dhutch
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 10:46 AM |
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Repairing or desposing of badly curbed Alloy wheels?
I have two alloy wheels left over from breaking a pug 306 a few years ago, both are heavly curbed (car came of the road, up a curb).
And basicaly im having a garage clearout and wondering what to do with them.
- A, sell them on ebay as curbed but repairable.
- B, try and weigh them in for scrap value at the local metal/car scrapy.
- C, try and wangle them into the local domestic tip, which have been known to charge me for tyre disposal at £10 a tyre.
So firstly, are these two wheels repairable (other than the one photographed dint they appear mint)
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4720/image025efa.jpg
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8084/image026urv.jpg
And secondly, if not, are they worth anything as scrap?
Daniel
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UncleFista
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 11:04 AM |
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Scrap alloys were worth 5-6 quid each last year, scrap has dropped in price, but they'll be worth something 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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bmseven
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 11:55 AM |
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Alloy wheels are currently £160 per ton at my local metal yard
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dhutch
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 02:21 PM |
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So as scrap, there worth very little!
Would i have any success trying to flog them as repairable on ebay? And given the impact/damage they have sustained, would this be a sensable thing to
do? (visions of bodged repairs with chemical metal failing causing accedents)
Daniel
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JEPY
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 06:03 PM |
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I'd weigh them in - they could be repaired but realistically no one would bother unless they're particularly rare.
FWIW, weigh them in even if it's only a few quid, at least it frees up some space.
James
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dhutch
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| posted on 23/8/09 at 07:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JEPY
I'd weigh them in - they could be repaired but realistically no one would bother unless they're particularly rare.
FWIW, weigh them in even if it's only a few quid, at least it frees up some space.
James
Sounds right, there not rair, common and muck factory pug306 wheels from a crashed french hatchback. lol.
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