw was a guy in the US selling his for $1,000 (but tires, rims are cheaper in US and the USD although close is still diff)
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throw em on kijiji and find out ;)
they are worth what someone will pay ya ;)
heres my thought process since you asked; people look to buy used tires because they are just that; used and usually sold at discount. if you are asking a similar price to new tires/rims, why wouldn't i just buy them brand new?
lastly, if you ended up paying 400$ more for new tires/rims why wouldn't someone else just do the same? the marginal benefit of going new over used with that sort of investment is worth it. (say you're asking 1500) then you're obviously not shopping for a 'deal' so why buy used?
in short? 1500$ is to much; might as well buy new; 1000$ you will probalby get some bites. 800$ and they'll be gone tomorrow night.
so its your call ;)
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I agree with John here Fox... Jeep guys are usually cheap and at $1500 I would not even look at the pictures is there were any.
Actually now that i'm thinking about it I would... Just incase they were plated in gold... That's ganster pimp! That would look good on the YJ .. red and Gold..yeah! ;D
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I am going to upgrade my tires and put steelies on the beast so I thought I would probably sell the Stockers and the rims. So I ask the wise vets here.
Why are you going to run steel rims? Isnt your rig a brand new rubicon? Steel rims are terrible for a jeep that will be daily driven.
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Why are you going to run steel rims? Isnt your rig a brand new rubicon? Steel rims are terrible for a jeep that will be daily driven.
Ok rethinking time apparently. No steel.
As for all the feedback on pricing thank you, I wouldn't ask if I didnt want to hear what people think.
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Do you like the tires you have for daily onroad performance in the Winter?
If you do, i would not sell them (unless you need the money). Keep them and if the new tires/rims do not satisfy 100%, than you can run the stock set up in Winter. If you go wheelin, its pretty simple to change over. That is what i used to do.
Price? $850 max.
i have mainly run steel on my jeeps and i will disagree with bnine. Maybe he has a tech wear and tear reason but even weight was negligible when i looked at simple AR767's vs polished aluminum, etc. i would not run from steel as many others in the jeep world have run steel. But, i am mechanicaly inept so my advice is not as qualified as bnine but in all the years and tire sizes i ran on my jeeps, steel never factored in as being terrible for daily driven. Gawd, i hope Billy has had some coffee before he throws me into the flames... ;D
i did buy some polished aluminum recently for my Truck. They were very reasonably priced. Check out the Procomp Extreme series
http://www.procompusa.com/productlines.aspx?catID=11&subCat=210&ptID=100073 (http://www.procompusa.com/productlines.aspx?catID=11&subCat=210&ptID=100073)
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Well after being reminded yesterday of the very good performance of the 32's I think I am going to stick with them for now and get what I want and do it right closer to spring. Need to put some order and sensibility into what I am doing to the Rubi.
I like the idea of keeping the stockers for winter and onroad stuff although they might look a little goofy when I lift it but still not a bad idea. Besides the "like new" moniker has now been effectively changed to "lightly abused" courtesy of a snow hidden rock on the downhill coming back from the falls :P
So for now its
Compressor (I do love that ARB set up Kev has)
ARB deflator (I blame you Doc)
Bumper
Winch
Then in the spring I will do it right, lift it put new rubber and rims under it.
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If you're going to run them as a winter tire, you might want to get those MT's siped. Kal Tire at Chinook did my 32" BFG KM's for $30 a tire, and it made them perform quite well on snow and ice. According to Rubi03jef's roomate (who has kindly given them a good home) they are night and day better than unsiped when it comes to winter driving, and even wet roads in the summer.
The other thing is that the 32's don't look all that bad with a bit of lift on a JK. I ran mine with 3 inches of lift and 32's on stock wheels for about six months and it didn't look bad.
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If you're going to run them as a winter tire, you might want to get those MT's siped. Kal Tire at Chinook did my 32" BFG KM's for $30 a tire, and it made them perform quite well on snow and ice. According to Rubi03jef's roomate (who has kindly given them a good home) they are night and day better than unsiped when it comes to winter driving, and even wet roads in the summer.
The other thing is that the 32's don't look all that bad with a bit of lift on a JK. I ran mine with 3 inches of lift and 32's on stock wheels for about six months and it didn't look bad.
todd you couldnt be any more right
my room mate has had both unsiped and siped rubicon tires on her truck and she much rather the siped they hold the road way better and as for snow and ice and wet roads she feels much safer then the unsiped tires
last winter she drove in 4x4 almost everywhere this winter shes in 2 wheel drive and feels much safer and more confident