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

[Foxpuppet]

Just googling rims for my transporter and stumbled on a nice set from a UK ebay seller. there seems to be a lot more choice available o/s both in UK and USA, so it got me thinking.... is it worth it to buy wheels from o/s? is it legal from ADR/RTA compliance point of view?
I checked out the price for a set at around $600aud and shipping at about $400 which (maths geniuses) comes to 1k for a set. there are some nice choices, for example these 4 from ebay...there are many more but this was my pick

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/18-WOLFRA...ht_1986wt_1141

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/18-VOLKSW...ht_2341wt_1141

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/18-VOLKSW...ht_2192wt_1141

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/18-VOLKSW...ht_2237wt_1141


I guess if anything goes wrong or you are unsure of load rating issues, buying here has it's advantages...plus wheel tyre combo's are pretty well priced.

what do you guys think?

[LWR]

I can help you with German made AZEV wheels in 18" for your Transporter but not for $AUS600 a set.That sounds awfully cheap for a set of anything.

AZEV

Lewis

[walbjj]

I bought oz racing rims from performAncealloys in the uk. They were above the $1000 customs limit so I had to deal with taxes and duties. The rims that ur looking at are well under so u shouldn't have an issue. I didn't have any issues. Wheels should be the same there as here pretty much. No one is gonna hassle a guy driving a van with rims.

[Cookie28]

With the import duties and taxes and stuff does the $1000 limit include postage or just the actual wheels themselves?

[walbjj]

Postage not part of the total, so spend up to $1k or get the seller to help u out with invoicing

[Cookie28]

Sweet thanks man

[rob64981]

What sort of price have they come up with for shipping?

I might be able to help is you find out the weight of the wheel and the box plus the size of the box.

I still have an account with a shipping company from when we lived in the UK.

Rob

[gareth_oau]

the $1000 threshold doesnt include postage costs.

however, if the cost of the goods exceeds $1000, then customs will include the value of the postage to determine how much duty and GST is payable

[gareth_oau]

i have used a freight forwarding agent in the UK called ukbrandsworldwide.com - UK Specialists in Personal Shopping and Package Forwarding.

they offer reasonably good rates, but you need to provide them with shipping weight and dimensions to get a quote from them

[GTi Bhoy]

The guy I use is great.

lucas@parcel-link.co.uk

Email him and he will contact the seller to organise everything.

So easy. I have used him for wheels engines and they organised customs the lot.