Buying from the states

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:04 pm

Basically, all the parts that I am interested in buying (headers, exterior parts etc) are almost impossible to find in NZ, and Google points me in the direction of sites like gomiata.com, good-win-racing.com etc which stock exactly what I want. On some of them, they correctly calculate the shipping which is obviously very expensive, but on gomiata.com for example, they calculate $65 USD to ship some 4-2-1 headers to NZ.

I've emailed them about their shipping before, but nobody got back to me. They do claim to have very cheap shipping prices and theres a section about it on their site, but $65 seems insanely cheap.

Just seeing if anyone here has had any experience with international sites for buying large items? And if you have any good sites to share.

Cheers

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:40 am

Does sound rather cheap but then i have always thought most of the others were insanely high-for example two turbo hoses from Flyin Miata...US$50.00 to US$100.00 depending on which method you chose!

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:25 am

I have delt with GOOWIN (superb) MOSS MOTORS (terrible) and have tried to do bussiness with miata.net but they are useless as well. Oh also TRACKDOG RACING (superb also) and yes the freight varies alot between these companys and yes they are all mostly very dear on freight

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:24 am

I've delt with MiataRoadster.com really good guy to deal with fast shipping not to expensive

I've heard horrible things about GoMiata so be careful who you go to

Mad Kiwi · Post by **Mad Kiwi** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:17 pm

I have dealt with 949 racing a couple of times and they / he has been awesome.

Flying miata have been polite friendly and helpfull but incredibly slow in getting the order sorted, freight etc.

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:08 pm

Awesome cheers for the suggestions. I'll check them all out.

GoMiata is the only place that hasn't emailed me back (twice now) so I might give them a miss. Its on them for being so slack anyway, they're the ones missing out on the cash.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:38 pm

this is from Club Roadster

http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showpo ... ostcount=1

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:05 pm

Wow they sound almost as bad as fortyone! I waited 6 weeks for wheels that they told me it'd take 2 weeks (then turned out they had ordered a big container load of them and proceeded to sell them cheaper than I had paid, without the extra air freight that I had paid for, left me about $320 out of pocket). Then a mate of mine waited 7 months for a wastegate from them. My radiator cap took 5 months too, had forgotten about it by the time it finally arrived!
The only online companies I've found great to deal with so far are Pro Wholesale (amazing service!), Cockram Nissan in Christchurch, and Broomfish who was also really good.

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:26 pm

Kieran wrote:this is from Club Roadster

http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showpo ... ostcount=1

Far out. Definitely staying away from them.

I've bought from the Broomfish site before. Couldn't have gone better. I live rural too, and everything arrived without delay.

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:52 pm

Have used Flyin Miata, Moss, Goodwin, 949 and Miata Roadster. Moss was a few years ago but no problem. Have found all the others to be helpful and responsive. Freight price will depend on who they use. FM tend to use UPS which is very expensive but pretty reliable. Others use USPS (US Postal) which is cheaper but can be a bit flakey in terms of delivery. Their track and trace is useless. I had one consignment that just disappeared. Fortunately the supplier (Gearheads Garage) replaced the order at no charge.

Vtec · Post by **Vtec** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:12 pm

You could try adjusting the brake pistons. Hope that helps.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:52 pm

I've used recently:
- Flyin Miata multiple times. I always end up buying group buy items and end up on backorder. Shipping is definitely expensive if you try get it sent direct.
- 949 Racing multiple times. Emilio is very helpful and shipments are very fast.
- Moss motors. No complaints from them.
- Goodwin Racing - Very helpful and no problems.
- Bodykits.com - Didn't enjoy buying from them... Thankfully I don't see the need to after this one instance.
- Ebay - Never had problems with them, usually find what I want for cheaper on ebay than trademe (same item).
- Fastforward superchargers - Very helpful and quick to respond.

Actually practically everyone MX5 related in the States has been very quick to respond and trouble free. Can't say I've dealt with NZ companies though, usually I end up buying in person as I find it far more worthwhile. Mazline in CHCH and Mazbits in Auckland are good and very easy to deal with and I've managed to get some nice parts from them

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:33 pm

i found that using the web based shipping rates were useless. i always rang and got then to ACTUALLY get a price to ship it, which was usually half the website rate

Vtec · Post by **Vtec** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:00 pm

Try using a low pH solution for your fuel injectors.

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:46 pm

Vtec wrote:Try using a low pH solution for your fuel injectors.

RU spambot?

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:19 pm

punkoutnz wrote:
Vtec wrote:Try using a low pH solution for your fuel injectors.
RU spambot?

I was struggling to see the connection between ordering from the States and pH in the injectors and you found the missing link.

Time to humour the bot. So do acidic solutions work on injectors?

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