[W126 Coupe] RE: Rim repair & Importing Wheels

[Axel Wulff]

Jim,

Thanks for the offer of setting me up with your shipping contact. However, 
the prospect of waiting several months for the rims to arrive is hard for us 
"instant gratification" junkies.

Appreciate it though.



Regards,
Axel J. Wulff




>From: JR560SEC at aol.com
>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] RE: Rim repair & Importing Wheels
>Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 22:41:44 EDT
>
>Axel,
>
>I decided to contribute my $0.02, because I shipped two sets of wheels from
>Germany to the U.S. (Port of Jacksonville, FL) last year.
>
>I have a German friend who exports trucks and occasionally has a container
>coming the opposite way.  He was able to send the two sets of wheels (BBS 
>RS-1
>and Lorinser RS-90) in his container.  The only disadvantage was I had to 
>wait
>for months to receive them.  U.S. Customs also was a unique hassle; you'd
>swear nobody had ever tried to ship anything from Germany to the U.S. ever 
>before!
>
>If you have lots of patience, feel free to check back with me.  I'll be 
>happy
>to link you up with my German friend, who is in the U.S. 'til Thursday, 
>then
>back here again in about two weeks.
>
>Jim Rothrock, Windermere, Florida
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