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MadChemist 08-01-2014 07:18 PM

You didn't buy from getyourwheels, did you? Mine had two layers of cardboard on each side plus a thin foam layer for the face side.

cooltoy 08-01-2014 07:22 PM

There was foam too, but as you know UPS will destroy anything. They manage to destroy FI exhausts. And nobody packs it like they do.

wheee! 08-02-2014 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 2915433)
Pulled down the boxes that my father in law gave me and found these:

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You need this!

Bendpak Quickjack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUtISfh3BDA

cooltoy 08-02-2014 10:28 AM

That's pretty sweet.

wheee! 08-02-2014 10:29 AM

Fits under the amuse skirts too.... just put them on this weekend.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/02/pane9y6y.jpg

KaienZ34 08-02-2014 10:55 AM

Price.?.

aszyd 08-02-2014 11:33 AM

The 3500 LB lift is $995.00. The 5000 LB lift is $1295.00, and they include the lift motor. This is definitely on my list now.

cooltoy 08-02-2014 11:53 AM

Would you lay under them? Or still use jack stands?

dP3NGU1N 08-02-2014 01:38 PM

The sound they make as he's depressurizing and the way it buckles in the support area looks a bit scary. Not saying it's unreliable but man that would have me worried if I were underneath it.

wheee! 08-02-2014 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 2917036)
Would you lay under them? Or still use jack stands?

I would use jack stands if I went under the car. Just to be safe.


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Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N (Post 2917100)
The sound they make as he's depressurizing and the way it buckles in the support area looks a bit scary. Not saying it's unreliable but man that would have me worried if I were underneath it.

The stand is designed to hold over 4000lbs so they rate it at 3500. It will hold just fine with just the lock bars on the lift arms, but I would still use stands if I went under.... :tup:

However, for working on brakes and changing tires/wheels... it's awesome!

wheee! 08-02-2014 07:28 PM

A really nice system but you have to place it just right to miss the side skirts.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/02/ebu3y6ag.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/02/7ytydeza.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/02/a7uru9ar.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/02/gyzu3aby.jpg

kenchan 08-05-2014 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 2916529)
There was foam too, but as you know UPS will destroy anything. They manage to destroy FI exhausts. And nobody packs it like they do.

any update on your replacement wheel? should have it by now. :icon17:

wheee! 08-05-2014 11:25 AM

lol, you have obviously never ordered anything into Canada before.... :icon17:


Everything takes forever to get here as the border agents hold it forever....
My body kit hit the border in 5 days from California then I waited over a month for it to arrive in Edmonton, then another 3 weeks for them to clear it from brokerage!

cooltoy 08-05-2014 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2919992)
any update on your replacement wheel? should have it by now. :icon17:

Ya. Lol. I figure - a month. Probably depends on how fast the claim goes. They have not even picked up the damaged one yet.

I'll just drive on three wheels until then.

kenchan 08-05-2014 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by wheee! (Post 2920007)
lol, you have obviously never ordered anything into Canada before.... :icon17:


Everything takes forever to get here as the border agents hold it forever....
My body kit hit the border in 5 days from California then I waited over a month for it to arrive in Edmonton, then another 3 weeks for them to clear it from brokerage!

:wtf2: holy f-king hell...

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Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 2920011)
Ya. Lol. I figure - a month. Probably depends on how fast the claim goes. They have not even picked up the damaged one yet.

I'll just drive on three wheels until then.


:ugh2: where do you guys go to buy such patience? :ugh:

kenchan 08-05-2014 11:46 AM

hi i'd like to order a charburger and cheeze fries. :yum: imma hungry. :yum:


store: for which week sir? earliest arrival is 2months.


huh? :ugh2:

kenchan 08-05-2014 11:49 AM

should update your thread to "changing wheels this year...maybe.. or not" :ugh2:

cooltoy 08-05-2014 12:04 PM

:bowrofl::roflpuke2:

wheee! 08-05-2014 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2920028)
:wtf2: holy f-king hell...




:ugh2: where do you guys go to buy such patience? :ugh:

Now you know why our beer is so strong.... :rolleyes:

JARblue 08-05-2014 12:26 PM

Given your expertise, you should just photoshop the replacement wheel onto the car :tiphat:

kenchan 08-05-2014 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by wheee! (Post 2920115)
Now you know why our beer is so strong.... :rolleyes:

:icon18:

soxfan69 08-05-2014 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by wheee! (Post 2920115)
Now you know why our beer is so strong.... :rolleyes:

Hooray Beer 🍺🍺🍺

cooltoy 09-06-2014 03:10 PM

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Well, the place that sold me the wheels said that the process of getting UPS to pay for a new one will take a while and that I should go ahead and put the wheels on, and once they send me a new rim, they will pay for witching the tire on the new rim at a local store of my choice.

