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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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i bought a Z and need to ship stock rims from sacramento california to orange county california.

Anyone know what would be the best company to ship these and about how much they will be to ship??

How much do all 4 rims with tires weigh??
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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how wide can i go with the stock 17's right now i have 235/40/17 in rears and 225/50/17 in the front?????
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by XZLR8NZ
how wide can i go with the stock 17's right now i have 235/40/17 in rears and 225/50/17 in the front?????
Take this question somewhere else. This clearly has nothing to do with the topic.
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 3FIFTYZEE
i bought a Z and need to ship stock rims from sacramento california to orange county california.

Anyone know what would be the best company to ship these and about how much they will be to ship??

How much do all 4 rims with tires weigh??
Weight will depend on which model car you have. Just go to your local UPS store. They can box them for you as well as ship them. Couldn't be easier.
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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well the thing is i live in anaheim and the rims are being shipped from the guy i bought the car from which lives in sacramento california.

I have a 2004 enthus. 350. I need to know about how much they will cost to ship or what is the weight on them??
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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u bought the car with no rims?
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 05:50 AM
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Like I said already, take em to a local UPS store and they will take care of everything.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 06:02 AM
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You can ship it via greyhound. Much cheaper than ups but the guy of course has to pick it up at the greyhound station near his place.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 06:29 AM
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It would be around $60 just for the rims via ups, ck local truck lines. USF bestway truck lines might be the call
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by jsupetran
You can ship it via greyhound. Much cheaper than ups but the guy of course has to pick it up at the greyhound station near his place.
The only problem with Greyhound is that there is no way to track their progress and they take insanely long to ship items. In addition to that, you will have to find the right size boxes for each wheel.

One thing to take into consideration when shipping wheels is that you definitely need to get boxes that fit the wheels very snugly. Otherwise the wheels can get damaged easily during transit due to the lack of care that the shippers use with packages. Make sure to insure them on the high side just in case.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 06:39 AM
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BEST way to ship rims with Tires Cheap;

Get some 36" Zip Ties (Or Two 24"s)

Take Cardboard and trim it to the same diameter as the wheel

Put bubble wrap on the face of each wheel and sandwich the cardboard
between two of them, face to face.

Using 4 Wraps on each "Corner", Bind the wheels together tightly (They will NOT come apart). Put some cardboard on each side and tape on with Fiber tape.

You now have two "Bundles" that weigh between 60-80lbs depending on wheel tire and are approx 24x24x20, Perfect Size to go out via DHL, UPS or Fedex.

I usually Use DHL for Heavy stuff, they seem to be the cheapest. They can give you an instant quote on their site.
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