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Tue 5 Oct 2004 10:29

pug 306. buying from a salvage yard.. - greg

Hi

I am thinking of buying some gti-6 alloys for my 306 xsi. I have found some for £160 (inc VAT, delivery and guarentee) minus tyres in a salvage yard. The guy says they are not kerbed and are in good condition, but I am unable to see them before I buy.

I will take them to Kwik fit or somewhere who will swap my tyres (same size) from old to new wheels and balance them for £8 per wheel.

Could there be any problems buying from a salvage yard? I assume it is possible (likely) that the wheels were involved in a write off crash or similar, so could they be damaged in some way that I won't be able to see?

They have a guarentee as I say and will be balanced etc, so I thought it sounded fine, but anyone think different or have any negative experience??

Thanks

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Tue 5 Oct 2004 10:35

pug 306. buying from a salvage yard.. - daveyK_UK

they will be fine.

only buy them if you can see them first!

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Tue 5 Oct 2004 10:43

pug 306. buying from a salvage yard.. - greg

Unfortunately they are in Manchester and I am in Surrey... And they are a good price... So I guess my risk is the cost of posting them back for a refund if they are crappy. I'll check what the guaretnee covers first, and see if he can send me a picture by email...

Ta

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Wed 6 Oct 2004 15:45

pug 306. buying from a salvage yard.. - Andrew-T

greg, I once visited a place in Manchester after phoning about a set of wheels and being told they were in good nick. There was nothing in the whole yard in good nick. I don't know how you get a true opinion unless you have a friend living locally.

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