2016-2017 Winter wheels and tires group buy thread

[visi107]

Originally Posted by The Father

Whats next?

your credit card gets billed

[The Father]

Originally Posted by visi107

your credit card gets billed

They hit it a couple days ago...then it disappeared!

[Eddy@ApexWheels]

Originally Posted by The Father

They hit it a couple days ago...then it disappeared!

Cards are authorized at sign-up, but not billed. You saw an authorization on your card. They're billed now that the deal has closed.

Monday or Tuesday sets start going out the door, and they'll all be out by our promised ship date.

There's nothing more to it.

[visi107]

Originally Posted by Eddy@ApexRaceParts

Cards are authorized at sign-up, but not billed. You saw an authorization on your card. They're billed now that the deal has closed.

Monday or Tuesday sets start going out the door, and they'll all be out by our promised ship date.

There's nothing more to it.

Eddy, it's been a pleasure doing business.

Now on to the next group buy for a track set up

[The Father]

Yep, I'll be looking for a track set up around Marchish!

[ApexWheels]

We’ve just received our shipment of tires for this Group Buy, and we’re beginning the process of mounting, balancing, and preparing your wheels & tires for shipment. Stay tuned and look for a shipment notification email over the next couple weeks as we begin fulfilling orders.



- Ryan

[The Father]

Got my shipment notification!

[Bomiz]

Guess I was too late =/

[spcled]

any news on shipments?

[bumblbe]

Received the wheels/tires yesterday
Anthracite
They look great
Tire date 2216 ( nice and new)

I'm very happy

[Bomiz]

Let me know if anyone wants to get rid of their set!

[visi107]

Got Mine today too!
Thank you to Eddy and everyone else at Apex

[RoundelM5]

Originally Posted by Bomiz

Guess I was too late =/

Still a GB on the wheels...https://www.groupbuyparts.com/index....-q4-2016.html/

[Bomiz]

Originally Posted by RoundelM5

Still a GB on the wheels...https://www.groupbuyparts.com/index....-q4-2016.html/

Not for winter wheels+tires =/

[kj71109]

Originally Posted by Bomiz

Let me know if anyone wants to get rid of their set!

Sold my set.

[Bomiz]

Originally Posted by kj71109

Situation came up, and I have to sell my car. I have a brand new set in unopened boxes from this group buy.

4- 18x9" et31 anthracite
4- Michelin x-ice 245/45-18
BMW TPMS Gunmetal valve stems

Let me know if you or anyone wants this set. $1970.20 shipped.

I would but the x-ice tire will be too much for the weather here. I was hoping for PA4

[skeletta]

anyone elses wheels have an unusually large amount of weighted tape? am i wrong in assuming wheels of this quality should be balanced better than this? one wheel has a strip 10" long.

[visi107]

Originally Posted by skeletta

anyone elses wheels have an unusually large amount of weighted tape? am i wrong in assuming wheels of this quality should be balanced better than this? one wheel has a strip 10" long.

mine did, u can see it in the picture i posted above too

[FirstF80InSpace]

Originally Posted by skeletta

anyone elses wheels have an unusually large amount of weighted tape? am i wrong in assuming wheels of this quality should be balanced better than this? one wheel has a strip 10" long.

Wheels probably weren't Hunter Road Force balanced.

[kyleb350]

Originally Posted by skeletta

anyone elses wheels have an unusually large amount of weighted tape? am i wrong in assuming wheels of this quality should be balanced better than this? one wheel has a strip 10" long.

Wow, I usually don't mind getting new wheels that needed to be balanced, but at what point to you consider it a defective product?

[Eddy@ApexWheels]

Originally Posted by skeletta

anyone elses wheels have an unusually large amount of weighted tape? am i wrong in assuming wheels of this quality should be balanced better than this? one wheel has a strip 10" long.

The wheel weight strips used are narrow and in 1/4 once increments. They take up more width than they used to and we can't go wider on the inner lip as there isn't room for that style.

We thought this comment may come up. These winter tires just need some weight unfortunately. Our wheels typically do not need much weight and we often see our wheels balance with no weight. There's a misconception that we're balancing out the flaws of a wheel. We're really balancing a wheel, tire, and TPMS sensor as one unit, and tires can have huge variances. Being in the industry we find it surprising that almost always the wheel is blamed and not the tire when it's the tire that has more chances of being molded funky.

We only have high end equipment and we have a high standard for product that's sent out. Simply put, if we saw anything that looked odd we were ready to warrant the wheel ourselves and just pull new stock. No point in shipping out a wheel that needs to come back. I think one wheel was set aside in that process.

These were all Hunter road force balanced, and when weights were higher than the norm we match mounted them (dismount, spin to optimal position based on feedback from mounter, and remounted to reduce weight). The whole point of road force balancing is to apply pressure to the tire and make up for the high and low spots in the tire because it's the tire that can have a lot of variation. With the special arms on our balance we can easily measure the run-out and other variables that would cause a wheel to need excessive weight.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

[Aztecspec]

My 19" set came in today and they're looking great. Now I just need the car to come in!