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Originally Posted by ihaskrayon
Well, we can tell you're pissed (and I would be as well), but no need to be bitter towards others.
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This is what is known as "concern trolling". You need to forget about my tone in responding to people who feel the need to drop unsolicited opinions in a thread, without contributing anything else of value. The only reason they posted what they did is to let me know they thought my choice in wheels was dumb; okay, maybe that would be acceptable... IF I had asked, "Gee guys, what do you think of this size wheel...?"
So they gave me an unsolicited opinion telling me my choice in wheels suck. I (very mildly) told them to get bent.
Deal with it.
(Actually, I didn't even do that; the one I politely informed him that if he liked them so much they would be available for immediate purchase, and the other I merely called out on the absurdity of suggesting a 43 offset is too high when the stock ones are 48. Trust me... that's nowhere NEAR me being "bitter".)
Now, as for anyone else who thinks +43 is way too high of an offset on these cars, look here:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12936
That's a 17x7.5 in a
+50 offset... and looks pretty damn spot on for what I wanted. You don't like it, fine... go comment on that thread. In fact, once I DO get my CE28's, I know I'll be posting pics on here as well, so feel free to tell me how much you hate them as much as you want on there.
But don't come onto a thread inquiring about wait-times for wheels just to knock my tastes... ESPECIALLY after I had to put up with dealing with three people over two days at Vivid treating my like a fifteen-year-old who's trying to pimp his mom's Civic. This ain't my first time buying wheels for a car, and I haven't had to "ask for professional advice" regarding fitment (much less "internet troll advice") in over 15 years.
UPDATE: I've been keeping pretty mum about my dealings in getting this problem resolved, because I'd like to be done with the whole thing and have a refund check
in hand before filling everybody in on the whole situation. But I will say that, since Mackin Industries (the sole distributer for Rays in America) seems to have roughly the same reputation as Vivid Racing, I've decided to sidestep them altogether and try to find a store in Japan that will order them, and have some friends of mine who live there ship them to me. Might be a bit more expensive in the long-run (or maybe even cheaper), but it's worth it to me for superior Japanese customer service. I'll keep everyone informed (eventually) about how things wrap up with Vivid, and how things work out ordering direct from Japan. If it goes well, then maybe that'll provide options for other people not happy with Mackin.
Oh, and thanks for the words of support from everyone NOT knocking my choice in wheels!
