Outrageous price for s/h GU alloy rim!!

I think there is a set on ebay at the moment, worth a look. Even the steel GU rims fetch a hefty pricetag, but if you keep an eye out and are not in a hurry you can do OK

Cheers andrew

Hi Red, A mate of mine got a ser 111 patrol alloy rim in Ballarat Vic for $275 they may be worth try. It was Smart Parts 03 53341806 freight would,t be that much maybe $35 or $40

Yeah!! I got a shock, I had my new GU alloy spare stolen, $980 from Nissan, he even smiled when he told me!! Needless to say, i put my other earlier steel spare on the back.. Also lost my brand new BFG at $250.. Michael.

Hi Red Gibber,

FWIW have you tried "Mr Mags"??
From memory he is located somewhere near Galleria Shopping Centre.
I heard about him some time ago from a less well known wrecker in WA as I was chasing an alloy 16 for my Range Rover Vogue. He was able to get me a matching one for the Cheviot rims fitted.
He had a large storage area filled with alloys of all types and may well be worth a try.

Good Luck

Disco

I know of one reputable 4wd wrecker that rings up Toyota/Nissan etc, get's the new price and just takes 10% of the price for hard to get items. I got it straight from the horses mouth while I was doing some work there for them.

Bob Jane Tmart are having a SALE on alloy rims at the moment. I recon you could get 5 newies for not much more than 1 genuine one.

I recently bought 5 x 16 x 8 GU rims off ebay for $500. They pop up once a week or so and that seems to be the standard knock down price. Going around the wreckers here in Vic was a standard reply of "if we can get one, $150 a rim". Some private sellers were asking $300 a rim

I have just changed all my alloy wheels for steel ones. Did this after the wheel came off on the freeway heading out of Melbourne (read earlier post). From my research it is the alloys that are susceptible to dropping off like this. Replacement steels - $100 each in matching silver. Now I feel much safer. The alloys will go back on when I sell the car. New price of the alloy wheel is over $850 and a steel one over $400. You can get second hand steels for around $150 - or try Ebay as suggested.

Peter

Try Bob Jane tyres (nowra NSW) they sell a copy complete with nissan cap ($180 about 6 mouths ago) You can not tell the differance(2004 St) i have purcahased 4 of them & two of them are on my patrol 6 wheeler there been thru alot of crap Including the simpson desert withot a problem the other two are on a off road trailer thats is used & loaded all the time road & tracks with out a problem & i now do not know which is wich with tyre replacements/rotation hope this helps

There is one on the forum at the moment $495 in Trader GU 16x8

dj

Go buy a complete set of Sunnys for $100 each in that size. Cheaper if you shop around.

hay red....if its whom im thinkin of .....yer there prices are real bad on s/h stuf most of the time ......depends on who is on the counter at the time .....cheers bundy

For that sort of money, I'd be asking them for a copy of the x-ray showing that there was no damage to it after the accident.