Rims off ebay

[slowmode]

I was just wondering if any of the wheels from ebay any good, like: Vienna Rims, American eagle Rims, Paradyme Motorsports

[wildexcel]

Got my 22" TIS 03's off Ebay. $1600 deliverd, brand new in original boxes. No probs yet. Just got the Hankook tires I got on Ebay mounted to them today. Haven't put them on the car yet though.

[402 Motoring]

Just keep in mind if you run into warranty issues the manufacturer most likely will not stand behind Ebay sold wheels. Just something to think about.

[JE 300]

Does anyone know the quality of American Eagle Wheels?

[teahead]

Originally Posted by JE 300

Does anyone know the quality of American Eagle Wheels?

They're pretty crappy. I had two sets of them crack on my Chevy pickup.

[JE 300]

Originally Posted by teahead

They're pretty crappy. I had two sets of them crack on my Chevy pickup.

How old were the wheels when they cracked? Was the crack in the wheel or in the chrome?

[3733H]

Originally Posted by slowmode

I was just wondering if any of the wheels from ebay any good, like: Vienna Rims, American eagle Rims, Paradyme Motorsports

I was about to ask the same question. I don't know about Vienna or American eagle rims but I found 22 inch rims on ebay that are only a little more than 1K. Seems really cheap for 22s. I was told that they will fit my csrt. Would I have any problems? I guess I should expect cracks?

[lukeinva]

A lot of the people on ebay sell the same stuff that stores do the only difference is they dont have overhead so they can sell them cheap. They dont have to pay employees, or insurance or any other thing like that. If you have any doubts just as the seller questions if they dont answer them to your satisfaction dont buy thier product. Most sellers on there only make about $50-$100 profit because they sell thier stuff cheap to move it and then you have to pay ebay.

If you buy a crappy rim that you never heard of and it breaks its not the seller or ebays fault its yours for buying a cheap ass product! I have gotten rims on ebay but I make sure they are only from manufacturers I know.

The reason why they usually dont back warranties is because most people sell way below the retail price. Typically you're only suppose to sell things no lower than 20% unless your having a super sale or something along those lines. which you can only do that 3 times a year. So in order to protect thier store dealers they dont warranty thier items to the other sellers simply to give people an incentive to go to the store, and pay more. Basically if you get them at the store the extra money is for the warranty.

Sorry for the long ass post!

[402 Motoring]

Alot of the people that sell on Ebay are not legitimate authorized wheel businesses. They sell outside the "authorized" dealer market. Thats why the manufacturers do not warranty the products. The exsistence of Paypal allows them to do this. You also don't have to be a legal business to sell on Ebay, just have to pay a percentage to Paypal (which is owned by Ebay).