Looking for some advice/tips

From experience would anyone know what kind of price I'd be looking at to get a courier to collect and deliver some wheels from Leicester to here in Cardiff? Obviously I realise the price would vary from company to company but I have no idea where to look tbh. Would someplace like DHL or UPS be the best way to go? I'd expect these to be the most expensive but I honestly gave no clue


Has anyone ever ha anything delivered by courier or something? Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks.

cost me £40 both times i sent some wheels off, that with parcel force 48 hr, picked it up straight from my house too

Well 40 quid don't sound to bad. Any idea of how I got about arranging this?

parcel force website, very easy, just put in the location an time u want it pickin up an the place u want it sent, takes like 10 mins to set up

How did you package/prepare the wheels for pickup? Is there anything I should tell the guy or should he just litrally hand the courier 4 wheels as they are? I don't want them getting marked/scratched or anything

thanks

JoeyGTI wrote:

How did you package/prepare the wheels for pickup? Is there anything I should tell the guy or should he just litrally hand the courier 4 wheels as they are? I don't want them getting marked/scratched or anything

thanks

Bubble wrap them and put them in a box? Thats my guess anyway

i just wrapped them in cardboard an loads of tape on the edges, just put down the weight an how many packages, i usually tape two wheels together an say 2 packages as it's usually cheaper an less chance of 1 gettin lost

With my work experience.. I find some shock cushioning material surrounded by a harder product is indeed the best way.. specially with heavier items that tend to damage themselves because of their own weight.. ie: people just drop or chuck them.


Basically.. yeah, Bubble wrap and then cardboard.. or foam and cardboard..


The pairing up idea sounds like a really good one too.. can tell you've had some experience with package sending :p

Just bought myself a set of BBS RXII's

Cost me abit more than I wanted to pay (at £225 )

But all 4 tires are good and have a couple thousand miles left on them and all rims are in good nic except one has abit of paint peeling

Hopfully I can sort this courier out tommorow and have them by the weekend and get pics up with them fitted

Any idea how much these wheels weigh? I have absolutly no clue as to what to put down on the website. I doubt it has to be to the exact kg but anyone have a rough estimate?

30kg that what 4 14x6 alloys weighed when i did it, give or take a few haha.

These are 15 inch BBS RXII's, I'll put down 40kg I spose

Was that 30kg with tires? Or just the alloys? the air in the tires makes them weigh a tonn

just rims haha, yeah id say thats about right

Thanks mate, been really helpful.