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MrYenko posted:
pretty sure that's covering a drum brake, so it's not really dangerous
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That's incredible, in a bad way.
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Jun 14, 2020 22:40
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That owns
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Jun 14, 2020 22:41
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I hate it if the drum is drilled, I absolutely love it if the drum was just painted with tiny dots. I would expect that on a LeMons corolla.
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Jun 14, 2020 22:50
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That "rotor" looks like a pizza pan
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I bet the actual brakes are behind the pan
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StormDrain posted:I hate it if the drum is drilled, I absolutely love it if the drum was just painted with tiny dots. I would expect that on a LeMons corolla. I think the "holes" are stickers.
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Jun 15, 2020 00:53
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That is an interesting picture. The more you look at it, the less horrible it becomes.
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Jun 15, 2020 06:23
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I like how the "caliper" is mounted to the control arm so it will flap around relative to the "rotor" as the suspension cycles.
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kastein posted:I like how the "caliper" is mounted to the control arm so it will flap around relative to the "rotor" as the suspension cycles. As if they meant for that. They lucked out on that bit.
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kastein posted:I like how the "caliper" is mounted to the control arm so it will flap around relative to the "rotor" as the suspension cycles. YAY!! Its slightly less awful!! Clearly the creator put some thought in to it.
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 My response: 
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Jun 15, 2020 17:17
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Imagine having to get those wheels positioned juuuuuuuussst right for the car show...
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Jun 15, 2020 17:26
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"okay, great, they're lined up, now just have to get to the car show without making any turns"
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Jun 15, 2020 17:34
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Anyone vain enough to run those rims and enter a car show is going to have some kind of automated hydraulic jack system to lift each tire in turn so they can manually rotate it to the right spot.
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Jun 15, 2020 17:38
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Brass Hand posted:That owns It's terrible, but it's a cut above the usual fake rotors for sure and I'd do it on an econobox for the lols 90s Solo Cup posted:Imagine having to get those wheels positioned juuuuuuuussst right for the car show... Sagebrush posted:"okay, great, they're lined up, now just have to get to the car show without making any turns" You do it the same what they always do at car show to get logos and lettering orientated: you get the car placed, then jack it up and rotate the wheels.
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xzzy posted:Anyone vain enough to run those rims and enter a car show is going to have some kind of automated hydraulic jack system to lift each tire in turn so they can manually rotate it to the right spot. And every actual car guy will look at it an think how stupid it is.
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Darchangel posted:And every actual car guy will look at it an think how stupid it is. Oh, the person with those rims is absolutely a car guy. Probably more of one than anyone you've ever met
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Jun 15, 2020 17:44
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Finger Prince posted:
My response; 
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Sagebrush posted:Oh, the person with those rims is absolutely a car guy. Probably more of one than anyone you've ever met I'm more concerned with the safety aspect of it. It seems reckless to me.
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Jun 15, 2020 18:21
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Frond posted:I'm more concerned with the safety aspect of it. It seems reckless to me. whats unsafe about it
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:whats unsafe about it Road becomes slick with all the coital fluids gushing forth from onlookers.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:whats unsafe about it Removing a spoke can’t be good for the integrity of the wheel can it?
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Frond posted:Removing a spoke can’t be good for the integrity of the wheel can it? It all depends on how strong the remaining spokes are. Obviously it isn't ideal but if your spoke is strong enough you could just have one.
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Jun 15, 2020 18:36
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Wouldn't it be a huge pain in the rear end to balance?
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90s Solo Cup posted:Fond memories of me spending what seemed like three months nursing along a dying starter in my old LS400. One of the LeMons teams had to change the starter in a LS400 as punishment for some infraction, but I remember thinking they did it a lot faster than I expected. Of course you had a team full of experienced guys doing it as fast as they could.
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Jun 15, 2020 18:55
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probably someone who swaps those wheels onto the car at a show and back off when its time to leave
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Sagebrush posted:Oh, the person with those rims is absolutely a car guy. Probably more of one than anyone you've ever met They are not a person who likes driving/working on cars. They are a person who likes displaying cars. Pham Nuwen posted:Wouldn't it be a huge pain in the rear end to balance? Yes, and potentially structurally unsound. I mean, it's not like auto manufacturers go to lengths to design and test their machines to be safe or anything. edit: BraveUlysses posted:probably someone who swaps those wheels onto the car at a show and back off when its time to leave I hope so. In which case it's no big deal, but still stupid.
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Darchangel posted:They are not a person who likes driving/working on cars. They are a person who likes displaying cars. Cars as art really doesn't do anything for me unless it is performance art and the performance is going as fast as possible 
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taqueso posted:It all depends on how strong the remaining spokes are. Obviously it isn't ideal but if your spoke is strong enough you could just have one. I'm surprised there isn't some wonderful French car with single spoke wheels. On a different note, the new Road & Track has a decent article on how GM blew it with the Blackwing TT V8. It's pretty much what you'd guess--GM beancounters, poor Cadillac sales, the general decline of the sedan market, and de Nysschen's poor relationship with the brass--but it's a nice thorough look at the project and its demise.
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Jun 15, 2020 19:20
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Car show stuff is boring to me but I get it
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when did people start getting really turned on by calipers?
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wontondestruction posted:when did people start getting really turned on by calipers? i admit a nice set of mitutoyos gives me a stiffy
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wontondestruction posted:when did people start getting really turned on by calipers? after steel wheels stopped being normal and they became visible
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Darchangel posted:It's terrible, but it's a cut above the usual fake rotors for sure Ya, I had to do that when I worked at a car show helping set up a booth. Taught me a lot about modern cars and electronic parking brakes.  Also having to put little clear pieces of 1/2 inch plexi under each of the wheels cause they didn't want them sunk into the carpet all the cars were setup on. Thank god I just worked a single booth. ElBrak fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jun 15, 2020 |
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What kind of car is it anyway, a MK4 Golf? A good place to put all those Porsche badges and "Porsche" calipers - afaik Porsches being generally RWD cars have their front calipers on the "rear" side of the wheel, not the front.
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Throatwarbler posted:What kind of car is it anyway, a MK4 Golf? A good place to put all those Porsche badges and "Porsche" calipers - afaik Porsches being generally RWD cars have their front calipers on the "rear" side of the wheel, not the front. It looks like a Mk3 VW Polo, mid 90s - early 2000s, could easily be a Golf of the same era though. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Jun 15, 2020 |
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