14\" Wheels on an NB8B

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Postby Li7hium » Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:56 pm

WOFTAM - Waste Of F%@^ing Time And Money

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Postby Dave » Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:58 pm

Bevan wrote:What the hell is WOFTAM?


Old Navy term I am told (although I'm sure it will equally be claimed by other areas of the armed forces...) Waste Of F*'n Time And Money.

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Oi!! No banjos around here fella!! :lol:
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Postby Li7hium » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:00 pm

Here you go Bev

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mags-for-MAZDA-M ... dZViewItem

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Postby Bevan » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:08 pm

Li7hium wrote:Enjoy!
Ooooo! Thanks Mate! I will enjoy them once I by an NC or another suitable 5 stud car... :mrgreen:
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Postby Li7hium » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:11 pm

/me goes back to sleeping....
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Postby Craig » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:48 am

Dave wrote:Oi!! No banjos around here fella!! :lol:


Yeh...just dueling idiot brothers! :P :P :lol:
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Postby Craig » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:49 am

Bevan wrote:Nice one. So is that a temp role or permanent?


Temp but may turn into a long termer! 8)
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Postby Bevan » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:34 am

Craig wrote:Temp but may turn into a long termer! 8)
You may increase your chances of that when you stink some of the others out. Image :mrgreen:

Li7hium wrote:/me goes back to sleeping....
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Postby 93_Clubman » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:48 am

racing on 14\" rims was WOFTAM. Hence, I am purchasing a set of 15\"s to go to track days with


had a look through previous posts here & in the archives, & i'm genuinely curious about the specifics of the above. some of the things previously mentioned were:

better handling;
much more grip but handling not as sweet;
higher top speed at the cost of acceleration;
maintain speedo accuracy with wider tyre, i.e. 185/60/14=>195/50/15; &
cost & availability of sizes were also factors but these seem to have changed over time.

however, from previous posts it doesn't seem quite that cut & dried & i guess, like anything, it depends on your application?
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