Initially I was not going to go through all the trouble of putting the rims on, then taking one off, but since I have a buyer for the stockers, I went ahead and switched to the new wheels.

The process went pretty smoothly, other then running around the neighbors looking for the proper adapter for the torques wrench. Took about 2.5 hours (probably 0.5 hours looking for the adapter). I used the hockey puck trick, which worked really well.

So here are the results. Personally, I love it.

sledchopper72 09-06-2014 03:21 PM

Lookin good homie!!!

kenchan 09-06-2014 06:39 PM

:tup:

cooltoy 09-06-2014 07:09 PM

Thank you.

GURJEEZY 09-08-2014 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 2955744)
Thank you.

Nice wheels Cooltoy, what are your specs? offsets? looks good

cooltoy 09-08-2014 09:19 PM

20x9 +32 Front
20x10.5 +25 Rear

245-35-20 Michelin Pilot SuperSport
285-30-20 Michelin Pilot SuperSport

This fitment only works well for stock height. If you are lowered, you'll need to go with lower offsets.

GURJEEZY 09-09-2014 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy (Post 2957899)
20x9 +32 Front
20x10.5 +25 Rear

245-35-20 Michelin Pilot SuperSport
285-30-20 Michelin Pilot SuperSport

This fitment only works well for stock height. If you are lowered, you'll need to go with lower offsets.

Yes I agree. I will be staying stock height as well... do you have any more angles of the fronts? On the rear i am thinking about going with +15... but 19's.. It looks like there is 10mm more room to push them out even at stock height, what do you think? I know its different seeing the car in real life opposed to a pic.

kenchan 09-09-2014 11:05 AM

if you used RE11s then the tires will be more square and look better. :D

but you wanted to go with pss, so that's your call :tup: im just not a fan of rounded sidewalls.

cooltoy 09-09-2014 11:08 AM

I appreciate that. Maybe next set.

GURJEEZY 09-09-2014 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2958472)
if you used RE11s then the tires will be more square and look better. :D

but you wanted to go with pss, so that's your call :tup: im just not a fan of rounded sidewalls.

Yes I understand.. Cooltoys rears look like they could come out a bit more dont you think? The pilots look like they are right in the middle of having rounded side walls and squared is that right?

kenchan 09-09-2014 11:14 AM

pss apparently lasts a very long time, so i heard. :icon17: hahaha
but those are great tires from wat i read. :tup:

kenchan 09-09-2014 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GURJEEZY (Post 2958489)
Yes I understand.. Cooltoys rears look like they could come out a bit more dont you think? The pilots look like they are right in the middle of having rounded side walls and squared is that right?

yep, if you're going to run pss or dw you could do up to ET15 10.5" 285/35/19.

but it's better to be conservative vs aggressive on stock ride, so cooltoy's setup is :tup: in my book. it's a matter of choice of tire used. i just happen to not like sidewalls that appear rounded/stretched too much. thus i skipped the pss.

GURJEEZY 09-09-2014 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2958490)
pss apparently lasts a very long time, so i heard. :icon17: hahaha
but those are great tires from wat i read. :tup:

Lol....

The continentals you had on your weds were more rounded than the pss.

GURJEEZY 09-09-2014 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2958500)
yep, if you're going to run pss or dw you could do up to ET15 10.5" 285/35/19.

but it's better to be conservative vs aggressive on stock ride, so cooltoy's setup is :tup: in my book. it's a matter of choice of tire used. i just happen to not like sidewalls that appear rounded/stretched too much. thus i skipped the pss.

yeah i liked how your weds look so that would be the way to go in my book with the dw.. I agree it shouldn't be any thing under+15 and +35 at stock height. And i also agree the tire make a big difference.

kenchan 09-09-2014 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GURJEEZY (Post 2958501)
Lol....

The continentals you had on your weds were more rounded than the pss.

that's right, thats why ive been telling you that i dont like the DW.

im swapping them out to RE11's next.

GURJEEZY 09-09-2014 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2958511)
that's right, thats why ive been telling you that i dont like the DW.

im swapping them out to RE11's next.

i was just making an observation that all. I like the look of rounded or squared sidewalls. I just noticed that the pss are right in the middle of re-11 and dw in regards to the side wall look...

kenchan 09-09-2014 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GURJEEZY (Post 2958509)
yeah i liked how your weds look so that would be the way to go in my book with the dw.. I agree it shouldn't be any thing under+15 and +35 at stock height. And i also agree the tire make a big difference.

it's a sporty look with the ET15 in the back with the DW.

the RE11s' will make the rear look real aggressive, which will be borderline fail for me, but for most folks it will get a dual :tup:

kenchan 09-09-2014 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by GURJEEZY (Post 2958514)
i was just making an observation that all. I like the look of rounded or squared sidewalls. I just noticed that the pss are right in the middle of re-11 and dw in regards to the side wall look...

that is a very good observation.


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