Not Brian Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 true motorsports wheels car too low to race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 true motorsports wheels car too low to race NOW YOU GET IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 true motorsports wheels car too low to race still handles better than your turd. NOW YOU GET IT. Go be a fanboy somewhere else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 still handles better than your turd. sleep loss forecast tonight = zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 sleep loss forecast tonight = zero I'm glad that makes two of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2highpsi Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I have come to the conclusion that I will never like, nor understand stretched tires, crazy camber, or zero ground clearance. On this car however, it doesn't matter. It still looks bad ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I have come to the conclusion that I will never like, nor understand stretched tires, crazy camber, or zero ground clearance. On this car however, it doesn't matter. It still looks bad ass. Agreed x1000 The amber corners and non-tinted windows look perfect as is. I wouldn't change a thing about this car, except (possibly) the other style of mirrors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_6139.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Sonoma Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 You sir are a 'Murican badass in my book.. My cousin has a 1986 Porsche 911 Rare M491 Factory Wide Body Cabriolet 1 Of 8 Produced Very Rare that Ive been trying to steal off of him. If he wont, Ill start looking for an affordable early 2000ish 911. Love the Porsches, keep up the clean work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverAudiMike Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 You sir are a 'Murican badass in my book.. My cousin has a 1986 Porsche 911 Rare M491 Factory Wide Body Cabriolet 1 Of 8 Produced Very Rare that Ive been trying to steal off of him. If he wont, Ill start looking for an affordable early 2000ish 911. Love the Porsches, keep up the clean work. Shouldn't that be German badass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 My cousin has a 1986 Porsche 911 Rare M491 Factory Wide Body Cabriolet 1 Of 8 Produced Very Rare that Ive been trying to steal off of him. I had a coworker in FL back around 2005-07 that had a black on black '88 911 Cabrio with A/C that was a widebody. One of the sexiest-looking cars I've seen. He hammered the ever-loving guts out of it - sideways pretty much at every turn - and it was a great car. He bought it for like $22k with the A/C on the fritz ($3k fix!!!), replaced a few sun-faded interior plastics/switches and he sold it a year later for $26-$27k. Still think about that thing today. Backseat was worthless:lol:, but it was a great car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpfiend Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 You sir are a 'Murican badass in my book.. My cousin has a 1986 Porsche 911 Rare M491 Factory Wide Body Cabriolet 1 Of 8 Produced Very Rare that Ive been trying to steal off of him. If he wont, Ill start looking for an affordable early 2000ish 911. Love the Porsches, keep up the clean work. My dad bought an 87 M491 cabriolet brand new. It was white with white matching wheels which made it apparently a 1 of 16 car. He only drove it 10K miles and sold it in 2006 for 36,500. He had it listed for a long time at 40K. I will grant you that it was the sharpest looking 911 of that generation but it had its share of problems. It had inordinate amounts of bump steer at factory ride height, it would occasionally pop out of gear with the G50 transaxle, the plastic rear window showed some hazing and he was extremely careful with it, the power top would get stuck sometimes, a 3rd generation camaro challenged him from a light one time and he hit the rev limiter and it flat out killed the engine, sounded cool but was very underpowered, clutch angle and engagement felt strange. It did have good braking power and feel- not compared to my c5 z06 but good for the generation. Nice steering. I am not an expert but I would bet that a c4 with mild suspension work would run circles around it. A base c5 would be no contest. In short, if it were me, I would go with the newer one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I've got an interesting story to share here shortly... just gotta get some pictures. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_1385.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I hope this is a joke.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGEvo Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 in before the story about WBTB lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Lol yes this is a story about my trip to WBTB in Louisville. But yesterday I played a joke that I wrecked the car... Totally April fools. I'll be updating later tonight the whole story though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Okay so an update on things: The weekend of March 22nd I was headed down to Louisville, KY for a show they call Water By the Bridge to hang out with friends and etc.. This was kinda the maiden voyage for the car as it really hadn't made any trips of extended periods of time so I was carefully prepping the car for any possible scenario on the way down. Anyhow, the trip went smooth until the third hour into the trip and maybe 40 miles out from Louisville. I started hearing what I thought were rocks being kicked up from the road, but it was just an odd and random PING noise that I would hear on occasion and didn't think much of it until I started noticing a vibration. My first thought was maybe the lug nuts had worked themselves loose, so I pulled over on the side of the road and checked all the lug nuts, which were all tight, and thought about what else might cause something like that noise. I decided to get down and inspect the wheels further and lo and behold, I find these laying in my inner barrels http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_2725.jpg This meant the hardware holding my three-piece wheels together had sheared the heads off and my wheels were merely held together by the silicone seal. I decided it simply wasn't safe to continue on so on went my Porsche spare to limp the car the last 40 miles to the showgrounds. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_3492.jpg Got the spare on and made it to the show and a bunch of people got pictures of the car with the spare on, but I didn't really care.. I just came to hang out with friends and ended up pretty drunk lol. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0171.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_8252.jpg Spent the night in Louisville and then decided to head back in the morning after we grabbed breakfast to cure the hangovers from the night before. Would you believe it, 45 minutes outside of Louisville I started hearing the same PING noise again. Yes, this was the OTHER wheel starting to do the same thing. This time I lost all the air in the tire and had to pull over. So, I was basically stranded 3 hours from home on the side of the road with one spare already on the car, and another flat... I was SOL. