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Offline Agreeable Slick

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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent?
« Reply #10 on: 25 January 2012, 23:50 »
Halfords. Bike boxes.

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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent?
« Reply #11 on: 26 January 2012, 06:26 »
Christ, I wouldn't want to buy a set of wheels from some of you lot!!

Several layers of thick bubblewrap and then a cardboard sleeve to protect both the front and the back, or two layers of cardboard if the wheels are mint.
It's not just protecting the painted finish (which doesn't really matter if they need a refurb) it is also to protect against them getting buckled or chipped into the metal. This can and does happen.
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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent?
« Reply #12 on: 26 January 2012, 09:32 »
Christ, I wouldn't want to buy a set of wheels from some of you lot!!

Several layers of thick bubblewrap and then a cardboard sleeve to protect both the front and the back, or two layers of cardboard if the wheels are mint.
It's not just protecting the painted finish (which doesn't really matter if they need a refurb) it is also to protect against them getting buckled or chipped into the metal. This can and does happen.

This, ffs, even Shady managed to send a set of wheels off properly! :grin:

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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent? * new problem*
« Reply #13 on: 26 January 2012, 19:27 »
new problem in the openeing page  :lipsrsealed:

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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent? * new problem*
« Reply #14 on: 26 January 2012, 19:31 »
new problem in the openeing page  :lipsrsealed:
they'll have labels  :wink:
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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent? * new problem*
« Reply #15 on: 26 January 2012, 19:31 »
they put them on there for me?

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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent? * new problem*
« Reply #16 on: 26 January 2012, 19:33 »
I whacked a wheel into a black bag and loads of brown tape round it  :grin:

It wasnt a decent wheel though. :tongue:

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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent? * new problem*
« Reply #17 on: 26 January 2012, 19:36 »
they put them on there for me?
should do
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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent? * new problem*
« Reply #18 on: 26 January 2012, 19:41 »
cool! i was just gettin a tad worried!


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Re: how would you wrap alloy's to be sent? * new problem*
« Reply #19 on: 26 January 2012, 19:42 »
I wrote the address on an a4 size sheet of paper and selotaped them to the packages just incase, but labels were put on as they would go through about 7 vans
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