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tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 10:36 AM
I ran into a guy at the barber shop the other day, he bought an s10 at auction with some nice wheels... Turns out there Volks! I'm pretty skeptical if there authentic or not, I told him I would like to take them off his hands if they were real. He called me back and wants 600 w/ some used tires- the downside is I just bought new tires a 2 weeks ago.

Should I pick them up? then make sure they're in good shape with tire tires off, then I'm going look into finding out if they're real first the I plan to lowball him...

What's a good price assuming they're real? 17x7 I think... I shoulda taken pics when I saw it the first time.

klik
03-29-2012, 10:47 AM
Get it thats a steal. My boy got a te37 15x6.5 on craigslist last year for 600 too. And i got a enkei pf01 18x9.5 for my mazda last month for $250 all four with no tires. So get that men mint original wheels are expensive and hard to find.

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 10:55 AM
I just wanna make sure they're real and not bent to shit!
I'm gonna hit him for 450-500 w/out tires...
Since they're so cheap I would powder coat them that takata green and rock em as summer wheels only : )

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 10:57 AM
I just looked and the real ones go for 900 ea Msrp

cow
03-29-2012, 11:04 AM
Make certain they'll fit your car before you purchase. Chevrolet uses odd bolt patterns.

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 11:12 AM
I forgot to mention he had adapters... First thing I checked. Chevy is 5x100, ford is 5x114.3 like us...

I forgot to look at th valve stem- I was tryin to be cool about it so I didn't look TOO interested lol..

cow
03-29-2012, 11:23 AM
Good call:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p302/mikesandhu/fakezuq7.jpg

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 11:33 AM
Good call:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p302/mikesandhu/fakezuq7.jpg

Thanks! Any thing else I should look for? Stamps?

cow
03-29-2012, 01:22 PM
Look for a Rays sticker in the barrel. Its not having one doesn't mean they're not real, but it helps.

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 01:49 PM
Got a pic! Look like metal valve stems- hard to tell by lugs cause it's 5 lug, duh lol
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/7bae26a1.jpg

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 01:51 PM
Note: rims are dirty as fuh! Grease and oil dirt mostly from mounting... I have the same issue with my Konigs... I hate white wheels : )

PAPITUYO326
03-29-2012, 01:57 PM
Check the offset.

Looks like a gem of a set!

cow
03-29-2012, 01:58 PM
When you check the back, the hub should say "RAYS ENG"

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss24/mycoolphotos00/te37.jpg?t=1273372362

Try picking up the wheels. If they seem light, there's a good chance they're real.

PAPITUYO326
03-29-2012, 02:07 PM
Check the offset.

Looks like a gem of a set!

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 03:10 PM
I'm out of town... Wont be getting in till late tonight. Guy said he would hold em for me so I can check em out tomorrow!
I'm gonna have him pull the tires so I can take them if they're real and not bent- since they're forged I imagine they would have held up well.

mitchlikesbikes
03-29-2012, 03:14 PM
i don't understand how you're not all over these things like flies on shit!!!
even if they're damaged a little that's still a great price for 17" te37s

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 03:50 PM
i don't understand how you're not all over these things like flies on shit!!!
even if they're damaged a little that's still a great price for 17" te37s

Oh I am : )
I just don't want to seem to desperate- and my main concern is them being real...

And I dont need them. I have decent rims and new tires . I don't need to spend the money- but if legit I don't want to pass them up. If I do end up with them I'll sit on em for a whole till powder coated plus center caps and tires... Even then I would be about 12-1300 into them:

POOPTOOTH
03-29-2012, 03:54 PM
I would powder coat them that takata green and rock em as summer wheels only : )

Wait, didn't you just have a thread where you were saying you were tired of being associated as a 'tuner' and you want to go back to a stock-ish look? Something tells me neon green wheels on blue car isn't the best move, if that's the case.

But that's a killer deal nonetheless, I'd buy them on the spot.

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 05:44 PM
Haha yeah well I am basically back to stock: rims and springs aside. These wheels are just that good of a deal. Originally I had just though to to buy and sell them. But since I revert my car back to stock, I find myself browsing Craigslist for an S2000 lol. Which is kind of a compromise of waiting till after I get settled into a house and buying a real nice car like an nsx or the likes. I start to think get something like an s2k now and enjoy it- but that would effect my buying a house. I figure keep playing with the EP to keep me busy and hopefully I can stick to plan... Even though the more I think about having a 20yo nsx for more than a much newer "more practical" s2k toy (for less $), the less it makes sense. Unless I hit the half billion dollar megamill I plan to: keep the EP, keep working at the house deal : ) toy like an s2k,nsx yadayada can wait- in the meantime I can play with the EP and my bike to keep me busy.

