Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:00:57 -0400
Reply-To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@DEREKMAIL.COM>
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From: Derek Drew <derekdrew@DEREKMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: A Little Help with Rims
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The wheels are out of stock and we are trying to make a huge
production run of them this coming fall, but we don't have a
production date yet.
I do plan to email everyone who has emailed me about their
availability to notify them once I know for sure that they have been
manufactured and are on their way to the boat.
This time, I anticipate that there will be shipping from both the
east and west coasts, which should keep shipping costs down.
If anybody has a set of these rims that they want to sell, I have a
buyer here in DC locally who has offered $300 per wheel (!!!) for used ones.
Once the new ones come in, the price should be somewhere around $200
each new, maybe a little less.
At 06:33 AM 5/19/2011, you wrote:
>Maybe shipping costs will kill the deal but this might be an option,
>although 16"
>http://users.rcn.com/derekdrew/vanagon/All_About_16-Wheels_And_The_CV_900.htm
>
>Karl
>
>
>On Thursday, May 19, 2011, Nik Maravich <nikmaravich@gmail.com> wrote:
> > HI Everyone
> >
> > Well, My 87 GL is almost out of the Paint Shop and I am having no
> luck finding a nice set of 15" Rims for her. I was going to settle
> for the Rheins, tho not my favorite wheel, but when I was finally
> ready everyone was sold out. Just my luck. My favorite whee is
> the CLK320 wheel and the Mercedes Style wheel. That being the
> case, my only options is either getting the ET23 Eurolook rims sold
> by Van Cafe or GoWesty or the same rim with a higher offset from
> The Tire Rack. I have read a lot about the ET23 Rims and I am
> still confused. I know they sell a lot of these rims but after
> reading various forums, some love them and some hate them. The
> Chief complaint I have read is that because of the offset the rims
> stick out and throw up rocks dirt etc on the side of the van. If I
> buy the rims from The Tire Rack, I can get the hardware to get them
> to the Ideal offset but that can get pretty expensive. The Rims
> are $109.00 each plus the hardware, spacers, Longer Wheel Studs etc
> will run around $300.00. When you add in the shipping and the
> cost to have them mounted that almost doubles the price. So my
> questions are: Does anyone have a nice set of alloys with or
> without tires for sale. Also, Has anyone bought the ET23 Van Cafe
> or GoWesty rims and if so do u like them? Thanx in Advance.
> >
> > Nik Maravich
> >
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Derek Drew
Founder, ConsumerSearch.com
Washington DC / New York
derekdrew@derekmail.com
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