Wheel Nightmare / Part 2 / KOREA?

Reality · 05-10-2011, 11:35 AM

Wow!
I hope you don't get slammed with import/brokerage fee's!

Econ · 05-09-2011, 07:48 PM

this is why i like buying [slightly] used wheels from people that have already gone through all the trouble of getting them..

Thanks guys!

on a serious note, that sucks and your looking at at least a week

PapoZalsa · 05-09-2011, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jjaden

WTF?!?! My wheels are in Korean Customs?

Get me a ticket to South Korea, I get them for you and while I'm there I can get me soon Korean female pie.

Da.Menace · 05-10-2011, 08:00 AM

WTF? Korea? What were they smoking when they printed that shipping label.

bluelion · 05-10-2011, 08:57 AM

they don't have another set they can send you in the meantime? and have the set in korea be sent back to them....

Jjaden · 05-10-2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bluelion

they don't have another set they can send you in the meantime? and have the set in korea be sent back to them....

Good question, I actually asked them about this, but apparently there are zero 19 9.5 +22 Matte Black Volks TE37 in Cali.

I called about 4 different vendors and nobody had them in stock, all would have had to have them shipped from Japan...

kenchan · 05-10-2011, 09:17 AM

some vendors suck... im dealing with one right now too in the background.

biggest problem with a lot of these shops (especially ones run by kids) is they're too small and dont have much leverage to do anything especially internationally due to lack of experience, lack of face (no one knows them). also the forwarders and services some of them use are crap to begin with and they make YOU feel like you're a burden to them while it's the other way around.

hang in there Jjaden!!

Jjaden · 05-10-2011, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

hang in there Jjaden!!

Thanks Ken, to take my mind off things I took a set of Center Caps I got a while ago, and decided to fiddle around with them.

I sanded down the silver lip and painted them Matte Black to match the TE37's.

This should cause the center cap to blend into the wheel more, which is the effect I am going for.

What do you guys think about the end result?

ClemsonWill · 05-10-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jjaden

Thanks Ken, to take my mind off things I took a set of Center Caps I got a while ago, and decided to fiddle around with them.

I sanded down the silver lip and painted them Matte Black to match the TE37's.

This should cause the center cap to blend into the wheel more, which is the effect I am going for.

What do you guys think about the end result?

That's sick! I would love to do that to my center caps. Did you just tape of the center and spray paint them?

Back on topic: I have several buddies that have shops. Just about all vendors drop ship from a distributor or the manufacturer. It saves them from having to stock parts for long periods of time. Believe it or not It actually saves the customer some money. However I do think the vendors should have a better grasp on what they can get and when. It's too often that you find a great price but then 2 weeks later you get notice that a product is out of stock, then they try to sell you something else instead. Not good business! I respect the vendors that apologize and immediately refund your money.

kenchan · 05-10-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ClemsonWill

However I do think the vendors should have a better grasp on what they can get and when.

yep, they need to have more leverage with the manufacturer in Japan, not just their distributor stateside. in order to do that they need to buy more volume and have actual connection with the manfucture in person...which most small shop can't support (which ultimately leads them to sell cheap replicas and crap).

if we're going to be buying from local distributors i rather have a big shop like superautobacs make a great online store and just dominate our market so we can buy everything from them at the discounted price without having to worry about these low-level clerk mistakes. i dont have time for this kind of crap.

if local shops specialize in custom work or installation i think that's great to have a all-in-one solution for local customers and such shops should be supported. but shops that just sell product from a shared distribution center run by kids... man that's like a business model from 10yrs ago, yet they still manage to screw up your order.

LunaZ · 05-10-2011, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Osiris

I would've been surprised if somebody actually had them in stock. Mine had to be built and shipped from Japan. Took 4 months to get them from time of order. Not sure if they went through Korea though.

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Originally Posted by Da.Menace

Thanks to the economy, not much vendors stocks stuff now, especially expensive stuff like TE37s

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Originally Posted by kenchan

some vendors suck... im dealing with one right now too in the background.

biggest problem with a lot of these shops (especially ones run by kids) is they're too small and dont have much leverage to do anything especially internationally due to lack of experience, lack of face (no one knows them). also the forwarders and services some of them use are crap to begin with and they make YOU feel like you're a burden to them while it's the other way around.

hang in there Jjaden!!

Even from a reputable vendor, The Volks I ordered for my Mazdaspeed3 had to be built and then shipped from Japan to California, then to Pennsylvania. Total time was around 15 weeks.
I can't imagine how any vendor could possibly stock each style of wheel in every combination of colour option, diameter, width and offset, not to mention lug patterns! When I order something that's a more expensive and exclusive item, I don't expect it to be in stock. If it was readily available, everyone would be sporting it.
Food for thought.

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Originally Posted by Jjaden

Thanks Ken, to take my mind off things I took a set of Center Caps I got a while ago, and decided to fiddle around with them.

I sanded down the silver lip and painted them Matte Black to match the TE37's.

This should cause the center cap to blend into the wheel more, which is the effect I am going for.

What do you guys think about the end result?

Centre caps look awesome!

kenchan · 05-10-2011, 11:01 AM

^^ that looks frikken awesome.

Booger · 05-10-2011, 11:10 AM

I won't be getting ANYTHING from "Velocity Factor"!! That is RaDICKalus!

kenchan · 05-10-2011, 10:04 PM

Luna- don't know about ur ms3, but vendors can move a lot more wheels if they simply have knowledge of popular sizes and colors and keep them in stock. Rays wheels should not be that exclusive unless rays themselves lack manufacturing capacity...honestly they are overrated wheels to be used on street.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	Luna- don't know about ur ms3, but vendors can move a lot more wheels if they simply have knowledge of popular sizes and colors and keep them in stock. Rays wheels should not be that exclusive unless rays themselves lack manufacturing capacity...honestly they are overrated wheels to be used on street.