Which brings me back to modding. Learn from before first time around. Do things right! Tasteful mods are ok.
I didn't pull the header/tp or ESMMI, just too much hassle... I hondata modded the airbox and added a k and n- the stock exhaust is probably going to be removed again. I'm probably going to buy a vibrant muffler and res and weld them on my catback... Just for a little extra umphh and a nice tone.
I am tired of being a ricer. But some big boy mods like super nice wheels and maybe a brake kit would separate me from the rest. Or at the very least keep me into the car for longer so I dont feel like I want something else right away.
Green may not be the best color, but I think if I decide to sell the rims it will be a little easier. The color and brand will obviously get a lot more attention. And to the right buyer make a couple hundred dollar difference.
Plus it would look DOPE on my car haha. See a ebp ek w/green wheels- very nice!

Eh, I don't even have the wheels yet... If I do decide to get them theres a lot of options I could go with if I decide to keep them! I just know its could be a good deal. and if it is, I don't want to pass it up.

tlikethedrink
03-29-2012, 05:50 PM
And please excuse my horrible grammar lol. Im on a long bumpy road in a huge van! hard to do this via iPhone even though I'm not driving : ) not that I'm much better on a computer : /

gtolio
03-30-2012, 08:20 AM
Hell, that's a decent price even if they are Rotas if they're in good shape.

hyu
03-30-2012, 10:24 AM
I hope the guy sells them from underneath you. The rims are cheap enough as it is and then you low ball him and don't want to seem too "desperate"? I FUCKING hate buyers like you

gtolio
03-30-2012, 10:32 AM
I hope the guy sells them from underneath you. The rims are cheap enough as it is and then you low ball him and don't want to seem too "desperate"? I FUCKING hate buyers like you

Hahaha... Sorry, but I have to agree with this. People are so cheap.

tlikethedrink
03-30-2012, 10:59 AM
Well if they're Rotas- I don't want em. I don't need new rims... I have new tires on my wheels now.

And he approached me to sell. Which gives me the upper hand. If he doesnt budge on the price that's fine, I'll pay asking if I like them. An item is only worth the price to the right buyer. Put in the right market, I'm sure these can sell for double what he's asking. Selling rims unadvertised from a barber shop in a shady part of town to a skeptical buyer won't get you retail...

gtolio
03-30-2012, 11:35 AM
Well if they're Rotas- I don't want em. I don't need new rims... I have new tires on my wheels now.

And he approached me to sell. Which gives me the upper hand. If he doesnt budge on the price that's fine, I'll pay asking if I like them. An item is only worth the price to the right buyer. Put in the right market, I'm sure these can sell for double what he's asking. Selling rims unadvertised from a barber shop in a shady part of town to a skeptical buyer won't get you retail...

You're not talking about retail, you're talking about giving him the price of one wheel for four.

Just admit it man, you're lowballing the shit out of him. And you know what, it's his fault for not knowing what his parts are worth.

Whatever happens, I don't care, just call a spade a spade.

G-MaC!
03-30-2012, 06:12 PM
So, let's pretend these are real. The guy is asking $600 for Volk Te37's, with tires. And you are planning low-balling him? Did I mention they are (proposed) Volks. Jeeeeez some people are cheap. That is a good deal if they were ROTA's!

+3 for "what the hell is wrong with you"

Hope they are Volk's, and they got sold from underneath you.

cow
03-30-2012, 09:48 PM
Seller guy can easily find out the price of the wheels if he were to search online. I don't understand why OP dude is being made to be a bad person for trying to save a buck. It's not like Seller Bro asked $2500 & the buyer offered $1600.

whatsvtec
03-30-2012, 09:59 PM
So, let's pretend these are real. The guy is asking $600 for Volk Te37's, with tires. And you are planning low-balling him? Did I mention they are (proposed) Volks. Jeeeeez some people are cheap. That is a good deal if they were ROTA's!

+3 for "what the hell is wrong with you"

Hope they are Volk's, and they got sold from underneath you.

+4

Jump on it and buy them, or send them to me for an extra 100+shipping if you want to make some money :mrolleyes:

tlikethedrink
03-31-2012, 08:28 AM
Seller guy can easily find out the price of the wheels if he were to search online. I don't understand why OP dude is being made to be a bad person for trying to save a buck. It's not like Seller Bro asked $2500 & the buyer offered $1600.

Thank you!

I'll admit I'm being cheap, only because I don't need them! And they're is nothing wrong with saving a buck- ever.

I'm going to pick them up later... Post pics of the outcome.

cow
03-31-2012, 09:16 AM
People on here act like the Internet doesn't exist for doing research into pricing.

gtolio
04-02-2012, 07:40 AM
People on here act like the Internet doesn't exist for doing research into pricing.

