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Old 01-29-07, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by herblenny
someone put huge amounts of time into it...
The same could be said for Tom Ngo's car. Does that make it any less of an eyesore?

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Yah, I have to agree. Ditch the wheels!
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Originally Posted by herblenny
three spokes or not, that's an awesome shot....alot of time and effort went into that car
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three spokes or not, that's an awesome shot....alot of time and effort went into that car
The car is sick. But the wheels I would go bigger, and wider!
Old 01-30-07, 08:03 AM
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Old 01-30-07, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by KX500FD
that's an awesome shot...
Yeah, it perfectly illustrates how goofy a 3rd gen. looks without a nose emblem, how poorly that knock-off '99-spec bumper fits, how bad painted front spoilers look, and how silly those Star Blazer airfoils look sticking out from the side of the car... but other than that...
Old 01-30-07, 10:42 AM
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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.


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Old 01-30-07, 10:52 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.
Right on Scotty!!
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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
So i take it, you're not teh type to take a free pair of Adavan Version 2's?

I shure as hell would.
Old 01-30-07, 11:14 AM
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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.
You'd be wrong. And for the record, I don't like BBS wheels either.

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.
Can't I? They're both tacky looking in my opinion. I don't care who made the parts or who installed them, because that's not the issue here. The aesthetics of the end result is.

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.
That doesn't change my opinion of his car in the slightest. Mahjik is a mod here and contributes a lot of time, and I still think the shark mouth mod on his car looks like complete ***.

I'd make a comment about him not blowing up as many rotaries as you have, but I don't want to go there.
Too late, you already did. Sneaky, sneaky...

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.
So what was your point? Ah, that's right, you don't have a point, beyond that you respect the car, tasteless mods and all, because the guy did a lot of work to get it that way.

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Old 01-30-07, 11:32 AM
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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.
Old 01-30-07, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jimlab
The same could be said for Tom Ngo's car. Does that make it any less of an eyesore?
Yeah, this thread is dead.

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Old 01-30-07, 10:07 PM
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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.
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[edit: saw rynberg's post. No more e-***** jokes.]


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Old 02-12-07, 08:34 PM
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the cars sick.....not everything is my taste but i think it flows well. if everyone had the same taste everyones car would look exactly the same...
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First of all. . .the car looks great.

Secondly. . .where can I get similar intercooler ducting into the front of the intercooler. Nicely done.
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No, seriously.

I need to find out who is still making the intercooler ducting.
Old 02-14-07, 02:21 AM
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Oh yeah, BBS went bankrupt last week... FYI
Old 02-14-07, 05:30 PM
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Oh yeah, BBS went bankrupt last week... FYI
What the F**k? Do you know why?
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Originally Posted by rx slim
No, seriously.

I need to find out who is still making the intercooler ducting.
are you talking about the aluminum shroud that covers the front of the engine bay? it isnt really a duct. . . just a cover. if you want something like that, send a pm to GARCO MOTORWORKS, and hell more than likely be able to do something about it. his son actually made it.

oh, and i think all the e-***** jokes need to stay alive. keeps me coming back to this forum!!!
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