Need suggestions getting new wheels across border

[Kevin]

So im planning on getting some new wheels from detroit to save me some $$ (im in Windsor, ontario Canada so im right across the river from detroit and detroit is the closest major city.)

anyway i need some suggestions on what to do when i cross the border.. I obviously do not want to pay duties/taxes.. because the main point was to save money.

one suggestion was that i get the new wheels. mount them then throw my sawblades into my car and tell the customs that i got them for free for drag racing etc. But one problem is that i have new winter tires on them. so idk

Any creative suggestions please.

 

[honestabe]

Get a receipt from a fellow Supra owner who lives in the area saying you paid only $5 for the wheels (the sawblades that is). Tell the border patrol you got them for so cheap because the guy got out of the Supra game and had no use for them.

 

[lewis15498]

Take out your spare. Have a couple friends meet you at the border. Leave three with the friend on us side. bring the 4th across in your spare wheelwell. Drop tire off with friend on canada side. Repeat 2x and on the 3rd trip across the 4th can come over in your friends spare compartment.

 

[Kevin]

Get a receipt from a fellow Supra owner who lives in the area saying you paid only $5 for the wheels (the sawblades that is). Tell the border patrol you got them for so cheap because the guy got out of the Supra game and had no use for them.

sounds like a good idea.. couldnt i just write my own receipt? i dont know anyone from the detroit area.. and they wouldnt hassle me over some used wheels would they? like take them away or try to get them appraised or something lol. im just thinking worse case scenarios.

Take out your spare. Have a couple friends meet you at the border. Leave three with the friend on us side. bring the 4th across in your spare wheelwell. Drop tire off with friend on canada side. Repeat 2x and on the 3rd trip across the 4th can come over in your friends spare compartment.

i was thinking about utilising the spare too. but wouldnt the custom wonder why im crossing a a bunch of times?

I've had bad experiences with the customs.. got searched a few times and had to pay duties/taxes on every single thing (we went shopping) at their ticketed price and not the sale total.

 

[Poodles]

get a number of friends to cross and take them back in the spare...

 

[Kevin]

get a number of friends to cross and take them back in the spare...

what if i have no friends

 

[3.0 GT]

what if i have no friends

ill be your friend:icon_bigg

 

[Kevin]

ill be your friend:icon_bigg

too bad you're too far to be of any use to me LOL

 

[IJ.]

what if i have no friends

You'd be a Mk3 owner :runaway: <jk>

 

[Kevin]

You'd be a Mk3 owner :runaway: <jk>

lol i get made fun of all the time for my car.. people call it a pos.. unreliable (only cuz it had a bhg).. etc..

people ask me what i drive.. i say a toyota supra.. they're all like woww sick man!! or awesome.. thats my dream car etc.. they i tell them its an mk3.. they'e like oh..:nono:

no matter what i still love this car.

 

[SupraMario]

lol i get made fun of all the time for my car.. people call it a pos.. unreliable (only cuz it had a bhg).. etc..

people ask me what i drive.. i say a toyota supra.. they're all like woww sick man!! or awesome.. thats my dream car etc.. they i tell them its an mk3.. they'e like oh..:nono:

no matter what i still love this car.

Just don't tell them its a mark III

I don't and I get to get away with having the 2jz in it.:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

 

[honestabe]

Just have a someone other than yourself write the receipt before you leave to pick up the wheels, that way the hand writing isn't in your name. Just put the receipt in your wallet in case they search your Supra entering the U.S. (like they've done with my Supra a few times).

 

[lewis15498]

i was thinking about utilising the spare too. but wouldnt the custom wonder why im crossing a a bunch of times?

I've had bad experiences with the customs.. got searched a few times and had to pay duties/taxes on every single thing (we went shopping) at their ticketed price and not the sale total.

Have a few friends cross the border and buy them dinner. They can all bring a rim home with them as a spare. If you have a friend with a truck, you could probably get the cable/chain to hold up 2 tires.

 

[Jayhall]

Just pay the taxes and duties so they dont seize your car and sell it for $50 to the scrap yard.

Im sure Adam will remember the troubles I had corssing the boarder with spare wheels and tires in the back of my truck. What a god damned nightmare that was. Id gladly pay $300 to avoid that mess again

 

[92nsx]

Move to the U.S.

 

[drunk_medic]

I thought this thread was going to be about how to get a true JZA70/TT-R or a Skyline [a real CAR] across the border into the U.S. from Canada, not how to get actual wheels up to Canada.

 

[Kevin]

I thought this thread was going to be about how to get a true JZA70/TT-R or a Skyline [a real CAR] across the border into the U.S. from Canada, not how to get actual wheels up to Canada.

lol look at the name of this thread

 

[Kevin]

Just pay the taxes and duties so they dont seize your car and sell it for $50 to the scrap yard.

Im sure Adam will remember the troubles I had corssing the boarder with spare wheels and tires in the back of my truck. What a god damned nightmare that was. Id gladly pay $300 to avoid that mess again

but that was all 4 tires and rims in the back of your truck. I was thinking of mounting the new wheels on my car.. then bring back the saw blades one at a time in the spare tire compartment of my car and friends' cars?

They wouldnt seize the entire car would they?

or i was also thinking of sourcing out 4 junk wheels and tires... mount my new wheels and tires and garbage the crap wheels over there? because i'd like to keep my sawblades too.

 

[Kevin]

i was also thinking.. what is i buy 4 junk/crappy wheels and tires for cheap locally somewhere just to drive over there in.. theb mount my new ones and throw them out over there.. i wont have to bother with smuggling anything through the spare tire or anything?

 

[Poodles]

Could do that as well, or find someone that wants to buy your wheels or something...