For those that have shipped tires/wheels...need help ASAP.

[Shockrock3]

I used the UPS website to calculate the cost of sending 2 tires/wheels to Utah (105lbs per box i.e. 2 wheels and 2 tires per box)....is it really $150 per box or did I screw something up? That is going to cost $300 or so to ship??!! :banghead:

What is the cheapest way or carrier to ship these??? I see people all the time shipping wheels around the country for $100-175, I'm assuming some have a corporate account but for the rest of us, how are you doing it. Thanks

[mp5o]

I think it's cheaper if you place 2 pieces of card board on each face and back of each wheel, tape them, and ship them as 4 packages.. Thats how I did mine and it ended up around ~100... But, it with my gf's corporate account.

[Shockrock3]

I think it's cheaper if you place 2 pieces of card board on each face and back of each wheel, tape them, and ship them as 4 packages.. Thats how I did mine and it ended up around ~100... But, it with my gf's corporate account.

Yes that was the route a couple of Postal places said was easier and will dramatically cut down costs. Thing is I also have lugs and a key I have to send. Thanks for the input.

[ElCidAviator]

This is what I use as an estimator. You can also get them to pick the rims up at your house.
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/index.jsx

VQMotoring sent my rims with the two pieces of cardboard setup, and whoever buys my stock 18s will get the same treatment.

[ShelbyGoat]

put a piece of cardbord betwen two faces, wrap plastic around the wheels and ship

find someone with a business account, seriously

[DAFFYDRUNK]

Bought 17" ASA AR1s for the Caddy with 235/55-17 P-zero Nero MS tires mounted from Tire Rack a year ago.. $23 ground for all 4 at the time. I'd guess another $10 now because of gas prices?

Add: Spec'd out some AR1 chomre 18" and some Sumitomo HTRZIIIs. Shipping was $88 ground. Ouch. Wonder how I got em shipped so cheap last year?

[elmn8r]

Cost me like $326 or something similar to have UPS ship 4 19" CCW wheels/tires from VA to CA. Had to buy packaging supplies at the store too, which cost like $52 bucks including them helping me package the rims because I wasn't about to have them pack it themselves and screw it up. Not sure how much the insurance cost on the packages increases the totals, but they were insured for $4K.

[DAFFYDRUNK]

Actually I found my email from tirerack last year. It was $77.76 ground for everything. Duh. Dunno where I got the $23.

[luisvelasco02]

wow mighty pricey to ship wheels for us regular people.

[redroller]

I have used Greyhound PackageXpress for bulky packages.
It is depot to depot, not door to door.
Not the fastest, but not too bad either.
http://www.shipgreyhound.com/
Cannot hurt to check it out!

[lynmup]

I've shipped two sets of 17x9's and both were around $21.00 each. Shipped two to NY ($43.00) and two to St Louis ($42.00). I've seen that $20 is pretty average for shipping a wheel.

[stangeatter]

when I shipped mine I used fedex and cut cardboard in a circle and taped to both sides of wheel to make as small as possible and shipped all four individually for about 130 bucks total

[robsls2]

Just shipped 2 rims and tires to CA through Fed ex. Price $25 per wheel. I had boxes from a wheel delivery and just placed my old 18's in it.

[ElCidAviator]

wheels and tires shipped from New Mexico to Georgia $33 a piece. Shipped them through dhl using the online thing.I got the dimensions and weight from the localpost office then went to dhl online. I ended up saving around $100 fom what the quote they gave me for dhl at the place.

[Shockrock3]

Well it was $195 from MA to Utah including everything...I was able to get them into 2 nice boxes (2 wheels/tires per box). Shipped FedEx Ground. The two boxes cost me a total of $15 and insured them for $1K. Not bad for practically traveling across the country. If you do ship the wheels individually they will whack you with a $7 "non standard" shipping fee or something like that. Anything to make a buck. Hope this helps anyone else. BTW...don't quote someone on shipping until you've ACTUALLY talked to someone about it LOL.