Handbrake conversion to disc : Defender

**dullbird** · 26th January 2009, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by dm_td5

£215 less 15% VAT = £187
40% discount on £187 = £112
£112 = AU$236

OK if you can get one at that price I might know another person or two who'd be interested

No derek the 38% is inclusive of the 17% uk vat

**dmdigital** · 26th January 2009, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by dullbird

No derek the 38% is inclusive of the 17% uk vat

OK, you can never tell whether it's before or after without asking.

Didn't the UK just drop the VAT to 15%

**Sleepy** · 27th January 2009, 12:01 AM

G'day DB,
I've only read a little about this type of conversion..
I'm half interested but would like to know a little more about them - Do they have a website?

**dmdigital** · 27th January 2009, 12:03 AM

X-eng High Performance Off-Road Engineering

**Bearman** · 27th January 2009, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by dullbird

No derek the 38% is inclusive of the 17% uk vat

I have an LT95 and would be interested........Brian

**long stroke** · 27th January 2009, 07:07 AM

Heres the one i use

XE - Universal Currency Converter

I converted 215EUR to AUS dollars it came in at $429.514

CHEERS TIM.

**dullbird** · 27th January 2009, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by long stroke

Heres the one i use

XE - Universal Currency Converter

I

converted 215EUR to AUS dollars it came in at $429.514

CHEERS TIM.

well considering its pounds not euros and you haven't taken off any discount I can see what you got that price

....because all you have done is worked out the exchange rate.

I didn't know that the vat had dropped Derek I thought it was still 17.5% oh well if it has then the price goes up a bit.

he has given me some postage quotes but the postage is an absolute killer i'm going to see if I can work it out some other way

**leeds** · 27th January 2009, 10:28 AM

My experience of X eng stuff is that overall they are good products.

Have had an X brake on the 110 for a few years now. Had problems initially with the brake pads ringing on the rotating disc when new. Solved by taking pads out and regluing them in position with mastic.

Have managed to bend the brake protection guard through 180 degrees due to it getting caught up in some extremely rocky section in Sweden. No damage to the working parts of the brake though. Apparently this has been redesigned recently

Had to replace the brake cable after 3- 4 years due to stretching it. Pilot error??

Sounds like a lot of negatives BUT brake is less maintainence heavy then the concentional brake drum.

Would I recommend them? Lets say it was one of the first things done to the Disco when we bought it,

Can I say more? All the X-Eng stuff appears to be well made and well thought out.

X brakes are getting very popular on comp trucks in the UK for their greater holding power

VAT (GST) in Britain is now 15% down from 17.5%. Exports are VAT free Basic cost is £215.99 (including 15% VAT) or £188.82 excluding VAT

Hope that helps

Regards

Brendan

**long stroke** · 27th January 2009, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by dullbird

well considering its pounds not euros and you haven't taken off any discount I can see what you got that price

....because all you have done is worked out the exchange rate.

I didn't know that the vat had dropped Derek I thought it was still 17.5% oh well if it has then the price goes up a bit.

he has given me some postage quotes but the postage is an absolute killer i'm going to see if I can work it out some other way

**dullbird** · 27th January 2009, 11:16 AM

So far postage cost we are look at approx

around

$149 for one unit
$256.94 two units this works out at $128.47 I think per unit
$463.44 four units this works out at $115.86 per unit but we have the problem of import tax to tackle.

I'm also waiting for a quote back from DHL in the hope that they can do it cheaper per unit.....

$292ish and add 128.47 is around $420/25

.......sounds alot of money but when you look at individual cost. It is around $526/30

having 4 units posted takes us over the $1000 limit mark buy about $175

i forgot to mention that he does do disco and rangerover conversions too.

I have emailed again asking him to clarify a few things once he does this I should be able to give a more firm price (well provding the $ stays where it is)
and hopefully DHL will come back with a better price also.

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