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Originally Posted by Gdup35sedan
I figured as much. But it doesnt really matter.. all those chain tire shops like Discount, Evans, Midas, Firestone, Goodyear, etc, etc.. they know nothing when it comes to choosing the right size/offset for the wheels and tires on your car. They just type the vehicle information into the computer and the computer tells them what to sell (so obviously the people doing the computer programming are just as clueless)
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Well I will go in to discount in a bit and get it taken care of. So they will have to order me 4 more completely different wheels? I am just as clueless as them!!
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Originally Posted by ttrank
If you get anything from Discount you need to make sure and deal with their wheel guy. Seems like most shops have at least one guy who knows what he's doing when it comes to aftermarket wheels. I have a few friends who work for discount and they know more about wheels than I do! One of them has sold me my last 10 sets of wheels; 6 of those were before I knew anything about offsets, etc.
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Originally Posted by Gdup35sedan
I figured as much. But it doesnt really matter.. all those chain tire shops like Discount, Evans, Midas, Firestone, Goodyear, etc, etc.. they know nothing when it comes to choosing the right size/offset for the wheels and tires on your car. They just type the vehicle information into the computer and the computer tells them what to sell (so obviously the people doing the computer programming are just as clueless)
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Very true. Discount's computer told them I could not fit a 10" wheel in the rear of my car. This was almost 3 years ago when it was not as common and I could not find the info on here so he called the wheel company who also told him no. We ordered them, rolled my fenders and it worked perfectly. He had a great time calling the wheel company back and telling them they were wrong!
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Originally Posted by dahurt45
Well I will go in to discount in a bit and get it taken care of. So they will have to order me 4 more completely different wheels? I am just as clueless as them!!
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Yep!
They should have never let you drive off with that offset wheel on the car. If they stuck out that is a big sign that they must be the wrong size and a +20 would stick out a little.
They should have never let you drive off with that offset wheel on the car. If they stuck out that is a big sign that they must be the wrong size and a +20 would stick out a little.
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Originally Posted by ttrank
Yep!
They should have never let you drive off with that offset wheel on the car. If they stuck out that is a big sign that they must be the wrong size and a +20 would stick out a little.
They should have never let you drive off with that offset wheel on the car. If they stuck out that is a big sign that they must be the wrong size and a +20 would stick out a little.
Man, how do you guys know all this stuff! Ha damn...they definitely stuck out a little and I thought to myself that it didn't really look right...
Originally Posted by Gdup35sedan
we've both been on this forum for well over 2 years and both do alot of our own work on our cars because we're the only ones we trust!
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If it's not building a custom exhaust or in-depth motor work I would rather do it myself. In fact I wanted to do this motor build myself but there are so many risks involved and Tony at UMS is a master when it comes to builds so he will do a better job than I could.
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Originally Posted by ttrank
+1
If it's not building a custom exhaust or in-depth motor work I would rather do it myself. In fact I wanted to do this motor build myself but there are so many risks involved and Tony at UMS is a master when it comes to builds so he will do a better job than I could.
If it's not building a custom exhaust or in-depth motor work I would rather do it myself. In fact I wanted to do this motor build myself but there are so many risks involved and Tony at UMS is a master when it comes to builds so he will do a better job than I could.
messing with the internals on the motor is pretty much the only thing i wont touch on my car as well, wayyyyy too many risks, but anything else and i'm all over it!
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