afwfjustin

Someone is interested in my wheels and they live in Cali (I'm in atlanta) how much would it be to send these wheels on average? How should I pack them?

Justin

KeithM

You can go online to fedex or ups.com to get a generic quote. My guess on pricing would be approx $150-175. Obviously size and weight will play a large factor. Also that price I threw out would be wheels and tires.

afwfjustin

Cool - do wheel boxes have enough room in them to account for tires? Or would I have to find some that were made for larger wheels? Do wheel places give away wheel boxes?

Is protecting the wheel enough and shipping them as is a reasonable way to ship them? As you can tell I've never dealt with shipping wheels before.

1nate7

I bought some used TE37's and seller put each wheel/tire in a large box filled with packing material. Obviously, that will be an expensive way to go. You can put a protective layer over the wheel, put a round piece of cardboard over that, and then strap it together as seen here:

KeithM

Wheel boxes are not big enough to account for wheels with tires. You can either use wheel boxes and cutout a section, then add some cardboard to make it bigger, or just get some cardboard and make your own boxes.

As for the actual shipping, I just tape some bubblewrap over the faces. The tire itself will provide enough cushion for the rest.

Sinji

check this:

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CKit

Cardboard + Saran wrap FTW. I've had about 5 sets of wheels and tires shipped to me and this is the best method, IMHO.

AP2

this is the way i usually pack wheels, but the method sinji posted is the safest

afwfjustin

thanks for the tips guys