Anyone interested in a bonnet lift Group Buy for OctyII?

[VRS195]

25th June 2007 9:00 - SHIPMENT HAS ARRIVED FROM SUPERSKODA.COM AND WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED BY ROYAL MAIL TODAY - ETA WED 27TH JUNE
20th June 2007 11:30 - DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ADDED FOR MILOTEC INSTALL
17th June 2007 18:10 - TEN BUYERS CONFIRMED - please send payment ASAP - Thanks
15th June 2007 23:45 - UPDATED WITH CONTACT EMAIL FOR GB
15th June 2007 11:20 - UPDATED WITH FULL COSTINGS FOR NINE (9) ORDERS
6th June 2007 14:50 - UPDATED WITH P&P COSTS - 90g heavier than expected once packing added to weight
5th June 2007 18:45 - UPDATED WITH NEW END DATE DETAILS
5th June 2007 18:40 - UPDATED WITH P&P COSTS
1st June 2007 16:15 - UPDATED TO COMPLY WITH BRISKODA GROUP BUY RULES

The small print:
*This Group Buy is not in any way linked to Briskoda and is not affiliated with them in any way, so Briskoda may not be held legally responsible for any agreement or goods or services exchanged between members.
*VRS195 (Paul Dixon) will be acting as intermediary for this group-buy if it goes ahead.
*The units carry any warranty as defined by MILOTEC themselves.
*This group-buy will only proceed with the full 40 orders at the approximate £46.00 price
(only if a lower minimum order size matches or betters the quoted price this will supercede the above details)
*The time limit for this group-buy to be completed or voided is 30 days from the date of first post.
Any interest MUST be expressed by Friday 15th June to allow price confirmation before activating GB.



Now the details:

MILOTEC manufacture lifts with full fitting kits and easy to follow instructions specifically designed for the Octavia II

NO DRILLING required - and minimal DIY ability as the kit is fitted to the fixing points already in the engine bay/bonnet.
Just need 10mm and 13mm spanners and about 5-10 mins

FULL FITTING INSTRUCTIONS here http://www.milotec.de/pdf/octaviaII/62405.pdf

These kits cost £88 EACH from MILOTEC's UK dealer RSD Cars (Road and Sport Developments)

Group buy deal - includes all taxes/duty and shipping to the UK
£46.00 each (40+ units)

These prices are to the nearest pound and may change slightly as they are converted from EUROs - but shouldn't be more than a +/- £1.00 difference.

Obviously if we get more orders we may be able to drop the price even further


The kit weigh 0.78 KG per unit. P&P costs to send these kits out once they reach the UK are therefore:
£2.30 SECOND CLASS Royal Mail
£2.92 FIRST CLASS Royal Mail
£4.88 AIRMAIL
the postage will be AT COST - so whatever the stamp says - alternatively FREE to collect or swap at meet

FINAL UPDATE - 15th JUNE:

Due to only NINE (9) orders the price has slipped slightly:

Shipped to the UK the units cost 72.42 EUR - as of this morning that is £48.93
PLUS onward UK postage means:

UK orders: £51.23 TOTAL to your door
EURO (Ireland orders): £53.81 TOTAL to your door

In case the EURO strengthens I would like to suggest adding 1% (50p) and I will send back change or refund if no movement or if the EURO weakens. Thanks

Ok if you want to contact me direct my email is:

milotec@number7.tv

Please note: this email will only exist for the duration of this GB.
Outside this period please contact me via site PM.

INSTRUCTIONS - 5 pages:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj...lotecpage1.JPG
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj...lotecpage2.JPG
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dixonpj...lotecpage3.JPG
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[cheezemonkhai]

What is with the mounting mechanism to the octy?

Does fitting require any fitting of parts or drilling of holes?

Ta

[Steve vRS]

Bonnet lifter group buys run so smoothly on here

Steve

[VRS195]

Originally Posted by cheezemonkhai

What is with the mounting mechanism to the octy?

Does fitting require any fitting of parts or drilling of holes?

Ta

With respect Mr Monkhai READ THE POST

NO drilling required - and minimal DIY ability as the kit is fitted to the fixing points already in the engine bay/bonnet.
Just need 10mm and 13mm spanners and about 5-10 mins

[vimto2000]

Sorry to be a pain, did you price get those prices from RSD? Or Milotec themselves?

As Milotec only sells them for 75 euros exc delivery.

Cheers

[VRS195]

Originally Posted by vimto2000

Sorry to be a pain, did you price get those prices from RSD? Or Milotec themselves?

