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Originally Posted by
Yorkie
and duty...
duty is supposed to be 5%. never paid it on tyre imports in the past, doesnt bother me if i get it this time.
regardless of the GST and duty, allowing for that, i'm still about $120-150 PER tyre better off than buying locally, including
total for 5 tyres including duty & gst (worst case) = $320 per tyre.
quoted $30 to fit, balance & dispose of old tyres around the corner = $350 per tyre.
cheapest 18" all-terrain tyre i could source locally in perth that was legal for my car = $470ea.
so i'm still $120 per tyre ($600 in total) better off this way.
I looked at buying 16" rims. best I could do was $100ea. set of 5 rims = $500. 16" tyres, best I could do locally for decent A/T was $270ea (discounted thru a mate). so a set of 5 would be $1850 = $370ea.
then i'd also have a full set of 18" rims lying around.
sure i could sell them on gumtree, but since there's been 2 sets in perth for sale for over a year now without moving, that's not going to happen unless i give them away. and my wife would stop making me dinner if i stored 5 tyres in the garage!
i support local Australian businesses and stores where i can (i own and run a retail business in perth), but where it's not coming close to balancing up, my wallet makes the decisions.
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If you can't get the size you want, then fair enough. But don't always assume tyres from US will be cheaper.
I bought some Goodyear Duratrac recently in 285/75-16. The best Tyrerack could do was $345/tyre delivered for 5. That was in 2 shipments but was only $100 less for 1 shipment. I would still have to pay for fitting after that.
I ended up getting them supplied and fitted around the corner for $325 each.
Personally, I ditched the 18" rims because I didn't want low profile out in the bush. Makes a huge difference, not to mention the fact that if you wreck a tyre you will never get another one quickly.
