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by **Jooce** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:01 pm

about to buy some mags from a dude in auckland and he was quoted $250 to send 4 15" mags with tyres to christchurch.. ouch thats almost a third of the cost of the mags itself.. anyone know of some cheaper solutions?

by **DeeCee** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:14 pm

check who it was through + check with the likes of the bigger freight companies like Mainfreight for depot to depot shipping

by **rollaholic** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:30 pm

i got a complete engine from south island to auckland for $100, 250 sounds excessive.

that was with mainfreight, depot to depot. i think door to door is more!

by **evil_si** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:00 pm

thats almost what we paid to freight a set of wheels from auzzie,
try main freight or tnl. opt for depot to depot and get them dropped off and pick them up, saves a fair bit

Website · by **Steelo** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:29 pm

I bought some mags from Auckland and got them shipped to Dunedin. Organised freight through Northern Southland in Dunedin......they however contracted a useless North Island company called Rapid Road Freighters (don't use them) who lost them for about a week.

It seemed paper work for them is not a priority. I got them in the end, cost about $70 all up................but only because I got it half price because they lost them for a week.

But $140 would still have been pretty good.

What company is the guy using to ship them?

by **fangsport** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:22 pm

had a motor sent from Warkworth to Timaru recently
160kgs........$180.

Website · by **Mr.Phreak** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:47 pm

Steelo wrote:they however contracted a useless North Island company called Rapid Road Freighters (don't use them) who lost them for about a week.

I got a set of wheels from Chch overnight for free from RRF

by **HachirokuGTV** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:16 am

That price souds pretty expensive. I had 4 wheels posted up from south island to auckland for $80. Maybe that guy is trying to tuck you.
Anyway if you only have to worry about shipping wheels from one end of the country to the other youre lucky. Try getting them from Japan or the US.

94 Curren - 15.84 @ 90.9Mph · by **D-T** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:33 am

yuh i got my first set of mags down from auckland @ $80 on mainfreight i think, quite a few years ago though so i bet prices have gone up sharply since.

by **fangsport** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:57 pm

wheels them selves are not the problem. when tyres are added, the weight and cubic measurement doubles...........so too the price!

Website · by Al » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:14 am

Jooce wrote:about to buy some mags from a dude in auckland and he was quoted $250 to send 4 15" mags with tyres to christchurch.. ouch thats almost a third of the cost of the mags itself.. anyone know of some cheaper solutions?

Thats probably couriered. I paid around $70-$80 through Freightlines to send some 17s with tires to Napier from Christchurch on a pallet. Got it picked up at my work, where I shrink wrapped them onto the pallet and they dropped off at the buyers work.

by **rollas22** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:14 am

Sent a set of 15" supra celica rims an tyres from Palmerston North to Chch for $80 using mainfreight... best bet is to ring around an score the best deal!
Depot to Depot is the cheapest way :wink:

by **MR2SIK** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:57 pm

i got quoted $50 to send a 3s shortblock from auckland to nelson depot to depot, that was with freightline I think.

by **metric** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:25 pm

check out "mainfreightprecision.co.nz" and get your own estimate cause that sounds a bit on the high side!!

Website · by **Steelo** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:46 pm

Mr.Phreak wrote:
Steelo wrote:they however contracted a useless North Island company called Rapid Road Freighters (don't use them) who lost them for about a week.

I got a set of wheels from Chch overnight for free from RRF

Really? When they were trying to find them I had some muppet ringing me from Auckland telling me they didn't know where they were..............I was really nervous, I thought that someone had seen them and stolen them. They were expensive SSR MkII 14x8 and 14x9 so I didn't want to loose them.

by **Mr Revhead** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:24 pm

MR2SIK wrote:i got quoted $50 to send a 3s shortblock from auckland to nelson depot to depot, that was with freightline I think.

thats cheap!
thats minimum charge for a straight crossing!

Website · by **Mr.Phreak** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:19 am

Steelo wrote:Really? When they were trying to find them I had some muppet ringing me from Auckland telling me they didn't know where they were..............I was really nervous, I thought that someone had seen them and stolen them. They were expensive SSR MkII 14x8 and 14x9 so I didn't want to loose them.

Yup, was a classic case of "who you know" though......

by **Loudtoy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:45 pm

$60 dunners to palmy for 5 14" with tires. $80 whangerai to palmy heavy as shit greabox for 4wd surf. Both with mainfreight one from north over night one from south took 2 nights

Website · by **Bling** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:30 pm

only worth shipping wheels if they are still a good deal with postage included in the price, otherwise just wait.

I paid $80 for some rims, then $70 for postage :lol:

sold them for about $180 when I lost interest tho

by **cogent** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:12 pm

i shipped some 15" Enkei RP01s from wellington to auckland depot to depot on mainfreight (with tyres) for $70. Guy said it was flat rate shipping on 4 wheels. V:DV

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