SoFlaOdyssey said:
I wish you luck, but I wouldn't think the dealer will give you credit for your factory wheels. If you were so fortunate as to get credit for them, I don't think the Handa-accessories price would be too far off to get a credit.
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OK, 2nd try to respond to this post. You hit it right on the nose, almost all dealers i asked for the swap told me they had to charge the price on Honda/option site, around $1,100 and no credit for old rims. But 2 of the 3 dealers that quoted me MSRP is willing to work with me and their service depatment.
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IF (IF) they were to sell those factory alloys, they'd do so for much more than $125 each. I'd bet they'd ask closer to $200 each for those alloys. Maybe they could put them on an LX and jack up the price on that?
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Thats what one of the dealer told me, if we do the wheel swap. He would sell it to a LX owner.
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I just bought the EX wheels for my LX, so I have the only Satin Silver Odyssey w/ EX wheels and NO luggage rack. 
I'm geeky that way. I can tell my Odyssey is different from all the others out there. You could do the same with the "machine finish" wheels. I haven't seen ANY like that in South Florida, where I am.
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I guess i'm geeky that way also, i want to do it, so my EX is different from others and i kinda like the way the option wheels look, better than the stock ones.
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Personally, I'd buy the rims from handa-accessories and sell my the EX wheels. Let's see what kind of deal the dealership gives you.
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I guess my age is showing, because i don't want to go through the hassle of trying to sell the rims myself. I offered the dealers, if they can do the swap and install tires for $200per wheel or less, i'll go for it. Where did i get $200 from?. Well, i look at it this way, if i get the wheels from Handa, it would cost me $202.80, plus shipping (due to weight, i'm sure it will cost me) and because i live in Calif and where i live, the tax is 8.25%=$16.73per. Then on the other side, if i put the old rims on Ebay to sell (if anyone would bid on them), i figure i may get maybe around $100per rim (i never gone to Ebay and looked at what things like rim sells for), i'm sure Ebay would charge me something and then i would have to pay to ship it out to the winner. The one dealer who was going to sell old rim to LX owner, said he should be able to do it for lot less. The other dealer said, they sell stuff on Ebay all the time and it might work. Remember, i'm asking a dealer to do this for me, with their cost for the wheels, i'm sure they will make a nice profit on this deal, and i get what i want and willing to pay. I'll post how it goes when i pick up my Ody, but i told all 3 dealers that, 1st one to have what i want will get my money. All 3 dealer said there was no problem with that, and they would just take my name off the waiting list.
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Good luck!
sorry, but when i tried to sumit my reply,sever went down and when it came up, it took out all my text, i will edit later. 4th dealer just call and said they have what i want and may sell at MSRP.
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False alram, the guy is just playing games with me, this guy called Monday and asked if i found any dealer that was willing to sell at or below MSRP, i told him i already had 2 dealers at MSRP. He then said he will call me right back. Well he never did, so i crossed him off on my dealer list, 2 days later(today) he calls me and tells me he just got in, what i was looking for and asked if it was too late, then he asked what was the lowest price i found, so i told him now i'm on 3 dealers waiting list at MSRP. He then told me if he can get the owner to go for MSRP, if i would take it, i said yes. He said, he will call back in 5min. Well, its now over 4hours after he called. I'm not sure what kind of game he is trying to playing, but no matter what he say next time he calls, i'm going to blow him off!
