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Old 16-10-2007, 12:31 PM   #1
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Hey Guys,
Has anyone bought any mags over from the US ?
How do you go with ADR - Australian Design Rules - How do you know if it complies ? It's just pretty tempting now with the US dollar at 90c now, huge range too.

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Old 16-10-2007, 12:43 PM   #2
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Yeh but will cost you arm and a leg in freight lol
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Old 16-10-2007, 12:51 PM   #3
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Yeh but will cost you arm and a leg in freight lol
About $200, it will only be 4 square boxes. My only concern is not being able to use them on the street.... legally.
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Old 16-10-2007, 12:56 PM   #4
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About $200, it will only be 4 square boxes. My only concern is not being able to use them on the street.... legally.
Ummmmmm what size are you looking at and what car are you putting them?

IIRC over 2inchs above std is unrwc without engineers
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Old 16-10-2007, 12:56 PM   #5
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Our wheels (19" intro billets) were imported from the US made specifically for our car. We got our rims through Stan at All Street wheels. He imports a load at a time and measures correct offsets etc. No problems with illegality. They were not cheap but was still cheaper than getting the same wheels made in Aus and they are top quality.
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Over 2" above standard will not be legal where ever the wheels come from.
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Old 16-10-2007, 01:13 PM   #7
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im keen to find someone who can bring me in a set of wheels from the usa
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Old 16-10-2007, 01:14 PM   #8
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Old 16-10-2007, 01:32 PM   #9
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About $200.....
Is that a firm quote?


Poorboy_Racer you Show off...........lol, show us a pic of the whole car
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Show off me....? [IMG][/IMG]
Now has an XR8 bonnet.
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Poorboy_racer = Gangsta..........with his pimped ride.........

Very Nice........

Question though, why did you have to have wheels custom made with the 10,000's of rims available in the US with the same PCD 5x114.3 and even same offset for BA rims

You can even get "0" offset 5x114.3 which can fit on e-series
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We found a Boze rim we liked, but was actually cheaper to get Intro to custom make a copy of them. We really wanted the center more domed to give a wider rim width but would have had issues with the brake calipers if we had, as aftermarket Brembos would not have fitted. Will probably end up with Willwards anyway (they do a slim caliper and I think Black will look better). They took 10 weeks to get made and shipped over. They actually had them made quite quickly (two weeks I think) but we had to wait until there was a good number of wheels for shipping. Also looked at some (made in Australia) Dragway billets but they were a lot more expensive (have to keep Rochell Splat in her top fueler, she and husband own dragway )

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Old 16-10-2007, 03:05 PM   #13
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what kind of wheels are you looking for?

I'll be at the SEMA show in two weeks and apparently there is a great deal of wheels to look at...

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We found a Boze rim we liked, but was actually cheaper to get Intro to custom make a copy of them. We really wanted the center more domed to give a wider rim width but would have had issues with the brake calipers if we had, as aftermarket Brembos would not have fitted. Will probably end up with Willwards anyway (they do a slim caliper and I think Black will look better). They took 10 weeks to get made and shipped over. They actually had them made quite quickly (two weeks I think) but we had to wait until there was a good number of wheels for shipping. Also looked at some (made in Australia) Dragway billets but they were a lot more expensive (have to keep Rochell Splat in her top fueler, she and husband own dragway )


Mate, they're an awsome looking wheel on the BA ! Can I ask how much they sey you back landed here ?
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Poorboy_Racer you Show off...........lol, show us a pic of the whole car

No, Not a firm quote, but I had a similar sized box bought over for around $50....

I'm looking at either 16 or 17" 8-9" wide. They're to go on my XA coupe so they will have to have a pretty deep offset
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I'll be at the SEMA show in two weeks and apparently there is a great deal of wheels to look at...

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Mate, I really don't know. I do like the superlites, & globes, but just keeping my options open. Must be shiney, and deep offset
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