Okay, so as part of The TTP Project, I found a set of chrome rims on eBay with the same bolt pattern as the truck. It's a very unusual pattern (6x5.5"), and any find is a good find. These happened to be chrome rims, all 5 (4 + spare), with 4000-mile old rubber, for $100 total. Hell yes we'll get them and make it work, you'd better believe it.

Well, they're in Colorado. Quick Mapquest shows 9h 55m trip. I agree to go, thinking "Mapquest is usually off, it should only take like 7h total". Well, as I'm agreeing to this, I'm thinking "7 hours, 7 schmours". Gone and back by dinnertime.

Well, Mapquest was right. It was definitely 9h 55m. Actually, it was much closer to 11h 55m. EACH WAY, one crucial part I neglected to notice. The only day I could go was Sunday, but this was too good of a deal to pass up. However, the disadvantage to having to pick them up Sunday was that I still had to go to work on Monday.

I left my place at 8am. I didn't get there until 5pm (MST, -1 hour from me). The tires were a lot bigger than I thought, so 4 of them got to chill in the cabin with me. Somewhere around 2am on the way back, with 360 miles still left, a massive storm hit and forced most of the cars on the road onto the side. I pressed on, and made it to a rest stop. I scooted the passenger seat back as far as it would go, but couldn't recline it (a tire was in the way). So, cold and dead-tired, I curled up in the passenger footwell and tried to nap through the storm.

At about 3:15am, I woke up suddenly, very refreshed. The rain was still in full-force, but that wasn't going to stop me. Ashley was leaving her house at about 5:15am, and I really wanted to say goodbye to her. I had been awake for 65 of the past 72 hours, and it was starting to wear on me. I reeked of sweat (no A/C), rain, failed deodorant, and tire rubber. I had a massive headache, was shaking all over, and had no appetite (despite only having Diet Coke and a few granola bars).

I missed Ashley, but managed to get one last call in to her at about 4:30am. I was still 200-some odd miles away by the time she left. I got into town at around 6:30am. I took a shower, layed down on my futon, and was out cold in a heartbeat.

My alarm went off at 10am. I got out of bed, changed into clean clothes, and went to work. I worked 12 hours that day. I didn't know what was going on, really. I felt sick, I couldn't focus on anything. But I had my chrome rims. :)


Anyway, I grabbed pictures. No captions, they should speak for themselves. I'm just trying to show you what I saw. If you can't figure out what the picture is, chances are I'm just making fun of Kansas. Enjoy!





















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Red Bull is the drink of the gods. That is all.

nice, but no pics of the rims you went to get?! Nice road trip btw, hope to see your new project come along nicely. maybe you can become the turbo experct with ashley and help jared and myself out with our turbo projects

I want to release the pics of TTP all at once. ;)

btw, I forgot one more picture:



That's the strut I think I blew. :) That's without ANYTHING in the rear (gutted trunk).

bumping the thread for all the new guys to read.

some of those pics were really good scenes.

You were bumping so other people would feel sorry for you. :twisted:

Nah. I bumped it because I was looking for it last night to show 91TSi the picture of my car squatted down.

is there anything other than the lugs that determines whether or not a rim will fit?

Not only is it the number of lugs (e.g. 4 or 5 or 6), but also the diameter of the "bolt circle" of the lugs. e.g. Miatas and ZX2's have 4 lugs on a 100 mm diameter circle, so that's called 4x100 bolt pattern.

Then there is also the offset of the wheel. Offset is basically the amount the wheel sticks out from the hub.

where can you find that information for your car, cause i dont recal seeing that kind of info on my old corsica.

Couple of options:

google search for bolt circle or bolt pattern. Several people have made cross reference lists, but you may not be able to trust them.

-or-

shop for wheels at http://www.tirerack.com. Select the model car you're interested in learning about. Pick a wheel. Look on the left side of the screen and it should say 4x100 or something similar.

Note: always use a red colored car. Because RED CARS ARE FASTER, even on the internet! :lol: