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importing Longs!!

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:58 pm
by evanstaniland
i have a question, has anyone here had any problems with customs when importing longs??
like if you had ordered more than $1000 worth?? did bobby long send parts separately to avoid this customs hold up????

Evan

Re: importing Longs!!

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:34 pm
by dogbreath_48
evanstaniland wrote:i have a question, has anyone here had any problems with customs when importing longs??
like if you had ordered more than $1000 worth?? did bobby long send parts separately to avoid this customs hold up????

Evan
I got mine through locktup - they're stuck in customs :bad-words: Not sure if it's aussie or US customs. Will let you know how that pans out.

-Stu :)

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:15 pm
by Chrismb
It usually isn't a drama, but in saying that customs are a law unto their own, usually stuff goes into customs in the morning and is out by the afternoon, but other times they'll hold it for days without any reason.

Stu's longs are the first we've had them put a hold on stuff from Bobby, they probably think it is some kind of weapon of mass destruction!

BTW Stu, it is Australian Customs not US, the stuff got into Australia on the 18th of feb, I emailed your bro the tracking details.

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:38 pm
by RUFF
Ive never had any problems. But i used UPS a lot which although is expensive they arrived within 3 days of my order.

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:18 pm
by dogbreath_48
Chrismb wrote:It usually isn't a drama, but in saying that customs are a law unto their own, usually stuff goes into customs in the morning and is out by the afternoon, but other times they'll hold it for days without any reason.

Stu's longs are the first we've had them put a hold on stuff from Bobby, they probably think it is some kind of weapon of mass destruction!

BTW Stu, it is Australian Customs not US, the stuff got into Australia on the 18th of feb, I emailed your bro the tracking details.
Thanks chris. You're obviously better at passing on information than my bro :P Hope to see them soon!

Surely customs can see that they're a weapon of mass indestruction?

-Stu :)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:36 am
by Chrismb
dogbreath_48 wrote:
Chrismb wrote:It usually isn't a drama, but in saying that customs are a law unto their own, usually stuff goes into customs in the morning and is out by the afternoon, but other times they'll hold it for days without any reason.

Stu's longs are the first we've had them put a hold on stuff from Bobby, they probably think it is some kind of weapon of mass destruction!

BTW Stu, it is Australian Customs not US, the stuff got into Australia on the 18th of feb, I emailed your bro the tracking details.
Thanks chris. You're obviously better at passing on information than my bro :P Hope to see them soon!

Surely customs can see that they're a weapon of mass indestruction?

-Stu :)
I reckon Jason and his Mrs must have been getting happening with the toys and dropped the mini commando in there and customs are still working out whether it fits in the short side or the long side :)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:34 am
by Tortoise
Thanks for my forum debut, Chris!! :oops: Anyways, I am looking into those Longs from this side of the world.
The Mrs.

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:42 am
by ChunkyCharcoal
I ordered and paid by credit card direct with Longfields.

Mine were shipped and at my house in about 1 week.

No dramas with customs. I might have been lucky...

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:55 pm
by dogbreath_48
Got the longs today :cool: Danm i hope they fit!

Haven't been game to touch the funny looking short side yet.

-Stu :)

m

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:18 pm
by sloshy
I got 30 spliners and hub gears no probs. Paid the cheaper frieght and got them in just under a fortnight.

Re: m

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:26 pm
by evanstaniland
sloshy wrote:I got 30 spliners and hub gears no probs. Paid the cheaper frieght and got them in just under a fortnight.
wouldnt that have added up to over $1000???

did bobby long ship them seperatly or write that they were cheaper??

as when i got my order i had a big customs fee to pay!!

Evan

Re: m

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:13 am
by Chrismb
evanstaniland wrote:
sloshy wrote:I got 30 spliners and hub gears no probs. Paid the cheaper frieght and got them in just under a fortnight.
wouldnt that have added up to over $1000???

did bobby long ship them seperatly or write that they were cheaper??

as when i got my order i had a big customs fee to pay!!

Evan
hub gears and 30 splines are less than a grand AUD in one shipment.

...


we had two sets of the same longs in transit at the same time, one spent 6 mins in customs, another spent 1 week. Go figure. Maybe they think Victorians are dodgy or something :D

Re: m

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:23 pm
by booflux
sloshy wrote:I got 30 spliners and hub gears no probs. Paid the cheaper frieght and got them in just under a fortnight.
Yep mine were the same :armsup:

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:49 am
by bruiser
what is suposed to happen if you order parts over $1000

I am wanting to order CV's, axles, hub gears and bearings.
Thats over $1000. what should I be doing.

Also, do they fit straight into a 95 model HZJ80.
I read in a previous post that they only fit 96 models on.

What is the prefix for for ther number?

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:27 am
by Sic Lux
00111 and then the phone number as for the tech side maybe email them or call bobby.

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:08 pm
by evanstaniland
bruiser wrote:what is suposed to happen if you order parts over $1000

I am wanting to order CV's, axles, hub gears and bearings.
Thats over $1000. what should I be doing.

Also, do they fit straight into a 95 model HZJ80.
I read in a previous post that they only fit 96 models on.

What is the prefix for for ther number?
get them to post it in 2 seperate packages

i got logs for my 93 model 80series diffs
Sic Lux wrote:00111 and then the phone number as for the tech side maybe email them or call bobby.
do not email if wanting info on products "terra" the person who deals with the emails is a very painful person to deal with

Evan

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:51 pm
by bruiser
evanstaniland

Have you recievd you cv's? Have you installed them? Did they fit?

What else did you order.

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:24 pm
by locktup4x4
We ship the same way as Bobby.

Jason

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:03 pm
by booflux
I got mine through the guys at Locktup with no dramas at all :armsup:

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:42 am
by evanstaniland
bruiser wrote:evanstaniland

Have you recievd you cv's? Have you installed them? Did they fit?

What else did you order.
yea i got my axles and cv's i also ordered drive flanges and it added up to over $1000 so i had to pay and extra $450 at customs, will be fitting them hopfully tomorrow!!!

ill let you know!!!

Evan

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:13 am
by Z()LTAN
i got 2 30 spliners + hub gears for $950 :P

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:19 am
by Chrismb
Z()LTAN wrote:i got 2 30 spliners + hub gears for $950 :P

and the axles as well i would imagine, hey Tom??

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:29 pm
by Z()LTAN
:P

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:20 pm
by bruiser
Sic Lux wrote:00111 and then the phone number as for the tech side maybe email them or call bobby.
how do i call this number. http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/
tried as above but didn't work

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:42 pm
by RUFF
I would contact these guys- www.locktup4x4.com.au They dont list them on their site but they can get them in for you direct to your door. And possibly cheaper than you will do it yourself.

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:49 pm
by 75 cruser
bruiser wrote:
Sic Lux wrote:00111 and then the phone number as for the tech side maybe email them or call bobby.
how do i call this number. http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/
tried as above but didn't work
you may need to ring your phone provider and activate, international calling

rob

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:00 pm
by bruiser
I have international activated. I just got back from travelliing throughout Asia and my phone worked in many countries.