Buying parts in the USA?
 

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Perrin wing stiffis. $44 each.

My brother travelling to USA and he buying parts there,there parts are dirty cheap.

But importing/buying parts here via eBay,websites you must pay for import duty tax,handling fee and VAT...Not nice,but you must,only one thing you can do,if company which offering send you parts,will mark parts as gift and you will not pay anything above.


Jura

i have used subaru genuine parts from the us before even after shipping and customs taxes it still works out cheeper

Any thing it's all cheaper

I've found, the main thing about America is the variety of products. They have such a better selection over there, they have 30 different versions where we have 2 or three for example, pulley cover.

All the things I've bought have worked out cheaper even with all the duties. Most products will be cheaper there as a lot of them are made there. Perrin is a classic example, we get our pants pulled down for some small bits of black plastic.

If you can get them in your suitcase, wheels are loads cheaper :lol1: and you can get the hole Rota range there unlike here.

On a serious note: ARC pulley cover, they're easy to get over there and they'd sell like hot cakes here

Eibach ARB's(Front and rear) cost there £160,here £280 as cheapest,Blouch Turbos here known as SC cost there about £600-£800 less.

Apexi AVC-R cost there in dollars like here in £ and more stuff,ID injectors cost there half price,which some sellers here selling.


Jura

My wife has a friend over there but she doesn't know the difference between sh!t and clay and would probably order the wrong thing :mad::brickwall

Wish I had someone bring wheels back for me. Pulley covers could be a good thing as they should stack together well in a holdall.

If you can get something like this mate for half the price I'd bite your hand off mate

http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/Products...UNSPLT001.aspx

cheers
Gez

This site will keep you busy for a while.....

http://www.subarupartsforyou.com/

We are buying only from this company

http://www.rallysportdirect.com/



Jura

I`m off over there in March, might gettempted to post my self a present or two,lol.

HID Projector kits are cheaper over there: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/
They would post to a hotel too, I asked when I knew someone that went to Vegas.

Would presume Tial stuff is cheaper

Jura, what's the blouch equivalent to the sc46?

Hi there

SC46 its Blouch Dominator 2,5XT-R "Polka Pickle"

http://www.rallysportdirect.com/Blou...2-2011-WRX-STI


Jura

Cheers mate, is it a 490 bhp turbo or are they being a bit optimistic?

3.0XT-R(here in UK is SC50) is rated as 550bhp,and i think are little bit optimistic ,500-510bhp is possible.

2.5XT-R is SC46,just Blouch rated own turbos little bit more,but is possible from SC46(Blouch Dom 2.5XT-R) 490bhp.Usually SC46 is 450-460bhp an everything is over is just bonus



Jura

valvetrain such as double valve springs etc. are a lot cheaper over there!

I bought my engine build parts from the us and it worked out alot cheaper than here even with taxes etc

Looks like I'll be buying my Turbo from the US then :) Blouch Dom 4.0XT-R please :norty:

4.0XT-R is here SC54 and really this turbo is best suited for 2.35 or 2.5 and still there this turbo is laggy on them



Jura

It works out around £1200 so about 300-400 cheaper! Suited to the 2.35? Marvellous :)

Not sure how much cost here SC54 here,but if its old price £1425 excluding VAT(with VAT is something around £1710).

Its suited like suited,but still think its too laggy with AVCS

Here is with AVCS

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...pandtorque.jpg

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/v...letmethmix.jpg


Yeah Kev saying on road spooling 1000rpm earlier,but not sure:wonder:


Jura

I bought some rally Armour mudflap recently, under 3 weeks to arrive, so rouugh idea of charges ;)

Tony

I had to pay £25 ish for an ACT clutch! My uncle lives over in the States so could post things to me as a gift ;) or just bring it over with him!

Agreed there ACT clutches are cheap and really good.I was considering ACT Clutch,but i went for Exedy Twin Plate.


Jura

Thanks for the post jura:thumb:i was looking in to getting a sc46 change my mind now

any one got a list o american sites as my brother is going over soon

Here is few

http://www.rallysportdirect.com/

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/

And have look too on Nasioc,somewhere you will find good bargains


http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=196

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=23



Jura

Can you imagine a lorry load of scooby bits turning up at room 1080 in the pop centry resort disney land orlando lol