Johnnyboy wrote:Just came to order these from Re-Speed, and they want $165 for postage for 1 set! ($253 for two sets).
This compares fairly badly with the $160 to buy the bushes themselves.
Convert dollars at 1.50 to the Pound, add the foriegn currency fee on my credit card (2%) plus VAT (20% on parts) plus DHL handling of the customs/VAT (£18 last time...) and they come out at about £285 for a set, £245 each for two sets.
That is a lot of money!
Steve / Ian, how much did yours come out at?
I suppose it is still better than SuperPro at £248 plus the drop arms etc. (which you would need...) but not looking as much of a bargain as I had hoped....
John
WHAT????
here's the pm Steve sent me when he was sorting it out....
Just got a message back from Billy.
Says he can get 2 kits in one $50 shipping box, but he will have to take some of the packaging off the bush kit to make it fit.
Our shipping was really cheap.... ask them to look at it again and put it in 1 fifty dollar box like ours
Re-Speed has changed owners I believe. When I ordered the bushes for Ian and I, I emailed Billy directly to sort it and their website couldn't deal with international postage calculations.
When I ordered my lower arms I emailed and it appears Billy is no longer the man in charge (possibly retired?) and the website now calculates international postage direct. It did cost me an arm and a leg to get my lower arms posted over. Around the $200 IIRC.
Well worth getting the bushes done though, it is a little hard for me to say as I had my suspension done at the same time but I know from going for a ride in Miss January how much of a difference it'll make. So I think it'll be worth the cost. Worth also remembering the Re-Speed kit comes with the hardware for antiroll bar drop links and alike, whereas the UK sources stuff didn't.
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I bought my gear from Energy Suspension in the US.
I got the master kit front and rear - I cant seem to find the complete kit now, perhaps discontinued, but it appears all the individual components are still all on eBay.
I think it was somewhere around $160, and landed closer to £160 including customs.
The quality of the kit is great with loads of lube chucked in, and they also had the links and sleeves - captain Tim is now the proud owner of some stuff as I can't use the front end bushes anymore - he can vouch for it too when he gets around to fitting it.
Steve-A wrote:The Re-Speed stuff IS Energy Suspension parts, so if they wanna charge silly postage and the kit is available elsewhere then thats great.
Haha what a goon - didn't realise that! Same price 'n all!
Have been in contact with Mike Liao @ Racing Beats US and they are just releasing their polybush sets. Similar price I think and good PandP. Always helpful too.
Looks ok, and is the same price as Respeed but hopefully without the crazy P and P costs! I have no idea what sort of costs there are in shipping it over though.
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silverarrow wrote:Have been in contact with Mike Liao @ Racing Beats US and they are just releasing their polybush sets. Similar price I think and good PandP. Always helpful too.
