Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

I laugh at all your MT guys who keep blowing up syncros and killing throw out bearings. I am just sitting here enjoying my AT cuz it doesn't have to go back to the dealership to get fixed all the time

but the atf swap is a bitch. must be nice working at a dealer when that time comes lol

[go_a_way1]

Originally Posted by finch1750

but the atf swap is a bitch. must be nice working at a dealer when that time comes lol

LOL I work for a GM dealer now though, but I still got my connections at Toyota. They charged me $150 to get it done.

[MrFisty]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

Did I start a pattern? No one really talked about wheels that I noticed. Now I've bought wheels and you're the third or fourth person to bring them up after that haha

I got my tax return today and so a post on wheels in here, and I've been waiting on my return to buy wheels, so I just figured I'd talk about it.
I don't want to go spend a ton because I live in Mississippi and shot happens. I think XXRS will be too heavy, though. Considering rota titans, but I'm worried the color I originally thought about won't look good on an argento.


And for that matter, I don't know what color will look good on my car at all.

I don't want to end up with something I hate. Meh.

[go_a_way1]

Originally Posted by MrFisty

I got my tax return today and so a post on wheels in here, and I've been waiting on my return to buy wheels, so I just figured I'd talk about it.
I don't want to go spend a ton because I live in Mississippi and shot happens. I think XXRS will be too heavy, though. Considering rota titans, but I'm worried the color I originally thought about won't look good on an argento.


And for that matter, I don't know what color will look good on my car at all.

I don't want to

http://jacksonracing.com/shop/wheels...ing-6ul-5x100/

@Cole What were your rims again? I forgot the name already.

And then enkei rpf1

there are your 3 light affordable choices

[soulreapersteve]

Fish sticks

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by MrFisty

I got my tax return today and so a post on wheels in here, and I've been waiting on my return to buy wheels, so I just figured I'd talk about it.
I don't want to go spend a ton because I live in Mississippi and shot happens. I think XXRS will be too heavy, though. Considering rota titans, but I'm worried the color I originally thought about won't look good on an argento.


And for that matter, I don't know what color will look good on my car at all.

I don't want to end up with something I hate. Meh.

Black is all that looks good on argento imo. I always am scared of the thin spokes on titans. DPTs cost more but would be my choice for cheap/light-ish.

Check out 949Racing 6UL, any Kosei, or TR Motorsport offerings (first one CSG carries other two are on tirerack)

[MrFisty]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Black is all that looks good on argento imo. I always am scared of the thin spokes on titans. DPTs cost more but would be my choice for cheap/light-ish.

Check out 949Racing 6UL, any Kosei, or TR Motorsport offerings (first one CSG carries other two are on tirerack)

Many thanks! much wow.


But really I hadn't heard of any of those. Well, I had heard of Kosei, but never seen any. I'm looking at their k6r.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Nevermore

I'm about done with the facebook groups, getting tired of seeing people correcting rims to wheels, headers to header, and endlessly ragging on anyone that posts something about an auto.

HMMMM none of that ever happens here...


I can never understand this "rims" vs "wheels" thing anyway. The hard center is a rim. The soft part around it is a tire. The whole assembly is a wheel.
Been this way a long time and not so sure when the terminology changed.


The word that bugs me and has somehow come to be totally accepted is "fitment". I know it is common vernacular among the car crowd now but damnit there is no legit dictionary anyplace that even remotely describes it the way it is used. The bloody word is just "fit".


[fit-muh nt] /ˈfɪt mənt/
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noun 1. equipment; furnishing.

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1600-10; fit1+ -ment




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fitment


/ˈfɪtmənt/

noun 1. (machinery) an accessory attached to an assembly of parts

2. (mainly Brit) a detachable part of the furnishings of a room







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[jawn]

Originally Posted by MrFisty

I got my tax return today and so a post on wheels in here, and I've been waiting on my return to buy wheels, so I just figured I'd talk about it.
I don't want to go spend a ton because I live in Mississippi and shot happens. I think XXRS will be too heavy, though. Considering rota titans, but I'm worried the color I originally thought about won't look good on an argento.


And for that matter, I don't know what color will look good on my car at all.

I don't want to end up with something I hate. Meh.

If you're gonna get reps, I'd at least look at Konigs. They license Enkei's manufacturing process, so they should theoretically be more durable.

[jawn]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

HMMMM none of that ever happens here...


I can never understand this "rims" vs "wheels" thing anyway. The hard center is a rim. The soft part around it is a tire. The whole assembly is a wheel.
Been this way a long time and not so sure when the terminology changed.


The word that bugs me and has somehow come to be totally accepted is "fitment". I know it is common vernacular among the car crowd now but damnit there is no legit dictionary anyplace that even remotely describes it the way it is used. The bloody word is just "fit".


[fit-muh nt] /ˈfɪt mənt/
Spell Syllables

• Word Origin

noun 1. equipment; furnishing.

2. fitments, fittings : the fitments of a ship.



Origin of fitment Expand
1600-1610

1600-10; fit1+ -ment




Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2016.

Examples from the Web for fitment Expand
Historical Examples

• At one end I could see that some sort of fitment had been removed, and there were splashes of candle-wax on the floor.
  Here and Hereafter Barry Pain

British Dictionary definitions for fitment Expand
fitment


/ˈfɪtmənt/

noun 1. (machinery) an accessory attached to an assembly of parts

2. (mainly Brit) a detachable part of the furnishings of a room







Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

A thousand times this.

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by MrFisty

Many thanks! much wow.


But really I hadn't heard of any of those. Well, I had heard of Kosei, but never seen any. I'm looking at their k6r.

The other two are popular in the miata world and recently have expanded to 17s and BRZ/FRS sizing. I found them when looking for wheels for my MR2 spyder since it shares Miata wheel specs

[Cole]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

http://jacksonracing.com/shop/wheels...ing-6ul-5x100/

@Cole What were your rims again? I forgot the name already.

And then enkei rpf1

there are your 3 light affordable choices

720form gtf1

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Fish sticks

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Fish sticks

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