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>>17291833
Cast wheels are made by pouring hot metal into a mold, forged wheels are made by hammering a piece of metal untill it's the desired shape. You also have billet wheels, which are made by milling a solid chunk of metal (a billet) down to the desired shape.

Now, casting means you won't have grain flow (pic related), which strengthens the material. Forged pieces have great grain flow, and billet pieces have an interrupted grain flow, because those billets already had grain flow hammered into them (the billets are made by forging), and it was interrupted because of the machining.

Now, you might say that forging is always the best because it has the best grain flow - it isn't. What matters more is the specific material, design, and quality control. Some materials can only be cast, some materials are way easier to mill, so to get to the desired shape, you might be able to cast a better material, and end up with a product that's better than a half-assed forging. Quality is obvious, but milling might be one of the best options, because you've got so much design freedom - which you can exploit to make a better product.

Finally, there's cost. Castings are cheap - but difficult to engineer, because flowing metal is a bitch to predict (although modern software is getting pretty good). After you've designing your mold, it's still relatively expensive to keep making new molds. Forging is extremely expensive, because you have to design the forging dies, and they're expensive to produce (although billet forging dies are getting cheaper and cheaper). Once you have a forge set up though, you can just hammer away, making it suitable for really long production runs. Lastly, you have billet - expensive, but since you don't have any setup costs it's cheaper (for short production runs) than designing a forging die or casting mold.

>>17291880
the most helpful thing I've read on /o/ in like 3 months, thank you anon.

>>17291880
Thoughts on forged barrel but cast spokes? Example tsw or forgestar?

A diamond life is just what I need pleasure and joy forever.

I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS

Anyone have a .magnet for some eurobeat? Some of my driving roads don't have cell reception and I would like to have offline Initial D memes.

>>17290392
Kind of a dumb saying when you think about it.

>>17290392
HEROES ALWAYS GET REMEMBERED BUT YOU KNOW LEGENDS NEVER DIE

>>17290392
Apostrophe's confirmed for Legend's. Po'st apo's'trophe's.

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Interior

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Engine

>>17290195
inspect it for rust. If no rust is found, offer 4k

>>17289811
You don't really have a choice other than a big suv when you have 6 kids and all their bullish to haul around. With 300hp and a 8 speed, They're likely faster that whatever you drive.

>>17289811
>middle aged mombies taking their kids to soccer practice
I thought this stereotype died shortly after 2005.

Minivans are now a hasidic trend.

>>17289811
If you decide to buy a mini van you should have your lisence torn up at the dmv when you go to register it.

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ill take new pictures some day

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Nice OJ cruiser, OP.

Gotta clean my shit up, but it's storm season.

>>17288818
so did you buy it?

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>>17286702
Today? Nothing, it's monday, and I have a job that squeezes my brain dry.

Last thing I did in the past days was the anti-gravel protection. It was fun to have my car up on all four, and it was a sunny day, so car stuff + ice cream and beer = noisse. I also resorbed most of the dent in the passenger door.

Still on the to-do list : ICS valve, repainting both bumpers, and then I'll remove the cat, and maybe mod the intake (just for the sound, I prefer that to a full exhaust).

are you the guy with like 4 TIs?

I might fix my a/c today if i can find enough recharge cans in the garage.

Bettering my standard driving. Started learning last week.
>Going to work
>Bumper to bumper traffic
Fuk

How old are you OP? Just curious

>>17286126
Nearly 31. Was indoctrinated with Ferrari but now I do realise that real life data matter more than names

>>17286133

So now you will have to sell off your Ferrari collection

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trash

>>17285881
Well, why do you consider that way? Care to give a reason instead of just typing a word and a pic and trying to be funny?

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>>17285890
It's pre-2011 Ford trash.

>>17285099
>How many
None

>would you?

I did

>>17285099
I thought mine didn't have one for the longest time, turns out it is on the inside of the lid to the glove box.


Fucking Germans I swear.

>How many?

4 up front maybe 2 in the rear.

>Would you?

Yeah. I just tend to hold my beer in my hand anyway

>>17282613
4th gen whaddup. I'm still not sure if I like the 5th gens. They look great from the front and rear, but from the side, they look.... overweight

2000s car faces: Angry
2010s car faces: Constipated
2020s car faces: Anguished

Not sure if replying to bait but....

friend of mine just got one of these, the "off road" edition. I think they drive great and it's pretty much one of the few real SUVs left that isn't muh crossover

>>17281728
Your mom

>>17281739
My mom isn't a car.

>>17281741

She's a pretty sweet ride though.

>inb4 Americans posting landbarges to disprove you

>>17276382
Europeans are manlets, that's why.

the sedan will do alright but the model y compact crossover will PRINT money.
most people buying new cars are couples and when car buying, the wife basically pouts and bitches forever until she gets the car she wants, which is almost always a crossover or SUV

now imagine that but "oh wow TESLA makes a crossover? Oh harold we have to have it!"

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>>17275693
>t. virgin

>>17275621
>Will a car that has 500,000 pre-orders flop?

Oh ghee whiz OP we just don't know yet if its something consumers will want

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>>17269524
Current collage
>>17248602

>How does the collage work?
See pic related.

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>>17269524
Yo /hg/, any experience on eBay turbos? I'm running a stock b20. I do not care about doing a legit turbo build as i really don't plan on keeping my teg for that long anyways.

I was looking at link related: http://www.ebay.com/itm/STAGE-II-94-01-INTEGRA-DC2-B-SERIES-RAMHORN-RAM-HORN-MANIFOLD-TURBO-KIT-FULL-DIY-/180795477129?hash=item2a18400c89:g:zuQAAOSw-zxWnsnq&vxp=mtr

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>when this ricer accord slaps your civic on the ass at a con.
Has spray paint and i can fit soda can in the pipe.