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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:18 AM
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Ben's going to tear you apart on this one...
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by SciontCya
What's next, showing screen-shots of our investment portfolios?


Is that like my mint collection of vintage Garbage Pail Kids trading cards?
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by SciontCya
^^ Nice. Are the rims "pearl" too?
nope just plain white but i did contemplate having them repainted Blizzard Pearl to match my car (next winter).
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:56 AM
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i have some enkie's that are discontinued i think
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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17x8.5 et32 Work Emotion XD-9's. I'm not sure if anyone has these wheels on a tC yet, let alone this size. Crappy pics, I know. Let me know if these aren't welcome here since they seem like the "rota's" of this thread, lol.




Old Mar 30, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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i like the last pic
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by tcdaily
well i'm surprised rota's wasn't on the list to be not allowed


GET 'EM!!!!

Take out the "rare" part of the title. One would venture to guess, if it's rare they're expensive.


Originally Posted by tcdaily
well i'm surprised rota's wasn't on the list to be not allowed


that ish is soooo funny i had to post it again
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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wow, this thread desperately needs a clean up.
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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x2, the rotas were the killer

haha love the sig dave
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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thanks, my neighbor said that about me and another friend, we worked on his car all day yesterday

and people think im a d!ck pffft, they dont know sht
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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Nice Works satoman44 .

Better pics, or BAN !!
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by davedavetC
and people think im a d!ck pffft, they dont know sht
well you know what some say: "when your confidence interferes with their insecurities, then you're too cocky". when in essence they're just plain insecure and you're quite confident. cocky people don't want to or even try to help out others. they just gloat to boost themselves even higher.
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so true.
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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*sigh*
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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yup, like i said before this thread needs clean up bad.
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Those Works didn't come out as aggressively as I had thought.

Originally Posted by satoman44
I'm not sure if anyone has these wheels on a tC yet, let alone this size.
purpled_out_tC has them in 18's I believe, she just hasn't put them on yet. And I'm planning to order a set myself.
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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probably the offset thats why. wheels like that need a low offset to really set them off. but his look pretty flush tho. but he needs to go lower
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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I did the math and even measured on my own car. Going from the stock wheels (17x7 +45) to the Works (17x8.5 +32) should've been equivalent to pushing the stock wheels out almost an inch and a half. Judging from his pics, that's not an inch and a half. Maybe I did something wrong... :\
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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heres how i do those calculations

stock = 17x7 et+45 so thats the standard

first is to find the edge of the wheel

7/2 = 3.5*25.4 = 88.9 mm so thats how big half of the wheel is. so now we subtract the positive offset (45) to get how far the wheel sticks out from the hub. which is 43.9mm

now looking at the works its the same process

8.5/2*25.4 = 107.95 - 32 = 75.95

difference is 75.95 - 43.9 = 32.05 mm = 1.24 inches outward. i believe to get nearly flush you would want a 9.5 et+32 ish or a 8.5 et+ 15
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Originally Posted by purpled_out_tC
Originally Posted by tcdaily
well i'm surprised rota's wasn't on the list to be not allowed


GET 'EM!!!!

Take out the "rare" part of the title. One would venture to guess, if it's rare they're expensive.


Originally Posted by tcdaily
well i'm surprised rota's wasn't on the list to be not allowed


that ish is soooo funny i had to post it again
correct me if i'm mistaken.. rare means not many of them? and i haven't seen one single person have them that has a scion.. so henceforth rare doesn't mean expensive it is 2 different words..



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