Kenneth

I have seen several times in this forum that quite a few U.S. A4.org'ers have purchased wheels from foreign countries (i.e., Hong Kong, Australia). Is it worth buying them in a foreign country? I wonder how people handle paying the custom duties when they bring the products into the U.S. I think the custom duties you will pay for the product will be more than the savings on buying the product abroad. Please let me know if I am missing something.

Roger

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Verik

In Canada it can be as high as 20+%

Paul Allen

I had a terrible experience buying wheels from England for my Lotus.

It took much longer than promised, the wheels were in customs here for over 2 weeks (I needed them for a track event, and missed it), and then they were scratched when they got here.

What would you do it the bolt pattern, centerbore, or offset was slightly wrong? Or what happens when you bend a wheel in a pothole a year later. Can you get a replacement?

On the other hand, you just can't beat a place like Tire Rack for standing behind their stuff.

I ordered a set of Pirelli 210 snow tires from Tire Rack for a 911 I used to have. I got them, installed them, and drove on them for 3 weeks. Then I noticed that they had accidentally sent the 210 Ice tires, which are not H-rated (130mph). I called them, they send the correct tires, and paid for the remounting and rebalancing.

Maybe if you're lucky a foreign order might work, but knowing what I know now, I would never do it again.

Paul S

US customs. Took 4 more days from expected/promised delivery. So much for the 2-day Fedex.