TOProtege.com and Wheels Direct

[YP5 Toronto]

Just to give you an idea, I called Wheels Direct and they are going to come up with 3-4 different packages for our Club.

As an example of Wheels Direct pricing would be:

Wheel and Tire Zone:
15" steel wheels with 195/55R15 Kumho KW11 Winter Tires $785 + tax

Wheels Direct:
Same as above, but $615 Taxes IN and INTSTALLED (based on sales last year)

The take away from this, is let me work on this for the club.  If we focus our attention on one dealer, we can be assured that we will get the best price and the best value for the $$$.  

The price guides for this autumn and winter seasons have not come out yet, so the pricing you are recieving are probably high.  Most tire places haven't even figured out what they are purchasing for the season.  Yokohama, Perilli, etc... they haven't even started to ship winter tires to the major distributors in Canada yet.

I have asked them to come up with 3 packages:

1) 15" Steelie Package - CHEAPEST PRICE PACKAGE (no regard to brand preferance)

2) 15" Steelie Package -  Better performance

3) 16" Rubber Package - Good Performance Rubber (not many options because of our 195/50/16 tire size)

They are working on it and will be getting back to us shortly.  They did note, that they will not create a package that reaches a cheap price point and that offers a CRAP tire.

I hope this makes sense.

[Silvermp5]

Hey Jason, I am in for the Khumo package for 615 which is great price.

[YP5 Toronto]

Sorry, that was an example based on what they had done last year on pricing. Wheels will come up with a formal price list soon. The $615 price isn't firm, it could be a bit higher or even a bit lower. I put it up there to show the club the delta in pricing in the market today.

[YP5 Toronto]

not to push you guys off, I will talk to them about Summer stuff..... in the winter.  I have my hands full with all the group buys and with coming up with Tire Packages.

If anyone in the club wants to step up to the plate and help out, please do.

The officers, including myself do this out of the "love" of our cars and the club.

I have deleted the "summer posts", I want to keep this thread as clean and as on topic as possible.

[YP5 Toronto]

Here is what Wheels Direct is offering.

PLEASE DO NOT GO AND SHARE THESE PRICES WITH THEIR COMPETITION. YOU EITHER LIKE THESE PRICES and BUY THEM, or you do your own investigating and purchase them elsewhere.

All these prices INCLUDE TAX AND INSTALLATION!

1) 195/55/15 HANKOOK ZOVAC W400, Directional Tread, T Rated, with 15" Steelies. $590 (Really Good Deal)

2) 195/55/15 HAKKA1, T Rated, one of the more aggressive winter tires in the market, developed in Finland, with 15" Steelies . $730

3) 195/50/16 Perrelli 210 Snowsports H rated! - BWM approved, using STOCK RIMS. $715

These prices may change.....if they do, it'll probably move to the cheaper side of things. Again it is tough to price things now because it is relatively early.

Two things to remember:

1) These guys need to make a living too.
2) Cheapest is not always the Cheapest, understand what you are getting.

I will set up a poll that will give us an indication of how many the club may be purchasing. This way they can allocate stock for our club.

Again this is just preliminary...I think it’s a bit early.

[Protege5 Kid]

Jason thanks for taking the time out of your
busy day to find these prices out for us!

TPC is lucky to have you!!

[firefly]

Jason can you find out how much do they want for 15" steelies alone? OE/aftermarket or if you can get price for both that'll be great.

[YP5 Toronto]

started a seperate thread.