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Insomniac
10-26-2003, 09:40 PM
Does anyone know of any companies in Australia that can supply 10 inch slicks to Formula SAE teams (perhaps at a discounted price). Alternatively, does anyone have any lying around that we could take off their hands to practice with.
Insomniac
10-26-2003, 09:40 PM
Does anyone know of any companies in Australia that can supply 10 inch slicks to Formula SAE teams (perhaps at a discounted price). Alternatively, does anyone have any lying around that we could take off their hands to practice with.
Scott Wordley
10-26-2003, 10:16 PM
We have spare Dunlop 10s in a good compound as I just reminded Mark in an earlier email.

Email me if your interested.

Regards,

Scott Wordley

http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~fsae
Disco
10-26-2003, 10:58 PM
Good luck getting 10's into the country before December. No 10's are made in Australia, nor does any company stock them. Basically they get made to order from either Japan (Dunlop) or South America (Goodyear). They usually get shipped over to, meaning a long wait!
gug
10-27-2003, 12:36 AM
how much customs do you guys have to pay on tires?
Big Bird
10-27-2003, 07:17 AM
Customs? Dunno. For what it is worth, the dunlops we are using are around $200 for the 170 wide, and $192 for the 155, so they are pretty cheap. Goodyears are a bit more expensive, around $300 each from what we were told. The Goodyears get made in South America, and get sent here via 7 different continents apparently (some twice), therefore the extra cost.

Cheers,

Geoff Pearson
RMIT FSAE 2003

Design it. Build it. Drive it into a tree.
Charlie
10-27-2003, 07:22 AM
The Goodyears are about $100 US here, want us to bring you some? http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

-Charlie Ping
Auburn University FSAE (http://eng.auburn.edu/organizations/SAE/AUFSAE)
5th Overall Detroit 2003
? Overall Aussie 2003. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Frank
10-27-2003, 08:39 AM
guys,

if its a university purchase its free from tarrif

otherwise

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/text_only.cfm?nav_id=781&area_id=5&level_4_id=318&level_2_id=1&level_3_id=314#318

there's your tarrifs

NOTE: duty free makes purchasing wheels, shocks etc from the US quite cheap

regards

Frank