Hi JP
The full don’ts/do’s story.... :
Nissan Cape Town quoted R11800 for the OEM Patrol bakkie flares ( front pair only ).
Kutsnake Australia list on their website a Johan Nel as RSA agent. Waste of time. He didn’t respond to my email.
Kutsnake Oz did indicate ( months ago ) that they were looking at a Cape Town crowd as agents. If this is now the case obviously the easiest route.
In the meantime they were very helpful; pointing me to agents in other countries:
Kenya: Imran in Nairobi. 300USD & said I must arrange collection myself.... which I did set up through friends in Nairobi & turned out he had wrong stock.
Europe: Very helpful but they were quoted €600 just for the shipping alone. We both agreed crazy.
UK: Same. The pair about £180 excl UK VAT; but they said shipping so ridiculous they abandoned the idea.
Oz: no agents in OZ prepared to ship RSA.
Through all this I kept Jay at Kutsnake in Oz in the loop. At which point, realizing my blank wall/desperation after months trying, he stepped in and very kindly offered to see if their factory in China would help me directly as a favor.
Factory said ok but would I please be prepared to buy 2 pairs as freight costs same 1 or 2 pairs.
This is what I did; with Kutsnake using their airfreight company TNT. Fast service. ( I paid via PayPal ).
TNT organized everything including our RSA end. Viz: Clearance fee, Import duty, VAT, Local shipping to me in Calitzdorp.
Final total cost to me, as I remember, around R4200 per pair; everything included.
My suggestion: If Kutsnake don’t yet have their new agent in Cape Town, then all the forum members who want flares should first work together and compile one bulk list; and only then request Jay at Kutsnake Oz to ask Winnie at their factory if they will do it as a single order. Best/most efficient for both parties. I doubt they will be prepared to do a 1-vehicle order again considering their scale of operations ( all makes of vehicles )?
A good site to find your own Patrol’s specific parts:
https://www.kut-snake.com/nissan.html
Kutsnake: main guy in Oz is Jay
kutsnake@hotmail.com
Lastly, fitment: A good reference
https://www.the4wdshed.com/assets/files ... ctions.pdf
Hope this helps. Good luck!