Price Check: 16x8,10 Ferrari Wheels

[coolgraymemo]

What's up,

My mechanic's boss has a set of Ferrari wheels laying around his shop. I can't really find any sets for sale.

They are stamped "180 TR 415."

So, what's the going price for this set?

[DGNeo]

Only thing I was able to find:

http://www.ricambiamerica.com/parts_catalogs.php?V=diag&I=3420

~$900/each

[Daviticus]

You should tell him the set is worth $500, buy them for that, then ship them directly to me and I'll pay you $200 on top.

[coolgraymemo]

I saw that link but can't find any used sets.

I hope I can score them for a decent.

[MrZog]

they are pretty much worthless . . .

you wrote "16x8" in the title . . are you sure? . .

180 TR 415 sounds suspiciously like they are TRX wheels since 415 was one of the TRX-sizes (415mm = 16,34inch ) . . that was a idea in the 80's to go from inch-sizes to metric ones . . . so no "normal" tire fit on there . . and buying TRX tires is stupid . . first, only "classic" threads and sizes from the 80's are available . . and second, they cost more than any fancy new "normal" tires AND rims combined . . .

get en for 50$ and build a table . .

always be worried when there are no clear "inch" size on rims and one of those numbers is to be found somewhere on the rim:

340, 365, 390 or 415

those were the four available TRX sizes . . . and buying those is useless to the reasons I wrote above . .

[Okoye]

are they 5x108

[coolgraymemo]

Yes 5x108.

I think they would be worth something to someone who owns an older Ferrari and they need wheels. Not so much as in stretching tires on them.

[MrZog]

Quote from a Ferrari-Owners-Club Buyer's Guide:

"The only person that wants TRX tires on a Ferrari these days is the person interested in 100% originality"

. . and normally this person already has TRX wheels obn there . . everyone else changes over to 16" or larger wheels . . just because of the price and functionality . . anyone who likes to drive their Ferrari will stay away from those wheels . . .

[tomshouse516]

They are not worth it, most Ferrari guys swap these for the high end 16" replica wheels and modern tires.

[coolgraymemo]

Yea, now that I think about it I don't think anyone wants to have to special order "old-school" tires.

Well, she told me she would sell them for $75 before her ex-husband told her that was too cheap.

Oh well.

[Daviticus]

Hmm ... well, they might not be completely useless ...

... taking a page from the slammed full-size truck crowd, why not mill the bead seats to a commonly available size? Its' done all the time for big 24.5" wheels to fit 24" tires. Same with 22.5"s and even some 19.5"s. However, those big semi wheels more than have enough extra material to shave.

With these Ferraris, its' anyones' guess how thin they may actually be, but I figure on a motorsports-based car, they'd have some manner of strength built into them, and since its' an '80s product, it's probably got some fat needing trimmed.

If I did the math right, 415mm is the diameter of the wheel, which translates to 16.33 inches. Which means, you'd really only have to mill 0.169 inches off the bead seat to allow a standard 16" tire to fit.

Granted, at that point, finding a 16" tire that's worth a shit for stretching on a ridiculously wide wheel is the next challenge, but definitely not impossible.

If they were mine anyway, I'd mill them and hard-park my Volvo with them.

In all honesty though, if you do pick them up, let me know. I'll buy.

[MrZog]

If I did the math right, 415mm is the diameter of the wheel, which translates to 16.33 inches. Which means, you'd really only have to mill 0.169 inches off the bead seat to allow a standard 16" tire to fit.

well . . you did the math right . . and at first and on paper this may sound reasonable . . but let's do a reality check . . even "only" (not sure if you are aware how much that really is . .) 0.169 inches is a LOT to mill of a alloy wheel at the bead seat, where it's normaly less than 0.3inches strong (not even beefy 80's wheels . .) . . so you would take more than half of its wall strenght away . .

this broken 16 inch BMW rim measures at the bead seat 0.236 inches . . so milling 0.169 inches away, would leave a healty 0.067 iches of alloy . .


that's NOT a good Idea! . .

[Dr.AK]

Buy them for cheap, ship them to some good reputable wheel shop and have them converted to 3pcs with the center cut out and mounted to some BBS barrels and lips

[Daviticus]

well . . you did the math right . . and at first and on paper this may sound reasonable . . but let's do a reality check . . even "only" (not sure if you are aware how much that really is . .) 0.169 inches is a LOT to mill of a alloy wheel at the bead seat, where it's normaly less than 0.3inches strong (not even beefy 80's wheels . .) . . so you would take more than half of its wall strenght away . .

this broken 16 inch BMW rim measures at the bead seat 0.236 inches . . so milling 0.169 inches away, would leave a healty 0.067 iches of alloy . .


that's NOT a good Idea! . .

Agreed. In retrospect, not that great of an idea, haha.

Could 3-piece them like AK mentioned, but that's even more $$$ wasted on these haha.