WTB: Honda Insight Wheels - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

Ryland · 05-03-2010, 01:39 PM

I've searched the junk yards around here and if I drive 75 miles I can get a pair of Honda insight wheels, leaving me short two, the rest of the yards tend to charge $75 or more each and then if I had them ship them there would be shipping as well, My state no longer allows Pull-a-part yards, so what I'm wondering is if any of you who wonder pull-a-part yards happen to see any Honda Insight wheels if you could check the price, I'm willing to pay $75 or so after shipping, less would of course be nice.
Without a tire these rims should weigh in at around 11 pounds, so shipping shouldn't be that much.
Shipping would be to 54751
I figure it will be mid to end of summer before I really need new tires, so if this takes a few months or more I'm fine with that, but my next set of tires I would like to have on Honda Insight rims.

petesanders21 · 06-14-2011, 10:40 PM

There are lots of stores out there that sells genuine parts but offers low prices for it. Take note, these are not used. Still, I always considered the brand new ones. My suggestion is... never resort to visiting a junk yard, ever.

Ryland · 06-15-2011, 07:17 AM

Really? never buy parts from a junk yard? I bought a set of insight wheels from a junk yard, a set of 4 of them cost less then I would have paid for a single new wheel from the cheapest source I could find, I've bought plenty of good used parts and have been very happy with all of them.

TheEnemy · 06-15-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by petesanders21

There are lots of stores out there that sells genuine parts but offers low prices for it. Take note, these are not used. Still, I always considered the brand new ones. My suggestion is... never resort to visiting a junk yard, ever.

Got a $1500 NV4500 5 speed granny tranny with a 26% overdrive for $100.
Got an extreemly hard to find version of the Jeep 4.0 head complete with wiring harness, injectors coil on plug system intake manifold, throttle body, etc... for $250. The head alone is $400 or so.
Found a rare narrow dana 44 axle for a CJ for $60. They run $600 in an as is condition

Thats over $4000 worth of parts (even used market) that I have gotten for less than $500.

Why did they outlaw the u-pull it places?

petesanders21 · 06-15-2011, 08:24 PM

Had a bad experience in getting from a junkyard. Turns out, the guy who sold me those parts is a scam artist. Please do suggest places that i can get some stuff and not getting into trouble

thanks.

War_Wagon · 06-15-2011, 11:17 PM

I am curious as well as to why they outlawed the pull-a-part places. Though I can say that around here they have certainly died off. I am guessing environmental or liability reasons?

Ryland · 06-15-2011, 11:29 PM

insurance and people steeling stuff, you walk in with your tool box and buy a $10 part, break $100 worth of stuff getting it and walk out with a cars ECU in your tool box that you can turn around and sell for $200