Hello everybody,
sorry for digging out this very old thread, however this is exactly what I was searching for.
First a short introduction of myself:
I am located in Germany and since a couple of months I own a black Viper SRT-10, manufactured in 2005, originally imported from the US in 2008.
I bought this quite cheap just for fun for "good weather journeys", insured with a seasonal license (I am allowed to drive from March - October), knowing that I would have to invest some money and a lot of time to repair all the little things that are not perfectly working and/or need some fixing. I know that the car itself qualitywise is not a Porsche or Mercedes, but what excited me among the unique engine and other things is the fact that there are not many of these cars on German roads. This results in a lot of comments and questions I receive when parking somewhere, due to the fact that most people have never seen a Viper in real life before.
I already have fixed a lot of things, the car is meanwhile running really smooth and makes a lot of fun.
However, this is a rather old car and very seldom in Germany, so I have big problems to get several spare parts over here. A lot of things can be purchased via eBay, but some parts (mainly the very car specific parts) are really difficult to get or extremely expensive.
This is why I write here and ask for some help.
I desperately need new window regulators for the car, for both sides. I have no chance to repair the old (original) ones, as they are too worn, the passengers side for example is completely broken six times, including the metal bracket where the window is mounted.
I have searched for new replacement parts in almost every US-based onlineshop that I could find from here. I think that 99% of them are using the same database (they look so similar), but it seems that some of them could have the parts in stock.
The price for the regulators is something around USD 500 each. Surely I hate the idea of paying such a lot of money for those parts, but I think I do not have a chance to avoid this. So I am willing to spend the money and hope that this will be a one-time payment (I will reinforce the parts before assembling them into the car, hoping that they will last for the next 20 years).
Unfortunately most of the US-shops are not capable or willing to ship to Europe/Germany (or even outside the US). I found two that do international shipments, but one of them has only one of the regulators in stock, and the other one is trying to get his monthly expenses financed by me - they wanted to charge me USD 1,012(!) for the delivery to my home, while the other shop offered the FedEx-shipment for a realistic sum of approx. USD 150.
Therefore I ask for the following:
Is there anybody here who could help getting the parts shipped to me in Germany?
I need somebody who will order and buy the parts from a dealer or onlineshop in the US and ships them to me via FedEx, UPS or a similar company.
Of course I will pay for all the expenses, and I'm willing to take the risk of paying cash in advance (Paypal preferred), trusting that the people here are geeks like me, trustworthy and reliable.
Or does anybody have a hint where I could get the parts ordered by myself? Or a hint for a replacement from another manufacturer? Or anything else that could help me getting my windows back to work?
With best regards from Germany, and excuse me if my English is a little bit unpolished.
Thomas
including shipment to Germany. They are already installed and work perfectly - I hope, they will last as long as I own the car.
