Wow...... thats all I can say.

Ordered some panels from minisport uk and they arrived within 7 days.

Thats awesome turn around time.

Rodney

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The best part of fixing your mini is the test drive

Minis..

1976 van daily drive
1975 van
1968 deluxe in the shed
1967 deluxe high strung 1310
1959 austin healey sprite

Ordered a Moto-lita steering wheel from there last Wednesday and it arrived on Monday!

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1968 Mini-matic - 1340cc, 45 weber - 92hpatw, 14.5 @91mph, GrandmaSpec

Usually takes 3-4 days to me - have to say its fantastic in this day and age to get mini goods so quickly .Why pay double the price locally when you can get it within a week :0)

If you are paying 2x the price locally, you are buying from the wrong shop. Or the parts quality is not the same.
It's the freight out of UK that kills purchasing from there, I bought some suspension bits in last year and after paying the UPS ripoff freight I could have bought cheaper locally from Kc.
And, if the parts quality is crap (as is often the case now) it doesn't take you up to 6 months to get compensation or replacement, as happened to some members here.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I put in an order through minispares UK... here is a selection of the savings

Steering drop bracket: £2.50 ($4.25) or buy from minisport AU for $19.95 - that's 470% of the UK price
Rubber pedal covers: £1.88 ($3.20) a pair or $13.20 here - 410%
Seat Adjust bracket: £3.20 ($5.50) or $19.95 here - 362%
Paddy Hopkirk Pedal: £6.00 ($10.25) or $29.95 here - 292%

A saving on these four items alone of almost $60!!!

The shipping on the total 31 items (admittedly mostly small bits and pieces) was $32 and it got here in a few days

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Here's the Karcraft prices for the same stuff -

Steering column lowering bracket - $6.94
Paddy Hopkirk Pedal - $12.59
Seat Adjust bracket - $12.46 (a pair)
Rubber pedal covers - $2.18 (brake and clutch)

I'd rather drive 10 mins up the road and get it from Karcraft than wait a week to get it from the UK and save a couple of bucks

For large items though, I usually order from O/S when the saving justifies the wait / potential issues.

I recently ordered a set of Protech adjustable shocks, not cheap at around $450 landed only to find out that one of them wouldn't adjust. Ended up ringing the guys from Protech in the UK, they were extremely helpful and we figured out a way to get it working but had it been a serious manufacturing fault the shocks would have had to be sent back and a replacement sent over... painful.

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1968 Mini-matic - 1340cc, 45 weber - 92hpatw, 14.5 @91mph, GrandmaSpec

I bought a steering wheel from Minisport in the UK which arrived in about a week. In less than a week it sheared at a poorly welded join in the wheel. They replaced it but it took about 2 months for them to send out the replacement and countless emails/phone calls to get any action from them.

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2000 Ford Festiva 'Trio' - 26kw ATW

I normally order through Karcraft for things I need quickly. That order I did though, a couple of the parts weren't available through them. If I lived around the corner from them I'd be there all the time too, but I have to get them posted from wherever I buy...

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Someone gave me a price list for Kc recently, the "net" prices look ok, will they sell at that price or will they charge you retail price?

I ordered from minisport uk about a year ago and they stuffed up my order.. took me 8 months to get a refund. (this order took 4 weeks for me to receive as they kept having issues making the roller rockers.. When i got them the rocker shaft was bent.
I also ordered from them 2 months ago (steering wheel) They sent me the wrong one after a 2 week delay and i contacted them via phone, web chat and email and still waiting to hear back from them...

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Current: 1970 Mini K 2014 Focus ST
Past: 93 Rover, 64 850, 97 Rover, 66 Deluxe, 66 Moke
81 Austin Estate, 2006 R53MCS, 66 Deluxe, 1978 Clubbie
2014 Land Rover Defender 90

They only charge the NETT price

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I like to use a little balance.

the same people who cannot operate a business with the same buying power as Minispares or Minisport UK, ar ealso the same people who will sell you a new headgasket on a quiet saturday morning so you can drive to work on Monday.

They are also the repository for the only collection of Australian mini parts, or doors nad panels too heavy to be posted from the UK.

Blink, and the opportunity might pass us by. As we've seen recently, when the doors shut, most of the parts go to scrap.

I'm not saying you have to buy everything local, but keep these guys in mind next time you need a set of points on the side of a road...

Now why is it however, that I can buy a set of tyres that were:
made in china
Shipped to the UK
Distributed from a warehouse to the seller
boxed and shipped around the globe via Luton, Cologne, Dubai, Singapore, Melbourne,
And then shipped to my place,
For about 100 bucks cheaper than if I was quoted by the tyre shops locally:?:

I'll probably burn in hell for participating in this unsustainable environmental act.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

EDIT I missed most of the convo - I get the occasional bit from KC.

I'm just comparing minisport.au vs minispares and minisport.com- same stuff. I'm not dumb nor buying inferior bits

Yes thats correct , many of the parts sold locally for high prices are exactly the same as the UK stuff ie : made in China

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1965 Morris 850
1966 Morris Mini Minor
1967 Morris Cooper 'S'
1977 Leyland LS

Ms au is prob the most expensive mini parts supplier in aus. I get they have a business to run but 200+% on there suppliers rrp is a tad ridiculous surely they would get a discount buying parts I bulk

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