[acerboo]

just bought some carbon fibre mirror covers from taiwan great quality and fit when i went to collect them from parcel force i was stuffed with a £25 tax bill!! the sooner we dump this tin pot government the better apparently they are so skint they are opening and taxing every package i certainly won't be buying anything else from outside europe

[booforty]

£25!! That's unbelievable! Somebody pleaseGordon Brown

Any pics of the covers?

[marriedblonde]

Did you get em off ebay?

I've a set of mirrors coming but I sourced them in the uk (got an m3 lip spoiler for the boot coming as well). I went for replacements though and not the caps.

Get some pics up as mine haven't arrived yet

J.

[- Paul -]

Originally Posted by acerboo

just bought some carbon fibre mirror covers from taiwan great quality and fit when i went to collect them from parcel force i was stuffed with a £25 tax bill!! the sooner we dump this tin pot government the better apparently they are so skint they are opening and taxing every package i certainly won't be buying anything else from outside europe

This has always been the case - tax is supposed to be paid on anything over £20 or around that amount as it enters the country - it ain't a new thing!!

[Carrera RSR]

Tax has been applied to my off shore purchases more often than not in the last 18 months. The tax that pisses me off more is the £12 - £20 'admin' charge levied by the UK delivery firms to apply the tax. If you try ringing them you always end up with recorded messages. In some cases the admin charge was greater then the original international postage cost. Thieving Ba$tards all of them. No way does it cost that much to apply an invoice and take cash from a debit card

[acerboo]

will post some pics in the next few days i could'nt be bothered changing the whole mirror casing so bought the covers £85 inc carriage off ebay

[freon warrior]

Any links please guys?

[acerboo]

ebay /motors /bmw e92 carbonpart item no 180305061659 but remember government will probably rob you of another £25 these are covers only

[marriedblonde]

I bought mine form www.ca-at.co.uk

J.

[acerboo]

how much were they?

[freon warrior]

Thanks guys.

[marriedblonde]

C A Automotive do 2 types, they do some which are the original housings covered which are £110 or the complete housing at £295

J.

[acerboo]

have you fitted yours yet? have done one of mine siliconed it in place looks superb

[marriedblonde]

No not yet I'll post pics up when I do, I also ordered a CF m3 style lip spoiler as well

J.

[CD]

carbon fibre must resist, once i start it will be like my Ducati all over again !

I bet they look awsome, have you thought about the carbon firbe kidney grills to match too, they look good ... see it just gets adictive and silly money

[squeezebm]

Originally Posted by CD

carbon fibre must resist, once i start it will be like my Ducati all over again !

I bet they look awsome, have you thought about the carbon firbe kidney grills to match too, they look good ... see it just gets adictive and silly money

although they did look dripping in C/F