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Connectivity is a challenging area in SSIS to get central information on. This is largely due to the business model Microsoft has around connectivity, in which the connectivity options are not centrally owned and managed. This, along with SSIS extensibility story, through which partners and other 3rd party developers can constantly enrich the connectivity options and capabilities, creates a rather organic connectivity landscape.
This wik website is a place for our partners and customers to share information about connectivity with SSIS. The Microsoft SSIS development team created this wik and seeded some original content, but we look to the community to continue to make it grow and be useful. Please share your experience and feedback with others.
(As a consequence of this open policy, Microsoft cannot take responsibility for any content on this site.)
Microsoft released high-performance Connectors to Oracle and Teradata on October 1, 2008. Here is a link to the download site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D9CB21FE-32E9-4D34-A381-6F9231D84F1E&displaylang=en
Oracle CDC for SSIS by Attunity in public beta
It provides a complete solution for streaming changes from Oracle into SSIS, efficiently and in real-time. More information and instructions for downloading the beta can be found here.
David Browne provided us a sample data flow destination to bulk load Oracle using Oracle's ODP.NET data provider.
Microsoft has added new connectors for SQL 2008:
See the new FAQ section: http://ssis.wik.is/FAQ for more information on these connectors.
SQLServerCentral.com has posted an article and term paper entitled How to Choose the Best Connectors for SSIS that contains a helpful checklist of features to consider when deciding what connectors to use Pool Covers.
If you are looking at more than 100 times faster Oracle bulk write connector (to load data into Oracle) visit us at http://www.persistentsys.com/products/ssisoracleconn/ssisoracleconn.htmor write to ssisconnectors<AT>persistent.co.in . We also have other connectors in development for other data sources so please do get in touch with us.
In less than 30 minutes you can Develop, Deploy, and Execute SSIS packages for non-SQL Server Databases by watching this prerecorded webcast from DataDirect. Includes a step-by-step demo of true 64-bit SSIS package execution to databases such as Sybase, Oracle, Otimização de Sites, Iluminação, Relogio de Ponto, Acompanhantes, Grafica and Barcos and DB2.
ETI releases new White Paper on ETI High Performance Connectivity for MST SQL Server 2005 and SSIS.
ETI in conjunction with Dan Lindstedt, an industry analyst, held a Webcast on June 12th focused on SSIS and ETI High Performance Connectivity. The on-demand version is now available.
DataDirect has announced the availability of Connect64 for SSIS, which provides 64-bit OLE DB connectivity to Sybase, Oracle, and DB2.
Microsoft has just released SSIS Guided Tours, which provide an overview of the key functionality.
The new connectivity white paper is now officially available, click hereto download.
There's a new article from Deniz Erkan on Office 2007 Connectivity.
Bob Beauchemin provided us a sample package to connect to Excel 2007.
ETI has a new separate page for connectivity offerings for SSIS.
Connectors for SSIS - Persistenthas put together a list of options for SSIS connectivity.
Star Analytics has provided information about migrating or using Hyperion applications with SSIS
CozyRoc has implemented bulk-load destination adaptors for Oracle, DB2 and Informix. It provides also connectivity to SFTP servers and Amazon S3 service.
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Overview: Allied Universal, a leading facility services company and the largest security force in North America with over 150,000 employees, provides unparalleled security services and solutions. With headquarters in Santa Ana, Calif., and Conshohocken, Pa., Allied Universal combines people and technology to deliver evolving, tailored solutions that allow our clients to focus on their core business. An unrelenting focus on clients' success creates partnerships rooted in quality and value, and is supported by experience gained from being in business for over 50 years. Through our people and leading services, systems and solutions...Allied Universal is there for you.
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Todd Thompson, one of Ohio's best-known tournament anglers and former OBFN youth director, began receiving phone calls from Levin after the two met at Hoover Lake. Levin quizzed Thompson about baits, techniques and everything about bass fishing the youngster could put in question form. Soon, Levin not only had Thompson on the phone every night, the two were sharing time on the water.
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Headlining the card will be undefeated Upper Marlboro, MD heavyweight Duane Mobley in a six-round rematch against Norfolk, VA's Dennis Benson. Mobley (5-0, four KO's) is coming off a second-round knockout of Dave Fleming on September 22 in Millersville, MD. The win was Mobley's fourth straight knockout win. Mobley defeated Benson in his pro debut via four-round unanimous decision on February 11 in Fairfax, VA. Benson (1-3, one KO) will be trying to break a three-bout losing streak.
