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Originally Posted by Tx_Phantom,Jul 20 2005, 08:39 AM
All I can say is the day you walk out and your car is sitting on bricks, you'll sh--.
It happened to me on my 1st car. The way they do it is to loosen the lugs, then they place the bricks under the car. They deflate the tires, which leaves the car sitting on bricks with just enough room to slide the deflated wheels/tires off and run like hell. Try jacking up the car when there are no wheels at all - you'll have to call a wrecker to help.
Be sure you have a great alarm before you buy nice wheels or a stereo.
Tx
It happened to me on my 1st car. The way they do it is to loosen the lugs, then they place the bricks under the car. They deflate the tires, which leaves the car sitting on bricks with just enough room to slide the deflated wheels/tires off and run like hell. Try jacking up the car when there are no wheels at all - you'll have to call a wrecker to help.
Be sure you have a great alarm before you buy nice wheels or a stereo.
Tx
i remember how much of a pain it was to jack the car up with no wheels on it.....but it could have been worse. they could have used ice blocks to hold the car up.
after the ice melts....your screwed. 
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Originally Posted by downhil,Jul 21 2005, 09:07 PM
same thing happened to my ep3. i had bronze racing hart cp8's. not the most common wheels after being discontinued for a couple of years. i actually ended up getting them back about 6 months later and sold them.
i remember how much of a pain it was to jack the car up with no wheels on it.....but it could have been worse. they could have used ice blocks to hold the car up. after the ice melts....your screwed.
i remember how much of a pain it was to jack the car up with no wheels on it.....but it could have been worse. they could have used ice blocks to hold the car up.
after the ice melts....your screwed.
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no, i traded it in for the s2000. i miss it sometimes. i could fit my mountain bike in the back. it was blown with the jackson racing sc, ep3 type r lip kit, and slammed on the 17" bronze racing harts.
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Originally Posted by Photodavo,Jul 21 2005, 08:52 PM
If you want to show her off before then come out and meet us at Two Rows in Allen August 2nd. It's not that far from Addison. 
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I assume that "offset" is the same thing the truck guys call "backspacing".
Basically it is a measure of the position of the bolt holes relative to the inner edge of the wheel (i.e. how far in/out the stick)
Ah yes... here you go...
In the truck world (not trying to drag every thread into talking about trucks... I just have much better knowledge of them), when you put on wider tires you sometimes buy wheels with less backspacing (i.e. they stick out more) to keep them from rubbing on stuff when you turn... then again, when you move the tire out, it doesn't tuck up into the fender well like it used to - so you get into lifts etc.
Basically it is a measure of the position of the bolt holes relative to the inner edge of the wheel (i.e. how far in/out the stick)
Ah yes... here you go...
In the truck world (not trying to drag every thread into talking about trucks... I just have much better knowledge of them), when you put on wider tires you sometimes buy wheels with less backspacing (i.e. they stick out more) to keep them from rubbing on stuff when you turn... then again, when you move the tire out, it doesn't tuck up into the fender well like it used to - so you get into lifts etc.
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offset is the distance (usually in mm) from the hub mounting face from an imaginary center line bisecting the rim.
+47mm offset means that from the center of the rim, the hub mounting face is 47mm away.
imagine standing behind the car looking directly at the exhaust pipe and passenger rear wheel. picture the vertical center line of the rim and tire. now picture another vertical line 47mm to the right of the centerline of the rim....that is where the hub face would be if you bolted a wheel on with +47mm offset.
the greater the positive offset is, the more tucked into the wheelwell the rim will be.
+47mm offset means that from the center of the rim, the hub mounting face is 47mm away.
imagine standing behind the car looking directly at the exhaust pipe and passenger rear wheel. picture the vertical center line of the rim and tire. now picture another vertical line 47mm to the right of the centerline of the rim....that is where the hub face would be if you bolted a wheel on with +47mm offset.
the greater the positive offset is, the more tucked into the wheelwell the rim will be.
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