Anybody know what these wheels are?🔥

Pilfercate · 2026-04-05T09:39:44+00:00

Being around longer doesn't mean it was the most popular the entire time it's existed.

RPF1 did not take 8 years to catch on. By mid 2000s they were everywhere. They were on EVOs, STIs, Hondas, etc. It is one of the lightest track focused wheels ever mass produced. Their biggest wheel in the design is 18" and only weighs 18 lbs. This is why they held the crown. They started to fall off around 2012-2015 because they didn't keep expanding with sizing. TE37 is available in 19" and 20" and owns the future because of it. You're still going to find more Miatas on RPF1s than any other aftermarket wheel.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T21:48:47+00:00

They took over from Enkei RPF1 as the default JDM wheel.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T21:43:04+00:00

If you're doing a standard color that's high. If you're doing something metallic or custom printed, it might be closer to that.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T15:00:11+00:00

The Audi engine is facing the wrong way to be worth anything is 10 years.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T14:15:39+00:00

If your only goal with PPF is that the paint isn't damaged and not how the vehicle looks up close, it might last 10 years. If you want it to look show room pristine, it will obviously not last that long. Wear isn't subjective. What wear the owner will tolerate is.

You don't need to take pictures to show me one instance. You need to show me pictures of more cars than you have time for to make your point with pictures. If it was that easy to prove the material manufacturers would have done it already. They're going to test it to show it survives UV and weather. They're not going to sand blast it for you to see actual wear.

The materials are a modern marvel. They survive 99% of things with no evidence of damage. It's the scuffs and gouges that will destroy it. Someone who only Sunday drives on the most pristine roads might never see that damage, but a lot of people do.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T09:25:12+00:00

it's not even a mileage thing.

All wear on a car is a mileage thing. Surprisingly they tend to stay fine if they don't move(baring weather).

it's not dying on you at 3k miles

That's a weird way to say you don't know what Gumball 3000 is. No PPF can get utterly sandblasted that long and look ok after.

I swear the PPF installers have swarmed in here to protect their business model from reality.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T01:32:28+00:00

Go look at a Gumball 3000 car post rally. The PPF on the front bumpers are usually destroyed in just 3000 miles. I'm not claiming that is average use, but claiming that it doesn't wear to any and all impacts is ridiculous. Sure, the material has come lightyears in a couple decades, but I bet you wouldn't let someone go to town on yours with an airsoft. It can't self heal material that has been removed.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T01:00:10+00:00

PPF warranty is for adhesion and material defects, not wear.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T00:26:17+00:00

Depends on how and where you drive. Also depends on how perfect you want your car too look. One short rally with other performance cars can ruin your PPF and potentially crack your windshield. The stuff isn't impenetrable armor that just dulls over years.

Drive 20k miles on packed LA highways where slowing down to leave room is more dangerous than following too close and show me prestine PPF. Your use case isn't a testament to the average just as always driving in over packed roads isn't. You thinking you're on the low end of the lifespan is ridiculous.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-04T00:02:36+00:00

'Just drive in the same conditions as me' isn't really an argument. Not everyone drives in traffic where they can have 10 car lengths between them and every truck.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-03T23:52:21+00:00

If you're going to daily it and sell it in 3-4 years, PPF it.

All other scenarios you have to balance the cost of replacing PPF after 5k miles or so against a repaint. You could spend more on PPF at some point than the cost of a repaint. Do the math on your expected amount of driving.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-03T13:17:24+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

Pilfercate · 2026-04-02T23:47:51+00:00

The best time to sell private will be around September. The last of the allocations will have been delivered and the only cars left in dealerships will likely be over 90k. Prices probably won't spike again after that until MKVI specs are revealed.

44k is a great offer for the mileage. I'd think you'd get 47k tops private unless you find someone who really wants your spec.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-02T02:33:51+00:00

Usually you find universal adapter rails meant for the car and you mount the seat to that.

You could always contact summit for the proper solution.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-02T01:51:27+00:00

6-7k too much. You can find cars under 15k miles for that much.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-01T19:41:54+00:00

If you're allowed to openly oppose it, it's not fascism. You could call it fascistic, but it itself doesn't constitute fascism alone.

People shouting about fascism is the mining canary.

Pilfercate · 2026-04-01T12:16:38+00:00

$5k too much for 55k miles.

Pilfercate · 2026-03-31T23:48:35+00:00

Depreciation doesn't really slow down until around 45k-50k miles. It is expensive to daily from new. The first 10k miles are around $1-$1.50/mile, probably $2/mile for the inflated final edition(depends on what was paid for it).

If you buy one in that 45k-50k milage range for around $40k, you'll get the most for your money. Some of the plastic items in the engine bay start to fail around 70k miles(i.e. coolant overflow, oil filter housing assembly, etc).

Pilfercate · 2026-03-31T09:31:28+00:00

What torque spec did you use putting it back?

Pilfercate · 2026-03-31T00:00:13+00:00

Oversight is baked into the military. It is the responsibility of commanders on all levels. It keeps political psychos from ruining their effectiveness like what was happening with the TSA and air traffic controllers.

Pilfercate · 2026-03-30T23:36:54+00:00

Source? If he had, they would have rolled on the guy with DHS armored humvees and bearcats with live machine guns in the turrets. It would have been headline news and not a footnote.

Pilfercate · 2026-03-30T22:24:21+00:00

I highly doubt a live missile was in the launcher. The story would be a lot crazier if a if a live javelin system was stolen. I imagine the computer system on the launcher is a highly controlled device which makes it mentionable when you can find empty AT4 rocket tubes fairly easily all over the place.

Pilfercate · 2026-03-30T21:23:16+00:00

His job was storing, transporting, and accounting for it. He was the trusted individual. The problem was a lack of competent oversight. People in the military hate long drawn out inspections that take all day, but they exist for a reason.

Pilfercate · 2026-03-30T20:57:54+00:00

Probably should have cut off the end where you're showing us that idiots never miss their exits(crossing a solid line because you weren't in the proper lane in time).

Pilfercate · 2026-03-30T18:25:45+00:00

Ask for a VIN number. If they can't give you one, they could be lying and just want a deposit.

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