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0366.jpg I made a couple calls and posted a couple things on the internet looking for anyone with a spare with good tire I could borrow nearby, but nobody was around that could help with a 5x130 wheel. Basically, my dad and brother had to come from Columbus with my two full sized spare wheels to put on the car.... that's love. Can't thank them enough because I would've been sitting on the side of the road for even longer than the 3 hours it took them to make their way down. So, while I'm on the side of the road being pissed off, I receive a text from Brian at Rotiform, who built my wheels, and expressed his concern with my problem and immediately said that he would be sending me two new barrels and all new hardware before I could even ask. In no way could I blame Rotiform for what had happened to me on my trip and it really wasn't his problem at all, but he took initiative by sending me all new parts, free of charge. I couldn't believe he would do something so nice; this was a huge eye opener to me that there still good people out there. This is REAL customer service and I can't thank Brian enough at this point. A few days later I received all of my replacement items, just as he promised, and began disassembling and reassembling my new wheels to get the car back on the road. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_4850.jpg Sheared off hardware http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0096.jpg Resealed and back together http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_1700.jpg TL;DR - Went to car show, both rear wheels had hardware failure in the same trip, company went above and beyond and sent me new parts free of charge. Amazing customer service that shouldn't go without recognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Okay so an update on things: The weekend of March 22nd I was headed down to Louisville, KY for a show they call Water By the Bridge to hang out with friends and etc.. This was kinda the maiden voyage for the car as it really hadn't made any trips of extended periods of time so I was carefully prepping the car for any possible scenario on the way down. Anyhow, the trip went smooth until the third hour into the trip and maybe 40 miles out from Louisville. I started hearing what I thought were rocks being kicked up from the road, but it was just an odd and random PING noise that I would hear on occasion and didn't think much of it until I started noticing a vibration. My first thought was maybe the lug nuts had worked themselves loose, so I pulled over on the side of the road and checked all the lug nuts, which were all tight, and thought about what else might cause something like that noise. I decided to get down and inspect the wheels further and lo and behold, I find these laying in my inner barrels http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_2725.jpg This meant the hardware holding my three-piece wheels together had sheared the heads off and my wheels were merely held together by the silicone seal. I decided it simply wasn't safe to continue on so on went my Porsche spare to limp the car the last 40 miles to the showgrounds. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_3492.jpg Got the spare on and made it to the show and a bunch of people got pictures of the car with the spare on, but I didn't really care.. I just came to hang out with friends and ended up pretty drunk lol. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0171.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_8252.jpg Spent the night in Louisville and then decided to head back in the morning after we grabbed breakfast to cure the hangovers from the night before. Would you believe it, 45 minutes outside of Louisville I started hearing the same PING noise again. Yes, this was the OTHER wheel starting to do the same thing. This time I lost all the air in the tire and had to pull over. So, I was basically stranded 3 hours from home on the side of the road with one spare already on the car, and another flat... I was SOL. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0366.jpg I made a couple calls and posted a couple things on the internet looking for anyone with a spare with good tire I could borrow nearby, but nobody was around that could help with a 5x130 wheel. Basically, my dad and brother had to come from Columbus with my two full sized spare wheels to put on the car.... that's love. Can't thank them enough because I would've been sitting on the side of the road for even longer than the 3 hours it took them to make their way down. So, while I'm on the side of the road being pissed off, I receive a text from Brian at Rotiform, who built my wheels, and expressed his concern with my problem and immediately said that he would be sending me two new barrels and all new hardware before I could even ask. In no way could I blame Rotiform for what had happened to me on my trip and it really wasn't his problem at all, but he took initiative by sending me all new parts, free of charge. I couldn't believe he would do something so nice; this was a huge eye opener to me that there still good people out there. This is REAL customer service and I can't thank Brian enough at this point. A few days later I received all of my replacement items, just as he promised, and began disassembling and reassembling my new wheels to get the car back on the road. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_4850.jpg Sheared off hardware http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0096.jpg Resealed and back together http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/eightsixgts/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_1700.jpg TL;DR - Went to car show, both rear wheels had hardware failure in the same trip, company went above and beyond and sent me new parts free of charge. Amazing customer service that shouldn't go without recognition. Your breaux talked about this at CC&C. Definitely props to the company! Though for $15k a set of wheels, you should get a dime that knows how to wrench to come out and reassemble the wheels....NEKKID:masturboy: I bend a $70 eBay wheel, and I don't even get an email address to bish at. :fa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Your breaux talked about this at CC&C. Definitely props to the company! Though for $15k a set of wheels, you should get a dime that knows how to wrench to come out and reassemble the wheels....NEKKID:masturboy: I bend a $70 eBay wheel, and I don't even get an email address to bish at. :fa: lol I wish, but I think at this point I learned a lesson. Regardless of what is the actual cause of this failure, I won't be relying on anyone else to build my wheels from now on. Not that I can fault Rotiform in any way, but there's always that extra piece of mind when I do something my self as opposed to letting someone else do it. If it failed after I did it, there's no one else to blame but my self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 The stamps look like 10.x but I can't help but say "they look like harbor freight value pack bolts." Glad your car and wheels are ok Farkas. Can you get a higher strength solution in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 The stamps look like 10.x but I can't help but say "they look like harbor freight value pack bolts." Glad your car and wheels are ok Farkas. Can you get a higher strength solution in there? I'm not going to disagree with you about the hardware looking like generic bolts, but I was told this was what was provided straight from BBS and I won't question it further than that. What it comes down to is that either the bolts were from a bad batch or they were simply over-torqued. 10.9 should've been plenty, IMO, but still have no real cause of the failure. Either way, I received different bolts from BBS that are said to be 12.9. We'll see how they work out, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssFo Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 If those don't work I would get some ARP bolts. Kinda pricey but it's what some of the big boy wheel companies use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Your breaux talked about this at CC&C. Definitely props to the company! Though for $15k a set of wheels, you should get a dime that knows how to wrench to come out and reassemble the wheels....NEKKID:masturboy: I bend a $70 eBay wheel, and I don't even get an email address to bish at. :fa: First time on the internet? Quoting that entire post...:dumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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