18" Pegs

[Baj]

While looking for new wheels I found this site

http://www.vivaperformance.com/catal...products_id=87

18"x8" Titanium Silver Pegasus Wheels $230.99 each

Which works out at £501.769 for a set of 4. No tyres though.
This seems quite cheap to me.
No idea of shipping costs and customs will porobably take a cut but if we got a few might be a good deal. What say the masses?

[Redbrick]

Great find & a good price.

I escaped the duty when I imported my set so you might be lucky.

The original Volvo packaging is a bit flimsy so you should ask for them to be packaged a bit better before shipping.

The new C70 center caps are pretty sweet too

[Wobbly Dave]

The new C70 center caps are pretty sweet too

They have the blue lettering?

[Redbrick]

They have the blue lettering?

Nice

[RobA]

While looking for new wheels I found this site

http://www.vivaperformance.com/catal...products_id=87

18"x8" Titanium Silver Pegasus Wheels $230.99 each

Which works out at £501.769 for a set of 4. No tyres though.
This seems quite cheap to me.
No idea of shipping costs and customs will porobably take a cut but if we got a few might be a good deal. What say the masses?

I'd be interested at that price Baj...might be looking at 17" for me tho as I could then swap my current rubber across which would save a few pennies!

Let me know if you find out more

[heyes]

Does anyone know where you can get locking nuts to fit 18" wheels as the ones I got the locking nut is to big for the hole.

[Baj]

I'd be interested at that price Baj...might be looking at 17" for me tho as I could then swap my current rubber across which would save a few pennies!

Let me know if you find out more

I have mailed them asking shipping costs

They have 17" Anthracite Titans at $299 apiece.
I want to fit 40s as 35s dont run well on Leeds' smooth, well maintained raod network.
Whereabouts are you Rob?

[RobA]

I have mailed them asking shipping costs

They have 17" Anthracite Titans at $299 apiece.
I want to fit 40s as 35s dont run well on Leeds' smooth, well maintained raod network.
Whereabouts are you Rob?

Yeah I saw the Titans as well...tough call between those and pegs. Let me know when you hear about shipping costs.

I know what you mean about the roads around here...that's half the reason that I would prefer 17s..and the fact that my rubber is very nearly new all round.

I'm up in Menston, and you?

[Baj]

The FedEx rate on the site came in nearly as much as the wheels themselves. They say that with 12 wheels they can get a much reduced rate so I am awaiting that. If it is more reasonable then I am sure we can find a third participant.
They have been very good with their communication.

Sadly, I am in Armley

[Baj]

OK, for 3 sets of 4 wheels - Pegs including 5 day shipping to my door £643.03 per set, plus anything customs throw at us.
I presume it would be 17.5%. Can anyone confirm this? This would make it £755.

I believe that is £250 than here (although replicas with tyres are less than that). Every bugger wants their cut dont they.


Anyone else interested? No obligation atm. Not even sure how commited I am now. If we get more interest we could possibly hastle them for a discount.

[TJMurphy]

There's also potentially customs duty, which comes before the VAT (the VAT is levied on the price after the customs duty too). I don't know how much it would be if anything, only site I found talked about the "potential for customs duty on a wide range" ... I would think FedEx should know off hand.

I'll be following progress with interest but I'm not sure at the moment I can stretch to joining a group buy.

Tony

[RobA]

OK, for 3 sets of 4 wheels - Pegs including 5 day shipping to my door £643.03 per set, plus anything customs throw at us.
I presume it would be 17.5%. Can anyone confirm this? This would make it £755.

I believe that is £250 than here (although replicas with tyres are less than that). Every bugger wants their cut dont they.


Anyone else interested? No obligation atm. Not even sure how commited I am now. If we get more interest we could possibly hastle them for a discount.

At £643, I would be in but the VAT and anything else makes them a bit pricey...like Baj says, can anyone confirm exactly what we might have to pay etc.

Maybe we buy a boat load Baj and try and sell them at this price:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volvo-Genuine-...QQcmdZViewItem

We'd pay for our own in no time!

[Baj]

I think you are right.
It is turning into a bit of a dead end with customs duty as well.
We could buy a boatload but we would need to get in 11 sets just to cover the cost and I just dont have £6k kicking about at the moment.

Ho hum :/

[RobA]

I think you are right.
It is turning into a bit of a dead end with customs duty as well.
We could buy a boatload but we would need to get in 11 sets just to cover the cost and I just dont have £6k kicking about at the moment.

Ho hum :/

LOL..me neither, i hadnt done the maths!..could go for one of those interest free credit card thingys!

Let's see if anyone can confirm the customs duty thing and go from there

[Baj]

Just stopped into Volvo to pick up a treasure map and thought I'd enquire about the price of Pegs from them.
After much pfaff as he didnt know what they were and they werent in the catalogue, I had to point him to a nice new AWD outside with them on.
After a quick lookup on the computer - £583. Each.
Includes VAT though!