As Milotec only sells them for 75 euros exc delivery.

Cheers

Neither (well the £88 is from RSD) - the prices include shipping to the UK from Mainland Europe, but are from an independent.

Milotec Germany refused to sell to me and referred me to the UK distributor (RSD!)

To be honest the prices for anything less than 40 units is too high for my liking (and as you point out, not necessarily competitive) - but I posted them anyway for information.

Perhaps I should just aim to sign up at least 40 people and only run the GB once that level of interest is reached?

First post edited to HIGHLIGHT 40+ deal

[vimto2000]

I know...Personally I think 40 is pretty steep, but I've been looking around and don't think it will get much cheaper.

So put my name down for one! (as long as we get the required 40+ people)

[VRS195]

Originally Posted by vimto2000

I know...Personally I think 40 is pretty steep, but I've been looking around and don't think it will get much cheaper.

So put my name down for one! (as long as we get the required 40+ people)

Thanks to my FIRST* official supporter (*no additional discount just for being first, mind )

Obviously until we get a consensus (ie everyone is happy with price vs how many of us there are) I wont be ordering any.

BUT ... there are hundreds of Octy owners here - if we signed up just the vRS lot that would be about 130+ - an order like that would shock the supplier (it would probably be worth COLLECTING in a van from europe for that many PLUS you could do the whole "Booze cruise" thing aswell

1) VRS195 (me!)
2) Vimto2000

[Jonno VRs]

I'd be interested assuming we can get the 40 unit price otherwise it's a bit steep.

[SkodiRS]

Please read this before going any further with this group buy.

Thanks.

[cheezemonkhai]

Originally Posted by VRS195

With respect Mr Monkhai READ THE POST

That will be a no I'm not interested then thanks!

[VRS195]

Originally Posted by cheezemonkhai

That will be a no I'm not interested then thanks!

oh don't be like that - it was only meant in jest.

Steve vRS had already come in with

...group buys run so smoothly on here

I laughed at first as I had tried to put as much info (too much?) in the first post as possible.

[VRS195]

1) VRS195 (me!)
2) Vimto2000
3) Jonno VRs

UPDATE: - I am still receiving some more quotes back from other dealers, if they better the above prices then obviously they will supercede those already advised, also if minimum order is smaller it will supercede above.

[TallioN]

I already have it (retail price in Russia is about 50 GBP) and want to make two comments.
First. With this part, bonnet opening lower, than with factory stack. It is not a big problem, but think about it
Second. They recommend to paint a part, that forced a bonnet. I did it, see below my pic. It is not very difficult, you dont need to find exact color like your car, but looks better

[VRS195]

Originally Posted by TallioN

They recommend to paint a part, that forced a [REINFORCES THE] bonnet.

As per instructions (see pdf file in first post) - it is recommended for "aesthetics" that the metal mounting rail is painted body colour:

If you have a silver car - NO EXTRA WORK!!

[andy2407]

Originally Posted by VRS195

UPDATE: - I am still receiving some more quotes back from other dealers, if they better the above prices then obviously they will supercede those already advised, also if minimum order is smaller it will supercede above.

Have you tried superskoda.com - WORLD OF SKODA TUNING There was a thread a few days ago saying someone had got something from there a lot cheaper than the UK price, and I notice they have recently added these lifters. Might be worth seeing what sort of deal they will offer?

[VRS195]

Originally Posted by andy2407

Have you tried superskoda.com - WORLD OF SKODA TUNING There was a thread a few days ago saying someone had got something from there a lot cheaper than the UK price, and I notice they have recently added these lifters. Might be worth seeing what sort of deal they will offer?

Yep - one of the companies I have approached.
Still waiting for all the offers to come back - if the price or order size is improved I will update thread.

Thanks for the lead though - any more gladly received.

[vimto2000]

Whats the cut off time for the GB? I'm here this month, and away next month!

As if its not sorted by the time I'm back....might just go out and buy one anyway

[VRS195]

Originally Posted by vimto2000

Whats the cut off time for the GB? I'm here this month, and away next month!

As if its not sorted by the time I'm back....might just go out and buy one anyway

Get me one while you're there

At this rate we will only have a handful of respondents by the middle of June (I want the GB sorted by month end with orders in, payment sent and hopefully lifters despatched)

If we only have 5-10 orders the dealer said we can have them for about 81 EUR each including delivery (exact value depends how many people we actually divide the shipping costs between) - which is about £56.

Still worth doing if the alternative is RDS's £88 !!

Go forth and drum up interest.

[VRStu]

What colour car have you ordered Paul?