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Saw a Wrangler today in quite a state. Dunno if it was spacers, longer axles or just ~~sykk offset~~, but the inside shoulder of the tires were at least an inch or two outside the fenders.
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EightBit posted:I just got a box with four shocks and a steering stabilizer today from FedEx that was amazingly beat up, and one of the shocks got out of the individual box it was in and was just chilling out in the larger box. Nothing looks damaged other than cardboard, but come on it's not that hard to move thirty pounds, is it? I buy a lot of wheels from tirerack and they double box their wheels to avoid handling damage. I've had outside boxes looking like they were dropped from a plane but the inside box is still brand new. They also use very heavy cardboard so that helps a ton when you got guys just throwing poo poo where it has to go.
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Motronic posted:Buddy on a contract job in TX just sent me this: welcome to houston, for some reason its only really a thing down here. People get shot/killed for these wheels every now and then, they're very popular in neighborhoods of ill repute.
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shoopeach posted:welcome to houston, for some reason its only really a thing down here. People get shot/killed for these wheels every now and then, they're very popular in neighborhoods of ill repute. You mean those are an actual product, not something cobbled together out of random pipes they buy at home depot and jb weld to a set of steel rims?
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xzzy posted:You mean those are an actual product, not something cobbled together out of random pipes they buy at home depot and jb weld to a set of steel rims? yup, they're called swangas http://www.slabcustoms.net/catalog/slab_section_Elbows.htm
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xzzy posted:You mean those are an actual product, not something cobbled together out of random pipes they buy at home depot and jb weld to a set of steel rims? Just because someone is selling them doesn't mean they aren't something cobbled together out of random pipes they buy at home depot and jb weld to a set of steel rims.
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Galler posted:Just because someone is selling them doesn't mean they aren't something cobbled together out of random pipes they buy at home depot and jb weld to a set of steel rims. And apparently then unload them at a 2000% markup. 
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shoopeach posted:welcome to houston, for some reason its only really a thing down here. People get shot/killed for these wheels every now and then, they're very popular in neighborhoods of ill repute. I still have fond memories of the time I got lost and wandered into 5th ward.
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I uniroincally love swangas and wish they were more popular on the east coast.
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hot sauce posted:I uniroincally love swangas and wish they were more popular on the east coast. 
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shoopeach posted:welcome to houston, for some reason its only really a thing down here. People get shot/killed for these wheels every now and then, they're very popular in neighborhoods of ill repute. I've seen quite a few cars with these rims here in Austin, Tx as well, so it must be spreading.
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Feb 20, 2014 16:40
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Swangas and Vogues is a Texas thing at this point. I see them in DFW and Waco too. I prefer donks to slabs but there's something hilariously awesome about cars looking like they jumped out of Spy Hunter.
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Motronic posted:Buddy on a contract job in TX just sent me this: Do they spin? They should really spin.
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Feb 20, 2014 23:53
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Dont they cost some absurd amount of money?
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Preoptopus posted:Dont they cost some absurd amount of money? Apparently more than that car is worth. Looks like over $2k for a set of 4 based on some previously posted links. Add a 5th + tires and you've tripled the "value" of that Buick shitbox in the picture.
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Feb 21, 2014 05:35
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veedubfreak posted:I still have fond memories of the time I got lost and wandered into 5th ward. What is it about places named the Nth Ward being a place you really loving shouldn't go to? It was the 19th Ward in Rochester.
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Feb 21, 2014 05:45
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Holy gently caress balls, $2000+ for rims you put on a car worth $1000. I'd be terrified of driving near something with those. I'd be even more terrified driving it - I don't want to be out $500 if I curb something, and I'm assuming those would just crumple and be scrap metal.
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subx posted:Holy gently caress balls, $2000+ for rims you put on a car worth $1000. Maybe curb feelers will come back
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Feb 21, 2014 05:49
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subx posted:Holy gently caress balls, $2000+ for rims you put on a car worth $1000. Hey its not easy tripling the value of your car!
