Best place to advertise a set of expensive wheels?

[jimxms]

I'm trying to sell my set of Rays wheels now that I no longer own a Jap car. I've tried eBay and Pistonheads with a little, but not much interest. I know it's coming up to Christmas so not many people will have a grand to spend on a set of wheels at the moment, but where else could I advertise them in the new year?

[snotrag]

Wheel wes, drift works, retrorides. All have classified forums.

What fitment are they, as there'll also be forums for whatever car they fit.

[MGZRod]

Driftworks/ any Nissan S body forum, they won't stay long!

[jimxms]

snotrag said:

Wheel wes, drift works, retrorides. All have classified forums.

What fitment are they, as there'll also be forums for whatever car they fit.

5x114.3, ET35 all round, 8J front 9J rear, 18"

Wheels in question:

[Conor D]

snotrag said:

Wheel wes, drift works, retrorides. All have classified forums.

What fitment are they, as there'll also be forums for whatever car they fit.

Yea, I'd try those too.

Best thing you can do is give as much info as possible.. Take photos of the tyres, rims, tread etc.

[jimxms]

Cheers guys. I'm kinda surprised they didn't shift on eBay, but fingers crossed for new year as I need the funds to re-shoe my new car

[Disco You]

Maybe take some better pictures? Nobody is going to drop a grand on wheels which look as **** as they do in that picture.

[jimxms]

Disco You said:

Maybe take some better pictures? Nobody is going to drop a grand on wheels which look as **** as they do in that picture.

eBay ad:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte...

No good?

[cragswinter]

In answer to the question?

On your own thread in the gassing station?

[WanThyme]

yeah, ad wording is as good as you'll manage.

As for the latter pics showing they are exactly where they lay when you washed/hosed them, not so sure.

Good luck with the sale. You've had interest (3 offers?) so my best educated guess would be they're well priced, too.

[cptsideways]

I would not say they are of a desireable model, the offsets are limp wristed too. A set of Work Meisters or TE37's might make a grand but these ones in reality are worth £300-£400 tops if they are mint.

[jimxms]

cptsideways said:

I would not say they are of a desireable model, the offsets are limp wristed too. A set of Work Meisters or TE37's might make a grand but these ones in reality are worth £300-£400 tops if they are mint.

Well I've had offers of £800 and £850 so far, so I think your estimate is a bit off. They may not be a well known wheel like the TE37, but IMO that makes them more attractive to wheel connoisseurs once they are advertised in the right places. TE37's and their knock-off's (of which there are plenty) can be bought almost anywhere.

[ATTAK Z]

Posted here for you

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&am...

[jimxms]

ATTAK Z said:

Posted here for you

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&am...

Much appreciated mate

[DeanR32]

Did they come off a GTSt? I'd take the 850 offered.

Try Skylineowners.com

But i wouldn't have thought they'd command that sort of money, especially as its almost TE37/CE28 money

What model are they? Never seen them.

[jimxms]

DeanR32 said:

Did they come off a GTSt? I'd take the 850 offered.

Try Skylineowners.com

But i wouldn't have thought they'd command that sort of money, especially as its almost TE37/CE28 money

What model are they? Never seen them.

Not sure they'd be any good for a skyline as they generally go 10J with rally low offsets don't they?

The wheels are Gramlight 57F-Pro's. Rays only made a limited number of them quite a few years back. Not they've brought them back and called them Volk GT-C's (I think), which cost £2.5k last time I looked.

[daemon]

jimxms said:

Disco You said:

Maybe take some better pictures? Nobody is going to drop a grand on wheels which look as **** as they do in that picture.

eBay ad:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte...

No good?

Did you seriously decline £900 for them??

What were you expecting when you put them on £1000 'Best Offer'?

[jimxms]

daemon said:

Did you seriously decline £900 for them??

What were you expecting when you put them on £1000 'Best Offer'?

Nah I declined 850...£900 would be the lowest I'd possibly consider going. Not exactly unreasonable as I'm going to be spending all of the money on new tyres for the new car!!

Edit: the 900 on the auction was my counter-offer, which he then declined.

[VX Foxy]

£99 for shipping?! You've put off most of your Market straight away...

They haven't sold on eBay because you're asking too much money. If you want to maximise the price you get, start a 99p no reserve 10 day auction at around 9pm on a Thursday night and drop your shipping price to something reasonable.

I know you'll ignore my advice and you'll say something along the lines of "99p, you must be joking! I know what they're worth and I'm not giving them away..."

GLWS

[benzito]

yep I also reckon 850 is a v reasonable offer, alloys are v cheap nowadays with loads of new companies sourcing them, used ones don't usually go for much and are hard to shift, its a shame that you spent so much getting them refurbed but you will never get that money back

what I did was ask a local alloy company to ship them for me after I sold my old amg alloys, they charged 50 quid cash for the trouble (they even packaged them aswell, UK next-day delivery) so shipping costs could be lowered,