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I'm looking at getting Calmini 5.14 Gears by xmas
Q is, it worth inporting myself or getting these from Snake Racing
http://72.34.32.141/~snakerac/product_i ... 4cc9bfaf99

The thing is they're $595.00US or about $730.00 ATM + freight
and i don't have money to waist.

but i dont know how to go about it, as i've never done that before.
Any help would be very appreciated

Thanks Pep

There are a gazillion threads about this- have a search around.

Many people import gears. It is generally cheaper.

Steve.

you cant buy calmini direct anymore, you have to buy through their Australian agent

zooki wrote:you cant buy calmini direct anymore, you have to buy through their Australian agent

NO YOU DON'T. Correct calmini will direct you to their aussie distributor but it is still cheaper to buy calmini stuff from other calmini stockists in the states and import yourself..
Even better... FORGET ABOUT Calmini.... Go to Lowrangeoffroad and get some guaranteed Trail Creeper gears.
It's not hard... credit card and a phone call. you'll have your parts within a week.

Who as the best warranty?

want33s wrote:

zooki wrote:you cant buy calmini direct anymore, you have to buy through their Australian agent

NO YOU DON'T. Correct calmini will direct you to their aussie distributor but it is still cheaper to buy calmini stuff from other calmini stockists in the states and import yourself..
Even better... FORGET ABOUT Calmini.... Go to Lowrangeoffroad and get some guaranteed Trail Creeper gears.
It's not hard... credit card and a phone call. you'll have your parts within a week.

What if you dont have a credit card?

Pep wrote:Who as the best warranty?

Trailtough state lifetime

Rockhopper say none.

Others are variations of the above I think.

Actually getting warranty might be a bigger problem even if it is offered, you owuld normally have to send the old gears back and because you are in aus you might have to pay both sets of shipping + fitting.

Steve.

I found Trailtough good to deal with, more than happy to work by phone, fax or email. You can pay by Bank deposit if you want directly into their account - get their A/C no etc go to your bank and bingo.... ( fee applies )

Perhaps a card does give a little more security in case something goes wrong -but for me Trailtough were fine.

Highway-Star wrote:
What if you dont have a credit card?

I have ordered stuff by credit card and by Paypal from Lowrangeoffroad.
I used Paypal to buy my 6.5:1 gearset. It costs nothing to setup a Paypal account, can be done online and you don't need a credit card.
It does however cost the seller 4% of sale cost as fee, which is passed on to the buyer. On a US$400 order thats US$16 which is AU$19.65.

want33s wrote:

Highway-Star wrote:
What if you dont have a credit card?

I have ordered stuff by credit card and by Paypal from Lowrangeoffroad.
I used Paypal to buy my 6.5:1 gearset. It costs nothing to setup a Paypal account, can be done online and you don't need a credit card.
It does however cost the seller 4% of sale cost as fee, which is passed on to the buyer. On a US$400 order thats US$16 which is AU$19.65.

Cheers, thats exactly what I'm after.

Now I just need the cash .

Gwagensteve wrote:

Pep wrote:Who as the best warranty?

Trailtough state lifetime

Rockhopper say none.

Others are variations of the above I think.

Actually getting warranty might be a bigger problem even if it is offered, you owuld normally have to send the old gears back and because you are in aus you might have to pay both sets of shipping + fitting.

Steve.

that said the rock hopper warranty doesn't inspire confidence in their product.

want33s wrote:

zooki wrote:you cant buy calmini direct anymore, you have to buy through their Australian agent

NO YOU DON'T. Correct calmini will direct you to their aussie distributor but it is still cheaper to buy calmini stuff from other calmini stockists in the states and import yourself..
Even better... FORGET ABOUT Calmini.... Go to Lowrangeoffroad and get some guaranteed Trail Creeper gears.
It's not hard... credit card and a phone call. you'll have your parts within a week.

calmini was going to sell to me even gave me postage costs build time an invoice from them and all ready to go but then i bought a sierra so the plans for the vitara have dissapered

want33s wrote:

zooki wrote:you cant buy calmini direct anymore, you have to buy through their Australian agent

NO YOU DON'T. Correct calmini will direct you to their aussie distributor but it is still cheaper to buy calmini stuff from other calmini stockists in the states and import yourself..
Even better... FORGET ABOUT Calmini.... Go to Lowrangeoffroad and get some guaranteed Trail Creeper gears.
It's not hard... credit card and a phone call. you'll have your parts within a week.

They have these gearsets for 86-96 or something like that. Whats the go with getting something like this for my '85 lwb sierra, the cases look identical, or for some strange reason have I got a later model case.....just the same as the later model dash in the lwb??? Any help would be appreciated.

If you have a 1.3 LWB - no problems - goes straight in.

If you have a 1.0 LWB with a 4WD light on the dash- goes straight in.

This is true for any gearset.

1.0 cases with no 4WD light do not accept reduction gears. neither do Coil sierra cases.

Steve.

Cheers Steve, I thought the cases looked the same!