I've been looking on Ebay for the past couple of months for 18" AMG alloys for my C250, plan being to put winter or cross climates on them and swop them for my 19's.There are some really crap and mangled wheels on there, how people think they can sell them is beyond me.
Last week a set came up from a seller in London,195 miles away for me, and they were in pristine condition except for a 50mm graze on one rim and came with tyres. Bidding was slow and the auction was ending at 8.05 yesterday morning, put in a bid 0f £510 at the last minute and won the auction.I was somewhat apprehensive ,are they that good and I've got a 390 mile round trip on my hands.Today was the only day I had free so set off at 6.15 for London and got there about 9.00, had a quick check over the wheels and they were spotless, loaded them into the car, paid my money and drove home.
Time for a good look at them - all four wheels had centre caps and TPM valves - two tyres were Avon ZZ5 with 7mm tread and one Hankook and one Continental with 6mm tread - apparently the seller had swopped them for 19"Amg alloys and just wanted them off his hands. What a result , happy as a pig in whatever. Unfortunately they won't be seeing any winter or cross climate tyres for a while as I now plan to use them until the tyres need replacing. Tread remaining must be worth at least £300.
Last week a set came up from a seller in London,195 miles away for me, and they were in pristine condition except for a 50mm graze on one rim and came with tyres. Bidding was slow and the auction was ending at 8.05 yesterday morning, put in a bid 0f £510 at the last minute and won the auction.I was somewhat apprehensive ,are they that good and I've got a 390 mile round trip on my hands.Today was the only day I had free so set off at 6.15 for London and got there about 9.00, had a quick check over the wheels and they were spotless, loaded them into the car, paid my money and drove home.
Time for a good look at them - all four wheels had centre caps and TPM valves - two tyres were Avon ZZ5 with 7mm tread and one Hankook and one Continental with 6mm tread - apparently the seller had swopped them for 19"Amg alloys and just wanted them off his hands. What a result , happy as a pig in whatever. Unfortunately they won't be seeing any winter or cross climate tyres for a while as I now plan to use them until the tyres need replacing. Tread remaining must be worth at least £300.
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