Importing BBS wheels from Germany

[marcw]

Does anyone have any experience self-importing BBS wheels from Germany? I'm mostly interested in the classification and the amount of imposed import duty.

I've been lusting after the BBS RE-V since they came out in Japan. At some point I had investigated buying them from a local BBS Distributor who would import them from Japan, but the cost was just prohibitive ($6500+). Then BBS decided to bring the wheel to the US earlier this year, but only in M3 fitments

However, I just found out that these wheels are available in Z4 fitments in Germany now. And at fairly reasonable prices as well. What I don't know is what sort of import duty would be imposed on importing merchandise in excess of $3500.

-MarcW

[2045]

Originally Posted by marcw

Does anyone have any experience self-importing BBS wheels from Germany? I'm mostly interested in the classification and the amount of imposed import duty.

I've been lusting after the BBS RE-V since they came out in Japan. At some point I had investigated buying them from a local BBS Distributor who would import them from Japan, but the cost was just prohibitive ($6500+). Then BBS decided to bring the wheel to the US earlier this year, but only in M3 fitments

However, I just found out that these wheels are available in Z4 fitments in Germany now. And at fairly reasonable prices as well. What I don't know is what sort of import duty would be imposed on importing merchandise in excess of $3500.

-MarcW

depends on how much they declare the value when the commercial invoice is created. they don't like to declare lower btw. if the wheel is like $4,000 u'll be looking at about 7~9% in import duty tax on top of it.

[jpd]

The wheel dealer in Germany should be able to generate pricing including shipping and duty for you.

[css]

if i am not wrong, most of the forged series, including re-v are made by a wheel maker in japan for BBS.

[marcw]

Correct the wheel is indeed manufactured in Japan. Given current exchange rates however it is much cheaper to buy the wheel in Germany. A reputable shop in Japan charges 426,000 yen or roughly $5500. This doesn't include shipping nor does it include import duty. When ordering from Germany however, the price is 'only' 2660 euros or roughly $3800. Again w/o cost for shipping and import duty. This is still going to be more expensive than buying the wheel in the US as the MSRP is $1150, but Z4 fitment isn't available in the US so not really an option at this point. I'm just trying to figure out how much the total would be.

Originally Posted by oda

if i am not wrong, most of the forged series, including re-v are made by a wheel maker in japan for BBS.

[STOOF]

Not really a fan..

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos...45&postcount=8

[Torn]

Not a big fan and def seems like plenty of trouble for some wheels

[dcs2k]

i had been using these REVs for a year, no problem with fittment, in fact, its perfect.









parting with my mods, and this is defintely the most sought after parts. Hook me a pm if you are interested :>


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