Best Way to Ship Wheel Sets?

Eppster · 08-12-2005, 12:34 PM

What is the best way to ship a complete wheelset - 4 rims, tires mounted? Ball park cost for shipping up to 1,000 miles?

UPS Ground, FedEx Ground, some othe bulk method? Do you wrap them up with cardboard?

Thanks in advance,

Sean

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car_cursed · 08-12-2005, 01:17 PM

ups, fedex or usps ground, put cardboard on front and back, to protect the rims, wrap with tape

dvang · 08-12-2005, 01:18 PM

ive heard that you should try greyhound its supposedly cheap

speedblind · 08-12-2005, 02:08 PM

Greyhound is cheap, but the buyer has to go to the depot to pick up the rims - sometimes that's a pain.

The other way is to ship them two at a time. Cut circular pieces of cardboard out and place them over the wheels. Shrink wrap the whole thing. The tires will protect the outside edges. Expect to pay 80-100 via UPS/FedEx Ground.

DetroitWRX · 08-12-2005, 03:56 PM

Get large lawn and leaf trash bags the thick ones. Put two tires in them with some layers of thick cardboard between them to protect the wheels, face the wheels together. Wrap the heck out of the whole thing with duck tape get all the loose ends so nothing can snag. I use a whole roll of cheap tape to ship a set of four.

Ship using Fed Ex Ground and drop them off to a distribution point (by air port normally). Should be about 30-60 any place in the cont. US.

Eppster · 08-16-2005, 04:54 PM

everybody.

S203 · 08-16-2005, 05:51 PM

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08-12-2005, 12:34 PM	#1
Eppster Scooby Newbie Member#: 20297 Join Date: Jun 2002 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Minneapolis Vehicle: '12 WRX Ltd. Wagon B4: '02 Stg 2; '07 Stg 3	Best Way to Ship Wheelsets??? What is the best way to ship a complete wheelset - 4 rims, tires mounted? Ball park cost for shipping up to 1,000 miles? UPS Ground, FedEx Ground, some othe bulk method? Do you wrap them up with cardboard? Thanks in advance, Sean * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

08-16-2005, 04:54 PM	#6
Eppster Scooby Newbie Member#: 20297 Join Date: Jun 2002 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Minneapolis Vehicle: '12 WRX Ltd. Wagon B4: '02 Stg 2; '07 Stg 3	Thanks everybody.

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car_cursed Scooby Specialist Member#: 85327 Join Date: Apr 2005 Chapter/Region: RMIC Location: West Jordan, UT Vehicle: More projects than you can shake a stick at.	ups, fedex or usps ground, put cardboard on front and back, to protect the rims, wrap with tape

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dvang Scooby Specialist Member#: 84188 Join Date: Mar 2005 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: its too cold Vehicle: 05 legacy caravan full of kids now	ive heard that you should try greyhound its supposedly cheap

08-12-2005, 02:08 PM	#4
speedblind Scooby Specialist Member#: 42202 Join Date: Aug 2003 Chapter/Region: BAIC	Greyhound is cheap, but the buyer has to go to the depot to pick up the rims - sometimes that's a pain. The other way is to ship them two at a time. Cut circular pieces of cardboard out and place them over the wheels. Shrink wrap the whole thing. The tires will protect the outside edges. Expect to pay 80-100 via UPS/FedEx Ground.

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DetroitWRX Scooby Specialist Member#: 18777 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Wagon Sedona Red Pearl	Get large lawn and leaf trash bags the thick ones. Put two tires in them with some layers of thick cardboard between them to protect the wheels, face the wheels together. Wrap the heck out of the whole thing with duck tape get all the loose ends so nothing can snag. I use a whole roll of cheap tape to ship a set of four. Ship using Fed Ex Ground and drop them off to a distribution point (by air port normally). Should be about 30-60 any place in the cont. US.

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