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Old 08-12-2009, 03:54 PM   #1
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Definition section - with terms commonly used in the technical area

I read through the wheels section and often think "WTF are they talking about?"

Terms such as offset, spacers, etc. I know you can google about and find what these terms mean, but I think it would help fellow n00bs be able to pick up the lingo more quickly. I hang around hipointfirearmsforums.com a lot and we have a section over there for acronyms and definitions of firearms related terminology for the n00bs and it does help a lot. I think it would be a good addition, what do you guys think?
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Old 08-13-2009, 02:16 PM   #2
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lol I've tried getting a thread stickied with acronyms in it but it never gets stickied.... :(



I'll link it here for you though


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Old 08-13-2009, 02:18 PM   #3
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Old 08-13-2009, 04:49 PM   #4
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Old 08-13-2009, 05:24 PM   #5
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That helps a lot. I finally know what JDM means lol. I still think it would still be good to have a definition for a lot of the real words though lol. I finally figured out what a spacer is, but I still can't figure out what offset is :(
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Old 08-13-2009, 10:08 PM   #6
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That helps a lot. I finally know what JDM means lol. I still think it would still be good to have a definition for a lot of the real words though lol. I finally figured out what a spacer is, but I still can't figure out what offset is :(
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wheel+offset
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Old 08-13-2009, 11:03 PM   #7
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....I seriously cannot believe I, nor anyone else thought to add those....


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Old 08-13-2009, 11:28 PM   #8
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Old 08-14-2009, 11:17 AM   #9
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Yeah I did that already. Unfortunately I don't have a freaking masters degree in engineering so I have no idea what those results are talking about. A simple answer is all I'm looking for, I don't need to know the quantum physics behind it.
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Old 08-14-2009, 11:29 AM   #10
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.....offset refers to how far away from the hub the wheels face is sitting. that's the loosest term I can give you.

the more positive the offset the farther out the wheel sticks from the hub, more negative, the farther in the wheel will sit when on the hub.
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Old 08-14-2009, 11:48 AM   #11
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See that was easy enough haha.
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Excuse Tamago the smart ass is part of him
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See that was easy enough haha.
Glad you understand now
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Old 08-14-2009, 02:08 PM   #14
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Yep, hopefully one day I'll know enough about vehicles to be able to carry on a conversation with car people haha.

Oh and I understand...everyone is a bit of an educated donkey at some point or another :P
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Old 08-14-2009, 06:01 PM   #15
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See that was easy enough haha.
quantum physics..


also known as reading apparently..
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Old 08-14-2009, 09:01 PM   #16
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...where's the deadpan icon.....
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i thought it was rocket surgery not phsyics...
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Old 08-17-2009, 11:56 AM   #18
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quantum physics..


also known as reading apparently..
Well sir, since you are apparently smarter than everyone else on the planet it's obviously not a problem for you. Other than firearms, computers, and game consoles, I really have no idea about anything else; thus I need a simpler explanation than all the details from the articles on Google that I don't understand at all.

Thanks to those of you who remember what it's like not to know everything.
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