F-Body Europe

Gunnar · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:37 am

Hi folks,
About 1 month until my return from China to Germany and I thought its time to get in touch with some suppliers for shipping parts to Germany.
About three weeks back I contacted LM Performance (http://www.lmperformance.com) asking for shipping timing and cost. The order would be worth 3000USD.
After another reminder I got this answer:

HI
Its going to be a lot because we have to ship UPS second day air.
Thanks again!
Leon
LMPerformance
http://www.LMPerformance.com

Another request to specify how much is A LOT and why it needs to be sent second day air was not answered. I checked on UPS website for a package of approx 50kg: shipping second day air would cost about 1000USD!!!

So I contacted Thunder Racing. Even after the second email within two weeks they refuse to take notice! :cry:

I did never imagine how hard it will be to spend my money on Fbody performance parts!
Problem is that I like to order from one supplier only and these two are the only ones who got the stuff I like. What to do?
Anybody got a friend working there?

Any help appreciated!
Gunnar

SRZ · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:11 am

Gunnar are you a US service member w/ a PO address? IF so just to tell them you are stationed overseas and are using a APO address. Won't cost you as much. BUT if you are not then you are screwed. Let me know 1st what you find out.

Gunnar · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:15 am

Nope! I am a civilian and proud of it :lol:

Gunnar

SRZ · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:26 am

What type of mailing address do you have though? IS it through the military? If not maybe I can help you out possibly.

JackZ28 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:32 am

John, he is a German civilian, like Garry and Silke!

SRZ · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:59 am

Ah..............thanks!

ChrisV6 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:03 pm

Yes, weÃ‚Â´re german civilians and proud to pay 10% duty plus 16% tax for a goverment that just deserves all our money and....

Uhm, no. :lol:

Sorry, couldnÃ‚Â´t resist.

LuS1fer · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:10 pm

I got the same responses from lmperformance and thunder racing. I used t.byrne motorsports and I think Strano Motorsports supply too.

What parts are you after?

BenZ28 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 02, 2004 4:38 pm

Gunnar wrote:

The order would be worth 3000USD.

Hi Gunnar,
what parts are you ordering? 3000$ is quite a lot of money...? (I'm just curious)

Ben

Gunnar · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:52 pm

I checked Tbyrne: they do not have half the stuff I like.
3000USD sounds a lot but is only some pipes and bushes

i have a problem with my shift key in this chinese internet cafe here, so no capital letters for the moment
i want to order
bmr sway bars,
global west front upper a-arms with delalum bushings
pa racing lower a arms with rod ends
global west lca with urethan bushes on one side and spherical rod ends on the other,
bmr relocation brackets,
slp tuned bilstein shocks
slp sfcs welded,
bmr strut tower brace
random technology torque arm
and for induction slp flow pac

if one of the us forces guys could help me order those parts, please send a message.

gunnar

ps i will look in the forum on sunday, because its quite late here now.

SSZ28 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:42 pm

Are you willing to buy used parts? I think that some of these parts can be found here from some of these guys. Just a thought. Is there any other parts/toys you would like to get?

Gunnar · **Posted:** Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:57 am

I have not yet surrendered to the ignorance and arrogance of those part suppliers.
Its too early to think about second hand parts.
Buying second hand parts now sounds to me as if somebody suggests to buy a Opel Astra instead of Fbody: It does the same job; bringing you from A to B.

Actually I do not have the time to collect all parts, because I spend too much time abroad.
All should be installed at once to really feel the difference. :twisted:

Gunnar

Gunnar · **Posted:** Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:25 am

Hi folks,
I have sent a fax to Thunderracing:

1st page: WHY
2nd page: DON'T YOU SELL
3rd page: TO GERMAN CITIZENS???
4th page: Gunnar

Now they woke up and eventually send me a quote!

Gunnar

Gunnar · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:22 pm

Well, I cheered too early: Thunderracing are a bunch of ignorant nerds.
They never sent a shipping quote, even after three reminders.

Did somebody say: In US the customer is king?
I do not think so. These suppliers are just arrogant.

You can be glad, swearing is not allowed here :rant:

Gunnar

BenZ28 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:52 pm

Gunnar, try http://www.stranoparts.com -- they're very friendly and helpful! If you need parts you don't find on the page just mail them.

Ben

JackZ28 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:05 pm

You should really try calling them. It works much better. They literally get 100s of emails every day, and it is hard to respond to them all very fast.

Garry · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:05 pm

Didn't we have a guy on here some time ago who offered to ship parts as part of his business?

JackZ28 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:31 pm

Yeah, but I can't remember who it was!

Daddy · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:01 pm

Wasn't it Tbyrd, or something? Also, Strano said that they had no problem shipping over here

JackZ28 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:20 pm

I don't think it was Tbyrne, but I've ordered from them!

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