steel wheel

03022242

ive just replaced my set of 4 steel wheels with alloys, and i am just wondering what i can do with the old wheels?? are they worth anything in scrap value? they dont have much tread left on them, proberbly 1-3 mm until becoming illegal

i also have the trims/hubcaps which i can sell on ebay as theyre off a golf MK4

anewman

Put winter tyres on them and put them on the car in winter. Then you'll have better grip in winter, and less road salt on your alloys.

scbk

There scrap value is very low as it's only a few kgs of steel and you'd still have to dispose of the tyres

Either keep them as spares or stick them in the local paper for say £20 the set

vaio

I’d go for the winter tyres option too, I’d guess to a scrap yard they are negative value as the tyres will cost more to dispose of than the steel is worth

peter999

anewman wrote: »

Put winter tyres on them and put them on the car in winter. Then you'll have better grip in winter, and less road salt on your alloys.

What are winter tyres ??

peter999

moonrakerz

Put them back on, they will last as long as your car. One pothole and an alloy is *%"!*"" !

Viper_7

Keep them

When you come to sell the car, put them back on and keep the alloys.
Even if you can't re-use the alloys you'd be able to sell them for more than the steel ones.

The tyres are also useless/worthless, only a fool would use second hand tyres

vaio

peter999 wrote: »

What are winter tyres ??

peter999

Winter tyres are tyres that are designed to work in low temps (less than 7 degrees) or with snow or ice on the roads. They are widely used in Europe (compulsory in Germany and others). I have a set for mine and they make a tremendous difference

vaio

Viper_7 wrote: »

…….The tyres are also useless/worthless, only a fool would use second hand tyres

These will be all the fools who don’t immediately go out and replace all the tyres on any second hand car they buy?

Altarf

And when they hire a car the first stop is Kwik Fit...

03022242 wrote: »

ive just replaced my set of 4 steel wheels with alloys, and i am just wondering what i can do with the old wheels?? are they worth anything in scrap value?

Hopefully enough to pay your increased insurance premium. You have told your insurance company, haven't you?

LandyAndy

Altarf wrote: »

And when they hire a car the first stop is Kwik Fit...



Hopefully enough to pay your increased insurance premium. You have told your insurance company, haven't you?

Important as there was a thread here very recently where insurers were refusing to pay a claim because the car had non standard alloys that had been fitted by a previous owner and the current owner hadn't realised.