New shoes

[adzy]

Cheers boys, and yes I did weigh them and they came up as advertised at 6.9 kg! I weighed the stockies at 12kg and the difference in driving response is fantastic. Feels like a different car

[BrianS]

centre caps of some sort needed.
other than that they look cool. tyre profile looks huge, might just be the pics

[adzy]

Center caps look wrong on RPF1's for some reason, 17" so profile is standard as I bought these for track days etc.. not for show

[scoobyrex]

Looking good Adzy. They actually don't look small. Update your signature please

[adzy]

Cheers mate, yeah I better do the sig.... usually takes me 3 attempts to get it right LOL

[Jarred]

bumping up and old thread, how much did postage cost you in the end?

[adzy]

Cost $365 bro and the shipping was the only charge other than the wheels as they were $932. TireRack were great to, I might go as far as saying even they were Rad? Lol Anyway.... when ever a depo or customs or whatever took too long they were all over it enquiring before I had a chance to, top stuff.

[Jarred]

good to know! (all in USD i'm guessing?)

[adzy]

Yeah bro, now I'm waiting for Coreys reply to you on Fab's thread... gotta go Lol

[DeKay]

hey mate, howd you go with import duties and what did you end up paying extra on top of the price+shipping?

Im in the same boat about buying from the states - im just worried about the way customs will calculate duties.

[adzy]

As I said 3 posts up, shipping and wheels were the only charges. My wheels came in at a price less than $1000 without shipping, think thats why I didnt have to pay any other BS

[DeKay]

hey mate,

so the wheels were under a grand, and the shipping was extra 350.. total roughly $1350

im surprised that you didnt pay any duties as my understanding was that shipping was included in the $1,000 threshold prior to customs tax.
so seems customs ignored the shipping charges.. learned something new today.

ps im an idiot, new to importing from overseas rules! sorry haha

[adzy]

Nah bro if your an idiot so am I lol, was the first time I ordered something so expensive from US as well but I thiiiiiiink thats why I didnt pay the tax due to the price before shipping.
Either way, you will still save rather than buying in AUS. Avoid being raped... buy from the US

[DeKay]

yeah i quickly confirmed with someone else its tax payed on the goods not the services.. so the shipping is not included in the total, hence u getting away without having to pay tax because your rims were valued under 1,000.

now i feel like ive made a saving on something! haha awesome.

[adzy]

Thats what I guessed, sweet. What wheels where u thinking of grabbing?