molten Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Hi AllWas just about to purchase a full width alloy radiator from states.Anyone know how these perform compared to normal copper?Also, would I have to pay import tax to have one delivered from US? Not very informed about this type of stuffcheersscott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 You will probably have to pay tax. Unless you can get it sent as a present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Tim Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 You will have to pay import duty, VAT on the rad, the duty and the shipping and a handling fee for Parcel force at this end of things.I import lots of stuff from the US. Makes no difference if it's a gift or second hand either, I'd only recommend it if there's no european alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molten Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 2356 wrote:You will have to pay import duty, VAT on the rad, the duty and the shipping and a handling fee for Parcel force at this end of things.I import lots of stuff from the US. Makes no difference if it's a gift or second hand either, I'd only recommend it if there's no european alternative.Might just get standard full size from canleys unless anyone has an idea of what cost the charges are likely to be?Seller says he has shipped several of these to uk and the buyers never comented on having to pay extra charges when they land.Cheers tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainzy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Depends what he marks the value as. Don't know how the cooling efficiency compares but the aluminium ones should be considerably lighter than copper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 What about one of the alu rad specialists in uk?They could make one for you, may be about the same cost? Or perhaps a little more, but without the hassle and pain of having to pay I post costs.May be worth a look! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkytph Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 i got one from kool radiators in america in 2010 its well made and extremly light .Temp guage never goes above 1/4 now with postage i paid £151.02 wich is a fraction of cost of ones i seen for sale here eventho i had to pay £24 inport tax it still worked out cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensH Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Peugeot 205GT?Some VW Golf??Civic??Try to do a search on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 This is the one some of the GT6 guys have used, with a couple of brackets welded on (courtesy of TimW) who I believe also has one fitted in his. Might be able to get them cheaper than this, I only did a quick search on ebay. Best thing to do is take the measurments you want and ask some of the many rad sellers on ebay to come up with some alternative fitments. I believe VW Polo ones are also a good fit but would have to fit an expansion tank also, which is no bad thing. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CIVIC-92-00-EG-EH-EJ-EK-EM-HIGH-FLOW-ALUMINIUM-ALLOY-RACE-RADIATOR-RAD-/230964828422?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AHonda%7CModel%3ACivic&hash=item35c6939906Anyway no need to go to all the hassle of importing one from the States and have to pay all sorts of duty carriage.Hope that helpsSpider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molten Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Ordered standard double width rad from canleys. Better the devil ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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