Unbelievable shipping charges!

I only want one bump stop - a small piece of rubber that'll fit in an envelope and get popped in the post - one small bit of rubber but because I have to go to the makers of the coil spring kit I'm running they want $18.95 plus a whopping $75 to ship it ("sorry we only use FedEx"). It's criminal. I know it sounds more in dollars (£56 total) but it is only a bit of rubber.

Has anyone out there got a bump stop to fit a coil converted P38; its narrower than the air spring one - and yes, to the air spring purists, it's just a temporary measure until I reconvert to air - but please don't offer to send it by FedEx, good old Royal Mail will do.

Baloney999 said:

I only want one bump stop - a small piece of rubber that'll fit in an envelope and get popped in the post - one small bit of rubber but because I have to go to the makers of the coil spring kit I'm running they want $18.95 plus a whopping $75 to ship it ("sorry we only use FedEx"). It's criminal. I know it sounds more in dollars (£56 total) but it is only a bit of rubber.

Has anyone out there got a bump stop to fit a coil converted P38; its narrower than the air spring one - and yes, to the air spring purists, it's just a temporary measure until I reconvert to air - but please don't offer to send it by FedEx, good old Royal Mail will do.

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Cheaper to convert it back to a proper air system.

make one

have you emailed them? i have in the past from the us and they send it from the post office at a fraction of the cost. takes longer though

wammers said:

Cheaper to convert it back to a proper air system.

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Thanks Wammers - There's always one; and you're both of 'em

filfan said:

have you emailed them? i have in the past from the us and they send it from the post office at a fraction of the cost. takes longer though

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I did; that was the "we only ship by FedEx" bit.

Baloney999 said:

I did; that was the "we only ship by FedEx" bit.

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then reply with i will take my business somewhere else bit. there must be other shops

Baloney999 said:

Thanks Wammers - There's always one; and you're both of 'em

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Nah there's two, I agree with tony

Datatek said:

Nah there's two, I agree with tony

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Cheers Keith. Back against the wall for a bit there.

Awww you guys; that's so cute

Seriously though, the air suspension has to wait; I still need to restore 4WD with a new VCU and get a new fascia coz the old one's warped - then I'll attend to the air suspension. Meanwhile, has anyone got a bump stop I can have?

Who's the coil spring maker? I'm sure someone on here would get it for you and ship it on to you.

I'll offer if no-one else does.

Guy

That's the problem... it's Atlantic British in the US. But I'm sure that all coil spring conversions have a narrower profile bump stop so I suppose any would do. All I need is one from a scrapper - there must be someone scrapping a coil spring P38 somewhere. I am looking myself through ebay/internet but if anyone comes across a couple I'd be grateful (an axle set would be better as they might not match exactly).

Baloney999 said:

That's the problem... it's Atlantic British in the US. But I'm sure that all coil spring conversions have a narrower profile bump stop so I suppose any would do. All I need is one from a scrapper - there must be someone scrapping a coil spring P38 somewhere. I am looking myself through ebay/internet but if anyone comes across a couple I'd be grateful (an axle set would be better as they might not match exactly).

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look in a auto scrap yard

john winsemius said:

look in a auto scrap yard

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Oh! that's a good idea, I never thought of that. :doh:

I was kinda hoping to get one that actually fits the P38 rather than rig something off a Toyota - there's only one scrap yard that I know of that deals with Range Rovers in the whole of Malaysia - most P38's that were imported are still running - I only know of one other P38 in the city I live in and there's half a million people living here. Now if I was running a Pajero or LandCruiser I would have no problem getting spares.

So, if someone in the UK can source this particular item I can pay direct into a UK bank account and provide a UK address to post it to and I'll collect it in June when I come over on a brief visit. PM me and I'll provide a photo and brief description of what I need... Thanks