This morning I noticed my car has a flat tire. I could go get one, if only they sold that kind of tire here. Tires are RFT or runflat, and you are not supposed to mix RFT with conventional tires. So that means I have to buy all 4 tires or just 1 RFT. Importing a RFT tire is a pain, I've done it before. Tires are heavy and shipping gets expensive, plus they are over $200 each so I'd have to pay taxes. Long story short, I'm done with RFT tires. Plus, I also want to change my wheels for cosmetic reasons (midlife crisis, I guess)
Browsing a little on ebay and specialty websites, I find there are a bunch of people in the same situation who are getting rid of their perfectly good wheels and tires for something else and selling them. Price wise the numbers are good. For less than US$1,000 I can get a full set of OEM wheels and tires. Of course, the problem is the shipping.
Tomorrow I will call my carrier to see if I can import used wheels and tires. I will also shop around locally, but my guess is I won't find anything decent below US$ 2,000 and I'm sure they won't be anything special. So if I can import them and pay around $500 for shipping+taxes, I'd be very happy.
My question is, has anybody imported wheels/tires? used? new?
Sorry for the long text, this has been bothering me all day and I thought maybe somebody here has a better solution, and that's why I shared the extra background of the pickle I am in.
Browsing a little on ebay and specialty websites, I find there are a bunch of people in the same situation who are getting rid of their perfectly good wheels and tires for something else and selling them. Price wise the numbers are good. For less than US$1,000 I can get a full set of OEM wheels and tires. Of course, the problem is the shipping.
Tomorrow I will call my carrier to see if I can import used wheels and tires. I will also shop around locally, but my guess is I won't find anything decent below US$ 2,000 and I'm sure they won't be anything special. So if I can import them and pay around $500 for shipping+taxes, I'd be very happy.
My question is, has anybody imported wheels/tires? used? new?
Sorry for the long text, this has been bothering me all day and I thought maybe somebody here has a better solution, and that's why I shared the extra background of the pickle I am in.