How to sell rims on ebay
How to pack and ship wheels sold on eBay
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tonight's video is probably a subject
some of you may have been wondering
about if you've ever parted out a car or
thought about it or maybe you just have
an extra set of wheels and tires handy
so a lot of times people tend to want to
sell things like wheels and tires
especially newer larger ones on
Craigslist or local and they end up
taking real low offers on them just to
get rid of them because they think
they're not going to be able to ship
them or it's going to be super difficult
well this is a quick video on how that
we ship wheels and tires we sell on eBay
obviously anything super big you
definitely going to have to consider
Freight but a lot of cars maybe if it's
a little older and you're partnered out
like an old 90s Japanese supercar maybe
you have 14 15 16 s you can ship all
those usually you'll ship two wheels per
box that way it ends up making kind of a
nice square package that's what's we're
going to be able to do in this video and
right here we're going to be showing you
the wheels being shipped from this box
to right at here has a nice set of 17 so
pretty decent size set and I believe the
total shipping cost on these is going to
be a little bit under $100 so it's come
on chief you got to get a little
something for him but when you're
selling them on eBay or online you get a
lot more money because whoever is
interested in that set of wheels may be
looking for the exact set you have even
if you have some that are damaged maybe
somebody really needs one or two of them
and maybe they have the ability to
repair so right now that's we're going
to show you how to do is box up some
wheels and tires you Mazal this is a
optional wheel that was available on
certain model Boxster nine eight six
models I've got a whole set here's just
one without anything on it this is a
front wheel you've got a rear wheel
right here this is some of the tires
that came off of here we've got a wheels
it's kind of inset you on getting packed
up so the most important thing with
wheels is to make sure that you pick a
packing material it's a little bit
thicker a little bit heavier duty as you
can see from the open box photos this is
that tubular bubble wrap it's typically
used for blinds like you get from Lowe's
or Home Depot and what we're doing is
just making sure that it
the entire diameter of the wheel so
excuse me I guess circumference so we've
got the edges covered these edges are
the most vulnerable and also especially
on this front edge right here this is
the thing you want to be the most
careful with wheels are right on the
size of item that you typically have a
few more issues shipping the reason why
is because the boxes get bigger there's
a little bit harder to handle you're
typically going to be using FedEx or UPS
supposed to USPS so the items get
manhandled just a little bit more so
with wheels you definitely want to make
sure you use medium bubble maybe
something to viewer you can find like
this there's all sorts options you can
find online or possibly even at your
local hardware store but the most
important thing this is not the thing
you want to skimp on with packing
material if you're unsure just add a
little bit extra me personally I like
making sure that everybody's happy when
they get their wheels
obviously with wheels if you're selling
a set of four it's the most important
spend a little extra time and money to
make sure they're packed right because
all it takes is one bad wheel to ruin
the whole buying experience for the
buyer or your buddy you might be sending
them to just remember you need for that
match so especially if it's a rare
hard-to-find set of wheels
maybe something JDM maybe just like this
a rare factory option you want to be
especially careful because one wheel is
all it takes to be damaged obviously you
can't protect the wheels from everything
because you will have issues shipping
eventually no matter how will you pack
it up you just want to do your best to
make it obvious whoever receives the
parts that you did your best so back to
this particular wheel what we're going
to do in this case is just kind of piece
some sections together again these are
it's a little bit larger than you
usually ship so you can just get smaller
like this just tape them together the
key is to make sure they overlap a
little bit you just want to make sure
that entire circumference of the wheel
is covered with whatever packing the two
now you're going to use a lot of tape in
these kind of situations the way is
anything always connect on tape so if
you're looking for tape and you're
planning on parting out cars or maybe
just ship it a lot where the other I
highly recommend tape in bulk online the
link to where I do it from you can
probably just look on the dispenser and
see where it's from but I like making
sure I have a lot because the last thing
you want to do is be making a late night
run to Home Depot so when you're doing
this with regular medium bubble wrap
this is about how you do it just to give
you an idea the most important thing
like I already mentioned is this edge
here so what you want to do is just make
sure that those are the most protected
I like this medium bubble wrap but if
you've got the smaller stuff you're just
going to need to go over it a lot so go
ahead and go to your local hardware
store wherever you pick it up if you
don't keep some in stock and just get a
bunch because it's way easier to pack it
right the first time then end up having
to deal with a ship and claim an angry
customer a buddy that's upset you didn't
pack his wheels right no matter what the
exact situation is so again you want to
make sure this is kind of doubled up
what it's going to fold over the inside
just like this I just happen to have a
perfect sized piece you might - or you
might use with your knife blow this up
make sure it's around the edge now that
you've got it taped up right here make
sure it make sure it overlaps like so
pull it down cover the barrel a little
bit and then make sure you fold it over
like this and then after that you've
already got the front face done as you
can see just bring it across this bubble
so it doesn't move during shipping again
I really can't stress this enough is one
of those
and you just want to make sure it's done
right the first time
clipping flame or somebody upset because
you could have packed it better and you
didn't waste after half an hour now so
as you can see right here you don't
really need to worry about the inside of
the wheel nothing during shipping is
going to protrude down into the center
out into the inside of the barrel and
cause an issue by the time it does that
you insurance is already paying out so
this one right here
is pretty much ready to go now what I
like to do what I actually put this in
the box is put an extra layer if this
set was section right here with sitting
against the other wheel an extra layer
of cardboard just to make sure this
bubble wrap is pretty sturdy and this is
going on a really well packed wheel on
the underside so I'm not going to do an
extra layer you can also do an extra
layer as well just to make sure but
thanks for watching like I said
screams look like this before they go
out you shouldn't have any issues at all
with shipping your wheels the finished
product right before we close up our box
this up what I used was a large tubular
bubble wrap as you can see it's a little
bit different than the usual that you're
going to see this is a little bit
thicker the casing doesn't break is easy
see I've got a nice good push on it it's
not going to break so the reason why I
did this with the wheels is that they're
a little bit heavier and the box as you
can see we'll just put it in perspective
here it's a little bit larger as you can
see this isn't really a standard box
that we had to use for these we had to
use something a little bit bigger so you
got to get creative with some of this
larger stuff but just got some tubular
bubble wrap make sure everything's nice
and secure if you look down in the box
we've got some foam reinforcements on
the corners here just to make sure
nothing gets damaged in shipping I've
got this on the other side and you can't
see down oh well I guess you can you can
see it down there I've got a little bit
more foam just protecting the corners
now obviously we're gonna finish boxing
this up but both wheels are in the
usually in case in this green bubble
wrap just like this
alright so in all said and done here's
just a basic box as you can see it's
rather square shape we use for the
wheels in this one there's a little bit
smaller there - 17 by 8 front wheels I
believe it is see right here got a 20 by
20 by 20 now this size right here is
most definitely easy to ship cheap etc
you're probably talking 40 pounds
definitely UPS FEDEX cheap to ship
continental United States you might get
in a little trouble International super
easy