Used car tyres in Detroit typically sell for $40 to $405. Be careful with this one: selling part-worn tyres is a regulated activity with specific legal requirements, and tyres near the legal minimum are not worth selling at all.
Selling car tyres in Detroit
Detroit has more automotive knowledge per head than anywhere else in the country and an enormous stock of older housing. Car parts and tools sell to people who know exactly what they are looking at, and mid-century furniture surfaces here regularly.
The older housing stock means genuine estate clear-outs are common, and those are where the better furniture comes from. Automotive equipment circulates continuously rather than seasonally.
The city is spread out and everything is collected by car, with easy parking. Distances are long, so agreeing a meeting point on a main route rather than a specific address saves both sides time.
Detroit, in Michigan, has around 640,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Grand Rapids, New York and Los Angeles are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Detroit
Peer-to-peer payment apps dominate private sales, and buyers will usually offer one before they offer cash. Sales tax does not apply to a private sale between individuals.
What car tyres are worth
What lifts the price
- Tread depth well above the legal minimum
- Matching sets of four in the same size
What pulls it down
- Tyres more than several years old, whatever the tread
- Sidewall damage, bulges or cracking
Working out what yours is worth
- Measure the tread depth and state it in millimetres
- Read the four-digit date code on the sidewall
Getting it ready
- Measure the tread depth across the whole width with a gauge, not by eye, and record the figure.
- Read the four-digit date code on the sidewall. Tyres age out regardless of tread, and buyers check this.
Photograph
- The tyre whole, showing the tread pattern across the full width
- The sidewall markings, including size, load and speed rating and the date code
Put in the description
- Full size marking, plus load index and speed rating
- The four-digit date code from the sidewall
Heavy and awkward but not fragile. Collection is normal. If a tyre has less than around 3mm, sidewall damage or is more than a few years old, take it to a tyre centre for recycling rather than listing it.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Michigan)
Common questions
Where can I sell car tyres in Detroit?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The city is spread out and everything is collected by car, with easy parking. Distances are long, so agreeing a meeting point on a main route rather than a specific address saves both sides time.
How much tread is left?
Give the measured figure in millimetres, not a description. The legal minimum across most of Europe is 1.6mm, and most buyers want 5mm or more to be worth fitting.
How much are car tyres worth in Detroit?
Most used car tyres change hands for $40 to $405. Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling car tyres across the United States, what car tyres are worth, everything second hand in Detroit, or Vehicles in Detroit.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.