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Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:11 pm

I am looking to buy sport leather seats in my country 3 years now without sucess, everything I found is ruined.
I am curious, is it possible that I buy seats in UK and then be send to Croatia? Is this possible and how expensive it is?
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:33 pm

If the person is willing to set up a DHL collection from their house (this can be done and paid for on-line) then its not much hassle. I just sent some pretty big parcels to Canada that way (a whole motor bike stripped and boxed) and each one cost £150 this was the maximum size they would send, some weighed less than others but with air-mail you pay for the virtual weight worked out from the cubic capacity of the box apparently.

I reckon you would have to send the seats separately due to weight so you would be looking at £300 for the two fronts, thats if its similar to Canada but it might be cheaper.
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:49 pm

barryj wrote:If the person is willing to set up a DHL collection from their house (this can be done and paid for on-line) then its not much hassle. I just sent some pretty big parcels to Canada that way (a whole motor bike stripped and boxed) and each one cost £150 this was the maximum size they would send, some weighed less than others but with air-mail you pay for the virtual weight worked out from the cubic capacity of the box apparently.

I reckon you would have to send the seats separately due to weight so you would be looking at £300 for the two fronts, thats if its similar to Canada but it might be cheaper.
I was thinking of taking only front ones, but 300 quid seems overpriced :mad:
any cheaper method?
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:02 pm

It was only a guide when I sent to Canada, may be cheaper to Croatia.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:40 am

Other thing you can do is to find a BMW Scrap in UK who send their parts international (world wide) because they can get special deals when they send stuff. To send a complete leather interior from Germany to Sweden is 100-200 euros with their currier...
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:20 am

Why would you send airmail?

Across Europe you can use palletline or something similar. Much cheaper and you can get a whole interior on a pallet. More than likely £120 for the service.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:25 am

From Croatia I would be looking at buying something in Germany.
Try ebay.de - you may find something ok.

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Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:46 am

I am sure FAB ship worldwide, I have seen engines crated and ready to go.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:09 am

I found a guy on ebay.de that has two red sports seats for sale and he will ship worldwide. Seats are ok but at least you can get a fair idea of the price of shipping from him.

http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-e30-rote-Sport-l ... dZViewItem
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:39 pm

thanks for replies, I will try to find some decent seats in Germany :cool:
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:53 pm

If you are buying from germany try these guys for shipping - I used them for my borbets and worked out at about 80 euros.

http://www.gls-germany.com/en/shop/preisklassen.php3
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:17 pm

Croatia, Hungary, Austria and Germany. save the postage and spend on fuel, take a set of 17mm spanners buy the seats stick em in drive back

all in a days work!
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:32 pm

There's some in Poland, and it's only a 1000km drive (each way!)

http://www.allegro.pl/item351133665_e30 ... coupe.html
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:27 pm

You guys gave me new ideas, I need to take some days off :cool:
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:31 pm

mrLEE30 wrote:Croatia, Hungary, Austria and Germany. save the postage and spend on fuel, take a set of 17mm spanners buy the seats stick em in drive back

all in a days work!
Does this mean driving to collect them with no seats :wink: :snigger:
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