[urq] USA guy going to ITaly , ins and out of buying $800 wheel bearing housing there

[Brandon Rogers]

You may very well be better off just buying a used strut housing over 
here....Does Chris S have one.   I pretty sure they are available used in CO 
and CA

just my guess

Brandon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steven j" <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: [urq] USA guy going to ITaly ,ins and out of buying $800 wheel 
bearing housing there


>I have to blow vacation time and might go anywhere in
> italy.  Can I go to an audi dealer there, expect to
> have the part within a week and bring it back to USA
> and save a bundle?
>
> I'm looking for the left strut & wheel bearing
> housing.  It probably weighs 50 pounds.
>
> I'm clueless overall but a nice guy at UPG-CT was
> saying Audi USA is ripping us off big time and
> sometimes parts that are NLA are that way when the
> parts are available in europe.
>
> I'm clueless on problems i might have checking in a
> front-end part as luggage - or customs or
> import/export issues.
>
> I figure I'd print the page from ETKA - and point, as
> I don't know how to say 'strut and wheel bearing
> housing' - in Italian.
>
> If it's better to do in France & Germany - I'd have to
> find an Audi dealer close to the italy border.
>
> steve
>
>
>
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