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Old Oct 11, 2006, 02:52 PM
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alright ill contact you once i get in my rims.
Old Oct 11, 2006, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by tien
Hey if any of you guy know someone who is selling 2 enkeis with tires please let me know, i been searching around alot couldnt come across it, i would get a set of 4 but right now i am a budget, i have to get these rims with tires on my car drive it to a alignment shop, have them check on the rear right passenger side to see if i have to replace my control arm(Clarence brown, in mira mesa i heard is a good place). Order a front plate, since my car didnt come with one, and i have court on the 31st of this month. so any help would be great!
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Old Oct 12, 2006, 03:28 PM
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hey rodger, i read your synopsis on auto detailing.... when you get to the "polish" part, can you do this by hand or do you need a buffer?
Old Oct 13, 2006, 12:31 AM
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So is anyone going to the meet Friday (today)?
Old Oct 13, 2006, 12:47 AM
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hmm...good question...There is no race legal today so i dunno....roger?
Old Oct 13, 2006, 04:09 PM
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Yes Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Tonite! At 7pm Be There!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old Oct 13, 2006, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by nigletsyz
hey rodger, i read your synopsis on auto detailing.... when you get to the "polish" part, can you do this by hand or do you need a buffer?
YOU CAN DO ANYONE OF THESE STEPS BY HAND. However, its just much easier with a buffer. Also when you do these with a buffer please be sure to use a clean buff pad each step for optimal results. Also dont get the heavy duty mumbo jumbo buffer just get a small light one cause its much easier to handle and get around tite spots. I cant begin to tell you how much better that is. From all my time of dealing with detailing and cleaning cars there is so much to learn. Its not just a bucket of soap and water like so many people think. A good detailer will actually use certain compounds and soaps with certain makes of vehicles. Because each manufacturers paint uses different ingredients that calls for certain compounds and soaps to be conducive to those types of paint. Most the stuff we buy from general stores are infact "general." I actually use the stuff cause its cheap and it does give decent results but to get optimal results detailers go out and buy each car manufacturers detail products and use them accordingly.

Anyways enough of my rambling. Let me know if you have any questions.
Old Oct 14, 2006, 05:15 AM
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No good try to you for trying to use the quote button haha. However, since you and I are both engineers. I was actually heading towards the aeronautical field or astrophysics field, but I received a great offer from solar turbines in the chemical field. So now I work as a chemical engineer there. My uncle however, is the head mechanical engineer for lockheed martin he heads up a program called CCTT(close combat tactical trainer) which incorporates tank, humvee, and other like simulators.
Where do you work if I may ask? Aeronautics and physics at that has always interested me. Do you work in the design field?
Ha! Anyway, I am not an "Engineer." I work in the Engineering Dept. I am a Data Analyst/Computer Specialist/Agnostic.

I work at NI. Since you like Aeronautical/Physics/Design, you would love this place because those skills are used here daily.
Old Oct 14, 2006, 06:08 PM
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ok i found 2 enkeis, now does anyone have tires? as long as they are 235/45/17r and with some thread il buy it off you, i only need two.
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Old Oct 15, 2006, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by tien
ok i found 2 enkeis, now does anyone have tires? as long as they are 235/45/17r and with some thread il buy it off you, i only need two.
I've got 5 Dunlop SP Sports with a good amount of tread left on them. They're 245/45/17r though. Wouldn't make alot of difference with size, I would just put the wider ones on the rear if you just want two of them. $45 a tire, you can pick the best ones if you want.
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would it make a big different in handling by doing this?
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Originally Posted by tien
would it make a big different in handling by doing this?
If you put different size tires front and rear, you need to be concerned about the health of your center differential. I wouldn't even drive 10 miles with that setup myself...
Old Oct 15, 2006, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by jbrennen
If you put different size tires front and rear, you need to be concerned about the health of your center differential. I wouldn't even drive 10 miles with that setup myself...
Really? I wouldn't think that having a slightly wider tire on the rear would make a difference. I could see how a larger diameter would effect the diff. What about when driving with a spare tire on?
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Upon further review you are correct about the differential. Tien, I apologize for the misinformation.


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