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Feb 21, 2014 05:57
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veedubfreak posted:I still have fond memories of the time I got lost and wandered into 5th ward. Pfft. I went to college in the third ward and lived on campus. Ain't no thang. Except when you accidentally drive down Scott St. or get threatened when you won't give "bus fair" to an addict at the only gas station near campus. Fond memories.
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Fucknag posted:Saw a Wrangler today in quite a state. Dunno if it was spacers, longer axles or just ~~sykk offset~~, but the inside shoulder of the tires were at least an inch or two outside the fenders. People used to pull rims off their VW beetles and fit them the wrong way around to get a wider track for off-highway use. Maybe the same thinking going on?
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On the upside you would probably need a pretty monstrous set of extensions to steal those wheels. (Or a cordless impact I suppose) Okay I'll go away now. ---------- Here's my terrible video that I did a terrible job of filming. (350Z muffler on an SW20, moving/under load) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy44PYFsZ2s
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Feb 21, 2014 10:05
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I stumbled across this thing. http://autoholic.kinja.com/dmc-tuning-germany-defrauds-numerous-exotic-car-owner-509232599 It's a short novella that I didn't really read in its entirety, but apparently there's a really big market for lovely body kits for $350,000+ cars.
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Throatwarbler posted:I stumbled across this thing. I guess if you're the kind of person who would stick a lovely body kit on their Civic, and you fall rear end-first into a bucket of interwebs money or something, you end up being the kind of person who sticks a lovely body kit on their lamborghini. Money don't buy class etc etc.
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drukqs posted:On the upside you would probably need a pretty monstrous set of extensions to steal those wheels.
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Feb 21, 2014 14:53
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A friend of mine saw this last night
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Feb 21, 2014 15:25
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Man that thing looks busted!
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Feb 21, 2014 15:34
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Preoptopus posted:Man that thing looks busted! The mirror doesn't look too great either! 
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Feb 21, 2014 16:06
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When I worked at an unnamed auto retailer with an orange sign that wasn't Advance, at least once a week we would have people come in and buy those little round bubble stick-on mirrors to replace the broken/lost glass from their wing mirrors. It was almost enough to make me wish I lived in a state with vehicle inspections.
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Feb 21, 2014 19:27
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I'm guilty of doing something similar to that to a friend's car I borrowed recently. At night when you glance the missing mirror spot, it just looks like there are no headlights and the lane next to you is clear.
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Feb 21, 2014 19:29
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I've done that while waiting for a new mirror to be shipped to me. I'm sure not all of the people who rig up ghetto side mirrors are just waiting for a new part to come in but there is hope that it is a temporary solution for some people.
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Feb 21, 2014 20:46
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Preoptopus posted:Oh God aligning it!? Pretty difficult distinguishing alignment vs balance wobble.
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I saw this on my way in to class the other morning. The dude drat near smacked into the car in the turn lane next to me. Managed to miss him by about a foot though. This next car was in the parking lot of this little strip mall that has a store I frequent. Pretty sure it's the right thread for this.  I didn't manage to get a picture of the dude driving this thing, but I did manage to get a closeup of the real wheels that doesn't really show how bent they are. The tops of the wheels were bent like, 30 degrees towards the inside of the car. Made me cringe a little bit. 
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Uncle ShortyB posted:
Wheel isn't bent, that's camber. And wrong thread.
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Larrymer posted:Wheel isn't bent, that's camber. And wrong thread. Nope, absolutely the right thread.
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Feb 22, 2014 03:40
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Larrymer posted:Wheel isn't bent, that's camber. And wrong thread. drat straight, that's a sweet little bug.
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Toucan Sam posted:drat straight, that's a sweet little bug. sweet bugs are terrible? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhsnap
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Larrymer posted:Wheel isn't bent, that's camber. And wrong thread. Dead-on correct thread.
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Yeah I think that's precisely the right thread.
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Pfffff
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