who's got these?

just about to order these rims from HLJ, are they any good?!?

thanks! :)

http://www.hlj.com/images/fuj/fuj19177.gif
http://www.hlj.com/images/fuj/fuj19213box.gif

I ordered the first set for my friend jaxson's Celica, he tells me they are about 17" in scale. They're not painted, though. They come with a set of brembo discs.

pman has the kranze shocki (spelling ;) ) on his S15 in the AF car model gallery.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/scalemodeling/pman/silvia.html

I have the Nismo wheels, they are nice, although somewhat on the small side, but perfectly fit for my aplication.

The Kranze are excellent rims, i have a couple of sets.

Thanks Guys, now that i placed my order from HLJ i was waiting for this in my email:
FUJ19177 1/24 Wheel #03 Nismo NS5R Wheel #03 Nismo NS5R
1 piece(s) @ 500 yen each = 500 (From Order No. 0046xxxx)

FUJ19213 1/24 Kranze Shoki 18in Parts Maker Wheel Series #05
1 piece(s) @ 700 yen each = 700 (From Order No. 0046xxxx)

Merchandise Total: 1200 yen
Shipping Charge: 680 yen:eek: :eek: :eek:

i knew it was going to be expensive to ship, but how'd they get that number!?!?! i tried applying their formula (total weight x price per gram., )and i got a completly different number...like more along the lines of 200yen. (the order is about 120grams) i'm probably wrong but could someone please demonstrate how the shipping can be estimated if the weight and size of items is known?!?! and if possible what is the ideal number of items to to be shipped? in other words maximizing the #of items per shipping charge? or how many sets of wheels can shipped with 680yen? or does the price of shipping go up no matter what??!?!
thanks for reading this far!! :flipa: :)

Here was my order by SAL - Small Pac from Japan to HK:

AOS24485 1/24 Andrew Racing Dish VIP Parts Series #09
2 piece(s) @ 600 yen each = 1200 ()

AOS24782 1/24 Blitz BRW Type 03 VIP Parts Series
1 piece(s) @ 600 yen each = 600 ()

AOS31131 1/24 Exclusive Matrasse VIP Parts Series #48
2 piece(s) @ 600 yen each = 1200 ()

Merchandise Total: 3000 yen
Shipping Charge: 740 yen

Total: 3740 yen

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My first order:
AOS24188 1/24 Stimulator VIP Parts Series #02
3 piece(s) @ 600 yen each = 1800 (From Order No.)

AOS24614 1/24 Koenig IMP VIP Parts Series #12
2 piece(s) @ 600 yen each = 1200 (From Order No.)

AOS24782 1/24 Blitz BRW Type 03 VIP Parts Series #20
2 piece(s) @ 600 yen each = 1200 (From Order No.)

AOS25765 1/24 EQUIP 19 Inch VIP Parts Series #21
1 piece(s) @ 800 yen each = 800 (From Order No.)

AOS25772 1/24 OZ Racing Opera 19 Inch VIP Parts Series #22
4 piece(s) @ 800 yen each = 3200 (From Order No.)

FUJ11080 1/24 Wing Ae & Be Set Fujimi Grade Up Series
2 piece(s) @ 350 yen each = 700 (From Order No.)

FUJ19200 1/24 18in Yokohama Model 7 New Tire & Wheel Series T
2 piece(s) @ 700 yen each = 1400 (From Order No.)

Merchandise Total: 10300 yen
Shipping Charge: 1300 yen

Total: 11600 yen

Hope these figures could help you......I think order more could compensate the shipping cost.

MaxSE,

the shipping cost includes the weight of the package that they put your stuff in. It's probably the smallest package they have. Plus your from canada :)

but if order more than it won't seem like it's that much more expensive.

ah i see but from what i can remember there was a thread around here somewhere that..... someone claimed they could calculate the exact cost of shipping though some kind of formula before even ordering... i suppose being half way around the world fomr HLJ contributes to the high cost but i guess i'll just wait and see what kind of "package" this gets shipped in, and make a guess to how many more rims/items can fit in for the same 680yen shipping cost! ;) thanks!

Shipping is around 1280 per kilogram, so you also need to include the weight of the package they send it to you in, which is pretty big and strong (made of cardboard). You look at joemclaw's order, he ordere 3 more sets of rim than you did, but he was only charged like 60 more yen than you were.

Moral of the story is, when you order from HLJ, order in big shipments to keep shipping costs down.

http://www.hlj.com/images/fuj/fuj19213box.gif
These are really nice...just got mine yesterday that were on backorder

These are really nice...just got mine yesterday that were on backorder


is it just me? or is there no picture here?!?!?!:confused: