Updated pics of Garfinkle's car..
Originally Posted by KX500FD
three spokes or not, that's an awesome shot....alot of time and effort went into that car
I would go bigger, and wider! 
good bye
Super Snuggles
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Originally Posted by KX500FD
that's an awesome shot...
OK hold on. I've talked trash about Garfinkle's wheels before, but now I feel obligated to defend him. I've exchanged PM's with Garfinkle, and he gave very helpful advice with reasonable justifications, without spoon-feeding me information or doing all the research for me. I respect that a lot.
I'd bet that if he had a nice set of BBS wheels nobody would be criticizing ANY part of his car. I can also appreciate that the three-spokes look good in certain shots, and he chose them because they're a little reminiscent of a rotor.
But you can't honestly compare Garfinkle's car, with tons of detail-oriented hot-rod style mods performed over years by the original owner,
... to this one, whose owner just bought parts from catalogs, had them installed by someone else, and made sure to slap on "sponsor stickers" and some trendy lemming "painted JDM" wheels that don't match anything else on the car.
Your comments are always entertaining, but I've got to defend the guy with the funky wheels this time. David Garfinkle's probably been doing this as long as you have, and seems to be a hands-on guy just like you are. He offers helpful advice on these forums, too. I'd make a comment about him not blowing up as many rotaries as you have, but I don't want to go there. The tools and knowledge base to tune the rotary safely didn't really exist at the time that you blew your motors, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually blown up more motors than you have.
-s-
I'd bet that if he had a nice set of BBS wheels nobody would be criticizing ANY part of his car. I can also appreciate that the three-spokes look good in certain shots, and he chose them because they're a little reminiscent of a rotor.
But you can't honestly compare Garfinkle's car, with tons of detail-oriented hot-rod style mods performed over years by the original owner,
... to this one, whose owner just bought parts from catalogs, had them installed by someone else, and made sure to slap on "sponsor stickers" and some trendy lemming "painted JDM" wheels that don't match anything else on the car.
Your comments are always entertaining, but I've got to defend the guy with the funky wheels this time. David Garfinkle's probably been doing this as long as you have, and seems to be a hands-on guy just like you are. He offers helpful advice on these forums, too. I'd make a comment about him not blowing up as many rotaries as you have, but I don't want to go there. The tools and knowledge base to tune the rotary safely didn't really exist at the time that you blew your motors, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually blown up more motors than you have.
-s-
Last edited by scotty305; Jan 30, 2007 at 10:49 AM.
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Originally Posted by scotty305
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Your comments are always entertaining, but I've got to defend the guy with the funky wheels this time. David Garfinkle's probably been doing this as long as you have, and seems to be a hands-on guy just like you are. He offers helpful advice on these forums, too. I'd make a comment about him not blowing up as many rotaries as you have, but I don't want to go there. The tools and knowledge base to tune the rotary safely didn't really exist at the time that you blew your motors, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually blown up more motors than you have.
Your comments are always entertaining, but I've got to defend the guy with the funky wheels this time. David Garfinkle's probably been doing this as long as you have, and seems to be a hands-on guy just like you are. He offers helpful advice on these forums, too. I'd make a comment about him not blowing up as many rotaries as you have, but I don't want to go there. The tools and knowledge base to tune the rotary safely didn't really exist at the time that you blew your motors, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually blown up more motors than you have.
Originally Posted by BigIslandSevens
the wheels are ugly. To each his own but the show DUBS are ****.
Sorry but truth hurts. And you should have expected this from the last time people posted his wheels. Trust me ..I am NOT alone in my negativity.sorry i like the car but the wheels are horid.don't mean to hurt anyones feelings
Sorry but truth hurts. And you should have expected this from the last time people posted his wheels. Trust me ..I am NOT alone in my negativity.sorry i like the car but the wheels are horid.don't mean to hurt anyones feelings
I shure as hell would.
Super Snuggles
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From: Redmond, WA
Originally Posted by scotty305
I'd bet that if he had a nice set of BBS wheels nobody would be criticizing ANY part of his car.
But you can't honestly compare Garfinkle's car ... to this one, whose owner just bought parts from catalogs, had them installed by someone else, and made sure to slap on "sponsor stickers" and some trendy lemming "painted JDM" wheels that don't match anything else on the car.
David Garfinkle's probably been doing this as long as you have, and seems to be a hands-on guy just like you are. He offers helpful advice on these forums, too.
I'd make a comment about him not blowing up as many rotaries as you have, but I don't want to go there.
The tools and knowledge base to tune the rotary safely didn't really exist at the time that you blew your motors, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's actually blown up more motors than you have.
Next.
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I really don't want this thread to devolve into a "my internet ***** is bigger than yours" mess. Jim, you've expressed your opinion and that's fine, but let's not beat a dead horse. You aren't going to convince anyone that your opinion is "right", because there's no such thing. On the other foot, everyone else can stop arguing with Jim, he's expressed an opinion, you've expressed yours. Let's move on. Thanks.
Originally Posted by rynberg
I really don't want this thread to devolve into a "my internet ***** is bigger than yours" mess. Jim, you've expressed your opinion and that's fine, but let's not beat a dead horse. You aren't going to convince anyone that your opinion is "right", because there's no such thing. On the other foot, everyone else can stop arguing with Jim, he's expressed an opinion, you've expressed yours. Let's move on. Thanks.
fart on a friends head!!!
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Originally Posted by rx slim
No, seriously.
I need to find out who is still making the intercooler ducting.
I need to find out who is still making the intercooler ducting.
oh, and i think all the e-***** jokes need to stay alive. keeps me coming back to this forum!!!
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