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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Ah, a 1/4 inch! I wonder if that's noticable... should give a little meaner stance.

I am stoked, they should arrive tomorrow, I'm tempted to have them installed tomorrow as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Old Aug 14, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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They'll sit 1/4" farther out than your stockers.
I believe a higher offset will set the rim edge IN, not out.

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp
 
Old Aug 14, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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Stock offset = 56. His offset = 50. That's 1/4" outward.
 
Old Aug 14, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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They would be at my house today, but UPS is full of IDIOTS and they can't find my damn house. I'm furious!

Apparantly they'll "deliver it tomorrow".
 
Old Aug 14, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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My apologies on the offset. I am used to a car w/ 45. You are correct hesaputz. Excuse me while I pull my head out of my ***.
 
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 03:28 AM
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They would be at my house today, but UPS is full of IDIOTS and they can't find my damn house. I'm furious!

Apparantly they'll "deliver it tomorrow".
Ah, yes! UPS is so much of teh suck! I refuse to even order things from merchants who use UPS exclusively, I'd rather pay more for an item just to get it shipped FedEx or USPS. I could go on for days about the ways they've screwed me, but I'll spare you the boredom. It just sucks because UPS is ridiculously cheap for businesses, so everyone and their mother uses them. [:@]
 
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 10:16 PM
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I've purposely tried to find some items on sites which use USPS or FedEx rather than UPS because of how bad they are. USPS is the best.

Anyways, my wheels came today (amazingly), and they are beautiful! Oh my god! I'm going to get them installed soon, it'll look so badass on my black car with tinted windows. Of course I'll post some pictures up too.
 
Old Aug 15, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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I take offense to the comments directed at UPS. My employer has not been around for 100 years because of bad practices. We set the standards and all others just follow. I'm sorry that you had a bad experience with us but I can assure you that the driver did everything necessary to get your package to you on the first try. Thinks about it, if we have to come back to deliver your package a second and third time we loose money. I can tell you that I have personally called customers (if their phone # is printed on the label) if I'm having a hard time finding a home. Remember that driver is a human like you and we are all far from perfect. With that sorry you had a bad experience, hope that you don't decide to not use us in the future because of one bad experience.
 
Old Aug 16, 2007 | 03:36 AM
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pucho, I don't mean to disparage an entire company. I'm sure that their service is fine in most places and I realize that with any company there are going to be some issues. It sounds like you provide outstanding service. Unfortunately, many people, regardless of company or line of work, do not hold themselves to such a high standard. Hopefully, I have not offended you. I do think it is the responsibility of any company to uphold their image, and UPS has failed to do that for me in three different residences in this city, thus they have lost my business.

If you ever move to Jacksonville and deliver on my route, I'd be more than happy to use UPS exclusively
 
Old Aug 16, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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It's nothing personal or deep-down...

It's just that USPS and FedEx actually find my house and UPS doesn't... so guess who I use!
 



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