Buying rims from UK/OS - worth it? legal? or dont bother

[team_v]

so the time has arrived, did a service last week at 32K (2nd service) they tried to sell me some Nankangs for 185 ea (claiming my tyres were done) needless to say I said i would wait. I checked them all that afternoon and found none with less than 3mm on the wear indicators.

Anyway i think it's now time to start getting my options narrowed down with wheels and tyres, i recently saw these at OZZY.

KMC ROCKSTAR 775 17X7.5 5X112 MATT BLACK Rims | Rims KMC ROCKSTAR 775 17X7.5 5X112 MATT BLACK

but i dont think that it's right for the load rating? anyone help me out on that front? otherwise i'll be back onto performancealloys in the UK.

They look like a rip off the the Koya drift tek's.
Plus that is not cheap for no-brand wheels :|

[jords]

Just been browsing the performancealloys website for some replacement alloys, and noticed they have two shipping options. UPS,TNT,DHL,FedEx ($494.19) or Airport to Airport ($273). Anybody had any experience with the Airport to Airport? What is it? As I'm not too far from Melbourne Airport, I was thinking this method and saving $220.

[walbjj]

Just been browsing the performancealloys website for some replacement alloys, and noticed they have two shipping options. UPS,TNT,DHL,FedEx ($494.19) or Airport to Airport ($273). Anybody had any experience with the Airport to Airport? What is it? As I'm not too far from Melbourne Airport, I was thinking this method and saving $220.

If u can, always try and get it sent to ur door, I had my rims and tyres sent to the airport as I didn't know better, plus I had to pay customs and I wasn't sure of the process involved.
Driving their and having to pick them up might not seem a hassle if ur close but it was for me

[jords]

I'm only 10 mins from the airport, so getting there is not an issue. Also, as the total order value is below the $1K threshold, custom fee's won't need paying. I guess what I wanted to know was if there are any further charges at the Airport, or is it simply a matter of driving there and picking up the package.

[walbjj]

I'm only 10 mins from the airport, so getting there is not an issue. Also, as the total order value is below the $1K threshold, custom fee's won't need paying. I guess what I wanted to know was if there are any further charges at the Airport, or is it simply a matter of driving there and picking up the package.

im not sure as my rims and tyres were over $1k so i needed to pay their fees as i paid customs beforehand, so it was 2 lots of payments- customs and the toll dnata fees

[gareth_oau]

airport to airport will mean that you have to find and contract with a customs agency and get them to do all the customs clearances, GST payments etc etc. you will still need an agent if there is no GST/duty payable

this service will probably cost you another $100 minimum. and will present more effort for you, and you will still have to go and pick them up

door to door means that the shipper arranges all this seamlessly for you (you will receive an email asking for CC details for any GST/duty payement) and they are delivered to your door.

[marquee]

I went through tirerack for some suspension shipped to my door did not have to pay any more then original amount. door to door is ten times easier not just for convenience but customs also charge you for holding goods on a daily basis from memory.

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[jords]

Thanks. That clears things up. Door to door it is then.

[Foxpuppet]

haha so i'm back on this again, i got some bad news from a few wheel places as far as they had pretty ordinary choices... but the interesting thing is the chap at bob jane hornsby reckons i should go for the Ronal r41 in black, he really liked it and said they would fit them once they landed with an appropriate tyre. it's looking at costing $980aud for a set of 4 and $480 courier to australia from performance alloys. then about $280 per tyre for a set of kumho ke27
we had a long look at available tyres for both 17" and 18" and i'm probably leaning towards 17" for a comfier ride and durability of the wheels.

but again i'm torn between the ronal and the KMC rockstar 775. both in black and both very much what i was looking for.... it's such a hard decision.

also if anyone is interested the CSA raker, G-max Carus are not bad options (but dont come in black only hyper black)

[team_v]

I would go the Ronal's if it were me.

[Foxpuppet]

Well I finally committed and bought the 17" ronal R41, hopefully they will be here by friday next week, I'll put up some pics when they do!

[Foxpuppet]

So it's been a little longer than i thought as wheels were not in stock in uk so they had to order them in from Germany which took longer than usual apparently.
But at 7am this morning DHL showed up with my 4 parcels. A quick call to Bob Jane Hornsby to order the rubber
- maxxis ma p1 for $210 per corner and $55 for alignment and they got it in this afternoon. So we went from this



To this





$1490 delivered
$895 tyres
$2385 all up