Interwhat?

cow
04-02-2012, 08:09 AM
interracial

:grouphug:

tlikethedrink
04-12-2012, 05:32 AM
after the weeks of waiting... and stalling because he couldnt find replacements for the s10 and pushing it past Easter weekend... yada yada
no sale. guy decides not to sell them, or so he tells me. either way it was too good to be true.
but, its ok- i really wanted them but again didnt need them. ill spend that dollar elsewhere.

mitchlikesbikes
04-12-2012, 01:47 PM
post his number up so we can all blow his phone up about what a moron he is.

jeenyusss
04-12-2012, 02:56 PM
sorry to hear man!


i also dont get why people are bashing OP for "low balling". In this day and age if you dont do research on what something is worth jakes on u

hyu
04-13-2012, 06:24 AM
after the weeks of waiting... and stalling because he couldnt find replacements for the s10 and pushing it past Easter weekend... yada yada
no sale. guy decides not to sell them, or so he tells me. either way it was too good to be true.
but, its ok- i really wanted them but again didnt need them. ill spend that dollar elsewhere.

No you didn't. If you really wanted you wouldn't have had to make a thread. You would have researched it yourself. Also you made a ton of excuses about you not needing to buy a new set of rims.. Etc etc

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gtecd20
04-13-2012, 06:43 AM
We should ban u!!!

cow
04-13-2012, 08:48 AM
No you didn't. If you really wanted you wouldn't have had to make a thread. You would have researched it yourself. Also you made a ton of excuses about you not needing to buy a new set of rims.. Etc etc
... because you totally know what was going on in this guy's mind.

That's like me saying you're an unoriginal loser because you're rocking an avatar from a movie from 2009-- I don't know you, but I just drew an assumption that may or may not be right.


We should ban u!!!
Thanks, guy whose input no one cares about!

hyu
04-14-2012, 09:15 AM
You obviously can't read because he even stated he intended to lowballing him regardless. Then he stated that he didn't need the rims because he just bought new tires. Just calling out a flaky buyer. Isn't that what most honda owners are lol

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hyu
04-14-2012, 09:18 AM
People on here act like the Internet doesn't exist for doing research into pricing.

And why the hell didn't original poster do that himself? So yall do all the research and yet he drags on the salevand then what happens? Oh no the sale never went through

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MIGEEZY
04-14-2012, 09:40 AM
Oh well you didn't get them, I would of been sad if they were ce28s. lol

cow
04-14-2012, 10:25 AM
And why the hell didn't original poster do that himself? So yall do all the research and yet he drags on the salevand then what happens? Oh no the sale never went through

I'd say he did research by starting this thread & getting input from a semi-informed group of users. Searching via google helps, but it's sometimes hard to find information on specific wheel sets & specific sizes. You act like the guy did something wrong by starting a thread looking for information.

tlikethedrink
04-18-2012, 09:38 PM
thanks Cow, idk why people are making me out to be a bad guy. ban me? ha
im flaky cause i bought new tires and didnt NEED rims? whatever... I used to the money i saved to buy a HID and a full exhaust w/a carbon fiber can for my bike btw. still saved money over the rims, not including the tires i was going to have to buy.

this is/was my research. i looked on ebay and other forums, google yadayadayada... they could have been FAKE for all I knew. thats why i thought to ask around here.

guess i dont have to worry about it now.

RxPhi
04-23-2012, 05:07 PM
I have set of real volk te37 17x7.5 +40 offset and I'm askin 1200 with good tires 215/45/17 hope that helps

tlikethedrink
09-12-2012, 12:26 PM
back from the dead for good reason. flame on haters.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/095D22A8-0DBC-4C0D-9092-657D15EAE096-5048-000006A9C9DEF0ED.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/6AEA884D-2ECE-4A1F-860F-BC184C76D2A9-5048-000006A9C0C77923.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/C6085F73-30E3-4C68-9E52-C5EA55FF823B-5048-000006A9B1CC9BB9.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/aranciors/38435FD7-861B-4E40-9A2D-935673B53C12-5048-000006A9B9CB38B6.jpg

guy calls me out of the blue saying he needs $ bad and had been offered $450 for the rims. that deal fell thru, so he calls me.

tlikethedrink
09-12-2012, 12:30 PM
two of the rims have small bends like shown above... others are fine. just very very dirty.:leghump:

Draw7Seven
09-12-2012, 02:02 PM
Nice dude, glad to hear you got a happy ending. Now do a full rework on those things and make them wonderful again.

tlikethedrink
09-12-2012, 10:34 PM
will do. already planning out a parts list. honestly they dont need that much work. i bought them to sit on em as i had just booked a vacation with the gf.
but theyre kinda WIDE. 17x8.5 +40 offset. im not sure if theyll even fit!

mitchlikesbikes
09-12-2012, 10:53 PM
that's the exact specs guardian is running on his rpf-1s. get some 235/40s and they will fit perfectly if set up right

tlikethedrink
09-12-2012, 11:47 PM
sweet! ill have to pm him. or find his set up. i know im not ever gonna be close to his set up lol. im hoping to get away with what i have plus a camber kit...