disposing of wheels and tires

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:42 pm

a friend of mine has a set of wheels and tires that he needs to get rid of but they're in such bad shape he can't give them away. where should he go to dispose of them? call a tire install shop and beg? sit them on the curb and hope somebody picks them up before he's sited for thowing tires in a dumpster?

any ideas???

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:13 pm

Interwebs

http://www.deq.state.va.us/wastetires/d ... 072007.pdf

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:33 pm

he called a local shop, they agreed to take the wheels and tires for $3 each.

TAPOUT · Post by **TAPOUT** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:39 pm

He should have left them at the shop for free after hours.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:44 pm

he could have left them on the curb for free. he wanted to do the right thing and make sure the tires were disposed of properly.

the shop didn't charge him anything when they saw the wheels were aluminum. with a little homework and a trip to a scrap yard he might have made some money, but he wanted the wheels gone quickly.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:05 am

Mr Kleen wrote:he could have left them on the curb for free. he wanted to do the right thing and make sure the tires were disposed of properly.

the shop didn't charge him anything when they saw the wheels were aluminum. with a little homework and a trip to a scrap yard he might have made some money, but he wanted the wheels gone quickly.

You'd be surprised how much he could have gotten for them at the scrap yard. My friend fills up his truck bed w/ aluminum, takes it there, and comes back w/ a nice bit of change to go towards his drag truck. Copper is a heavy hitter as well.

CN: Metal brings a pretty penny at the scrapyard.

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:12 am

sirwilliam wrote:CN: Metal brings a pretty penny at the scrapyard.

Which is why there's a rash of thefts of things that would otherwise seem...odd. Catalytic converters are being cut off of SUVs (because of their ground clearance it's easy to get under them and remove things), street lights, etc.

--Alan

Phibs · Post by **Phibs** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:35 am

Hmm speaking of which I have a set of SSR-GT2s ( wrecked on curb ) w/ brand new pole position S-03s on em. Would anyone want just the rubber or do I need to find a shop that'll hand me $6 as well?

avriette · Post by **avriette** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:21 am

Mr Kleen wrote:he could have left them on the curb for free. he wanted to do the right thing and make sure the tires were disposed of properly.

This is great news! Somebody's offsetting all those priuses!

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:45 am

Phibs wrote:Hmm speaking of which I have a set of SSR-GT2s ( wrecked on curb ) w/ brand new pole position S-03s on em. Would anyone want just the rubber or do I need to find a shop that'll hand me $6 as well?

I'm having some BBS wheels refinished (bad curb rash, small bend in one lip) for $150 each. for nice wheels like the SSRs it might be worth looking into.

drwrx · Post by **drwrx** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:31 pm

I believe the S03s are 18"

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:21 pm

Are they broken, or just rashed and out of round? If they are repairable, then the Kleen method might make them sellable for you to get mucho mas dinero que tres dollares.

Phibs · Post by **Phibs** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:28 pm

zaxrex wrote:Are they broken, or just rashed and out of round? If they are repairable, then the Kleen method might make them sellable for you to get mucho mas dinero que tres dollares.

Hmmm lemme illustrate!

Tallen · Post by **Tallen** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:21 pm

Thats not a piece of trash, it's a trophy!

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:23 pm

Umm, yeah. Babby go boom...
I'm surprised the tire held together on the cracked one. I'd give you $12 for the center caps and stems to cover your disposal costs.

Not that I need any more tires, but are they 17"s?

Phibs · Post by **Phibs** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:38 pm

245/40ZR18 Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position Blackwall
on
18x8.5 SSR GT2 Silver Painted