turbo progress - Page 11

worknprog.99 · 05-17-2009, 10:30 AM

yeah i know what your saying... i may sit on the stuff a while

Spilner521 · 05-17-2009, 04:14 PM

Yeah, you should sit on parts for awhile. You never know how situations will change, and then you wouldn't have to start over.

I'm sitting on basically an entire turbo setup for the Ecotec, minus the turbo and a few other parts. Not sure what I want to do with it all yet.

worknprog.99 · 05-17-2009, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spilner521

Yeah, you should sit on parts for awhile. You never know how situations will change, and then you wouldn't have to start over.

I'm sitting on basically an entire turbo setup for the Ecotec, minus the turbo and a few other parts. Not sure what I want to do with it all yet.

here is my logic tho.. i got this car running tip top shape and it has 74000 miles on it and i have way less invested than you guys robably think due to connections i have.. and with the economy and my personal financial crisis idk what to do....

however my buddy has a set of rims i would love to have (rims where after turbo originaly) and he wants to do an even trade for a few of my turbo parts.... should i do it?
i dont want to call it defeat but moreso mature descision making....

Spilner521 · 05-17-2009, 09:29 PM

Having less invested than the parts are worth is another reason to sit on those parts. If you have to do it all over again, you may have to pay full price for the parts you originally got for next to nothing.

It's all up to you though. If you feel you'll want to possibly turbo the car in the future, you can sit on the parts. If you think it probably won't happen, get the rims.

BlackJack · 05-18-2009, 08:57 AM

depends on your goals. I decided to go all out on performance as my priority, and cosmetics will come later when I'm happy with the way it runs and can go no further without massive breakage.

Some people are the other way around. They want it to look good first, and then make it run faster. I think this is ass backwards though, because why put all that money into the appearance first, then run the risk of ruining paint or other while you're working under the hood. Careful as we all try to be, accidents happen, and I hate to think what would happen while I was doing all that welding on the car. I know it's rims we're talking about here, but make a stand and decide which way to go. You start sinking money into appearance, and there goes your chances for performance, on your budget.

worknprog.99 · 05-18-2009, 12:21 PM

the only parts he wants for the trade is an intercooler(i have 2) and the bov.

i can sit on the rest for a while

kwhauck · 05-18-2009, 10:56 PM

that being said post pics and specs of said wheels......

worknprog.99 · 05-18-2009, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwhauck

that being said post pics and specs of said wheels......

they are adr 17's with rubber on hem 215/40/17 i think
the bolt pattern is 114.3 im pretty sure they will fit after reading posts on here about it

worknprog.99 · 05-18-2009, 11:43 PM

pic of them... i have always loved these wheels...way better in person the inside of the spokes is black

[ion] C2 · 05-18-2009, 11:46 PM

worknprog.99 · 05-18-2009, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

what? you dont like them?
i test fitted one today and i liked them....

kwhauck · 05-19-2009, 12:24 AM

i think the wheels look pretty good, i believe he is shaking his head at the car they are mounted on in the pic........215 is a little too skinny for me.......and that size is way to small for the alero.....

also how wide are the rims and what is the offset......

worknprog.99 · 05-19-2009, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwhauck

i think the wheels look pretty good, i believe he is shaking his head at the car they are mounted on in the pic........215 is a little too skinny for me.......and that size is way to small for the alero.....

yeah he has an audi now lol...
i love the wheels... they are pretty low pro its either 220 or 215

kwhauck · 05-19-2009, 12:31 AM

an audi? so he got raped on price for a rebadged vw? Anyways, it would be a 225 or 215, but like i said the size you listed is way to small.

also, what is the rim width and offset.....

[ion] C2 · 05-19-2009, 12:33 AM

I don't like the wheels. They just don't look right.. I'd have to see them on the car.

worknprog.99 · 05-19-2009, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

I don't like the wheels. They just don't look right.. I'd have to see them on the car.

whats wrong with them? they dont look too outragoues but not too plane. just what i want in a rim lol

AbHeLlRaZoR · 05-19-2009, 12:44 AM

I think those wheels would look way better on an Alero then on a Probe... I still laugh back in high school some kid's dad bought him an Audi A4 and all his friends were making a big deal out of it I can still remember the looks on there face when I said it's an over priced re badged VW then the mechanics teacher said that I wasn't lying about it.

worknprog.99 · 05-19-2009, 08:02 PM

heres a pic of the wheels i got.... i think there mad sexy lol.although look way way better in person

BlackJack · 05-19-2009, 07:18 AM

just my opinion, the smaller the rim, the taller the tire you'll need to fill up the fender wells to make it look right (instead of like a 4x4 with 13's on it). Personally, I wouldn't recommend getting attached to anything less than an 18". And really, no amount of safe lowering is going to solve the gap problem on less than an 18".

worknprog.99 · 05-19-2009, 12:01 PM

i have 16 now with very little wheel gap... if i get these wheels i probably will get new tires a little thicker...

and yes they look way better in person....

and yeah im not sure why he got an audi when he was wanting a gtp for the longest time