Cool. So like I said earlier....these are cast wheels with 4-5 predetermined offsets and he stated what the front was. And also like I said earlier I would not expect or ask someone for the offsets they came up with on their set of custom forged or 3pc wheels. First of all because they would do me no good and 2nd because that person has gone through a good deal of work to come up with it. At the same time I don't get why people want to keep things like offsets or spacer setups a secret. I somewhat understand on full on custom modifications done to a car that someone came up with all on their own. But still in the end in this car enthusiast community we should try to help each other out where we can. Also people should not flat out copy original ideas someone else has come up with.
In the end wheel offsets and backspacing is not some black magic or voodoo. It does take some time and measuring and a little know how. Now the other stuff that Mark does with his cars is some sort of black magic. The ideas he comes up with and executes are just flat out amazing. And I can also understand what he is saying about a simple question snowballing or even worse when people ask a question about something and then when given the answer they are clueless as to what you are talking about because they have done zero research or have not even tried to educate themselves on the basics. But these are the things someone like himself is going to have to deal with unfortunately. Gotta take the good with the bad and when you are basically considered the godfather of pro touring it's inevitable.
Didn't think I was going to have to write a novel or that my post was going to turn into this. In the end like I said I can understand what you were saying to a point. All I was saying was that it didn't apply here and that you could have spent your time better elsewhere with that post or just left out about 90% of the post and still made the same point without coming off the way you did.
But no hard feelings. Take it easy.
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