I'm having my MINI's tires replaced with some Bridgestone G019s before they have even one mile on them. I was wondering a few things about this.

1) Will my dealer do this for me when the car arrives if I leave them the tires?
2) Once I have them done, I will have 4 runflats with literally no use on them for sale. Will my dealer even consider buying them from me at a decent price? Saves me the trouble of shipping and whatnot.
3) If not, what is a good price for those tires if I threw them up on the marketplace or on ebay/craigslist? I was thinking $800 for the set, but I have no idea.

 

What size are the tires and what make is it? You can look at the marketplace to get an idea of how much these tires go for.

If the dealer charges you too much money for the mounting and rebalancing, you can go outside to get it done.

PS: My dealer would not install non RFT on the Mini because of liability.

 

I got the same BS from my dealer about installing non-stock rims and non-runflats on a new car when delivered.

$800 seems like too much. I'm selling a set of 0-mile 16" s-winder rims, runflats and tpms together for $800 and I haven't had any bites yet.

 

I'd sell for 50% of their retail value on TireRack.com

Alex

 

Yup I has the same deal, but a wheel set of 5 (cinco) R98s, with tpms, JCW center badges, and Nitto NeoGens for like 4 months before they sold for $440.

 

Yea it seemed like a lot to me too, but after hearing that dealers were charging almost $400 for them I figured half was good.

Dealer won't install them, however I got a quote for $121 per tire installed and everything so I'm gonna take that. I just wanna break out even or make a little bit of cash because the main selling point for me are ride quality and the fact that if I did blow a tire, I want to be able to afford to replace it (im 18 and poor :P).
If anyone wants first dibs, I'll give it to whoever on here wants it for $480 for all four (same as I'm paying for 4 non-runflats) + shipping (shipping is quite a bit of money if you live far from NY)

 

Went to go buy the tires and ran into a problem. The only ones in those size from his supplier are out of state and he's the only guy in the immediate area where I could drive the car to without wearing on the tires. Wants $553 for four tires...which isnt too bad, but not good either.
Eventual conclusion, direct swap, tires for tires. He get the durable runflats and I get nicer tires that ride well and that I can afford to replace should one blow out

 

I need to get 2 new front tires on my R53. Are these damn runflats really gonna cost me 600+ together,cause if so, thats ridiculously expensive. im even getting the cheapest ones available.

 

For anyone in Northern Virginia I have two 17" runflats with lots of tread left; yours for the cost of removing them from my rims.

 

What size? if they are 17" I'll take them.