In another heavyweight contest, Newport News, VA's Jerry "Slug" Forrest will take on Capitol Heights, MD heavyweight Wayne "Hammerhead" Hampton in a four-round contest. Forrest, made a successful pro debut in his last outing with a first-round TKO over Keon Graham on August 4 in Washington, DC. Hampton (5-6, three KO's) has fought sporadically over the last three years, competing just once since 2009. That last contest saw Hampton lose by third-round TKO to Patrick Ferrell on August 18 in Atlantic City, NJ.
Undefeated White Plains, MD lightweight Terron "The Kid" Grant faces Stephan Alexander of Norfolk in a four-round contest. Grant (3-0, two KO's) scored a first-round knockout over Devirous Sanders on August 4 in DC. The win was Grant's second straight first-round knockout victory. Alexander (4-4, four KO's) has lost two straight and four of his last five.
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Re: chi square value after FindFit
On 3/11/05 at 4:20 AM, laurent.feuz at mat.ethz.ch (Laurent Feuz)
>Hi After fitting datapoints with a formula and getting the values
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>Any hint if this is possible?
Certainly, it is possible. But with FindFit you will have to create the functions to do the computation since outputing additional statistics is not supported in FindFit.
OTOH, the standard statistics packages supplied with Mathematica are already designed to do exactly this.
If you are doing a linear regression problem, then load the package Statistics`LinearRegression` and use the function Regress. The default output provides measures of the goodness of fit.
For a non-linear problem, load the package Statistics`NonLinearFit` and use the function NonlinearRegress to get similar measures of the goodness of fit.
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Dear General Motors:
I have thought long and hard on this letter that I am sure will fall on deaf ears. You see, in my estimation, that is one thing that Gm does not do well, listen. They dont listen to their customers and they dont, evidently listen to their dealers.
I was prompted to go ahead and write this letter because this week, once again I was in a GM rental car, this time a beautiful bright red Monte Carlo that I was somewhat impressed with . Until I was smoked by a Honda Accord. No Guts in the go-fast department. Listed below are some of my completely unsolicited reports and thought on GMs non-listening:
Gm, please remember that when I refer to You Promised what I am referring to was things that were reported in the trade and enthusiast magazines on the direction GM was taking. I understand they dont always have good information.
Monte Carlo: I will start with this because it is fresh on my mind. Great car, wins a lot of races out there in the real world. Do you honestly believe people wont notice the difference between what Little E is driving and what you want them to buy? Give it at least a little muscle. You came up with a decent supercharged motor for the Impala, dump it in the MC. Or better yet, everyone wants rear drive, give it to them. I know you remember how, the GTO proved that. (More about that later) A shame. Best looking new sedan on the road, the least guts.
SSR: You teased us for years. You promised us a sporty mid size retro truck that would act somewhat like a truck, and still run great. For a price Joe average could afford. What you delivered and we got was a gee I want a Corvette pretty that although it will run, it has yet to have the first short block carried in the tail end, and just in case you are wondering why you cant sell them, look at the $45,000.00 price tag. Seeing as you made this a non functional, second vehicle kind of rig, only the elite ritzy can afford them. And for 5 grand more, they can have a Vette. Looks very retro, though. Of course Chrysler does retro great (PT) for 20G. Then when Chryslers customers complained PT wouldnt run good, they threw in a Turbo. For 25K, it gets it. Chrysler gets it. Why cant you?
Silverado SS: I think the only two things you did right here were 1) use a Chevy truck, and 2) the graphics package. Nice and understated, not in your face I can only assume you were after some of the Ford Lightning business when you did this. I say assume because this thing is so much different, no one can tell. Lets run it down: Ford Lightning; agile, cool, light on its feet, faster than stink, and oh yeah, cheap, lets dont forget cheap. Silverado SS: big, heavy, underpowered (compared to Ford or Chrysler), 4WHEEL Drive (what the hell is that about????) EXPENSIVE! My god, guys, is 45K all you know? Try this: Regular cab, short wheelbase (option the extended cab) with leather, lowered 2 overall, 6 liter motor with Magnacharger, real dual exhaust, 18 wheels and sticky tires. Bose stereo system and CD Changer (more on this later). Dont want to Magnacharger? Give us some 8.2 muscle. And if you really want to have a problem making enough to satisfy everyone, put real American Racing SST wheels on them from the factory. I will remind you of what happened when Ford made a Harley truck. Dodge has the power but not the looks. Only Chevy has that, now. Oh yeah, sell it for just what its worth, not what you can get. (Im thinking about 32K).
The something else about the radio equipment: the last three trucks I bought from GM all came with single play CDs and Cassette players, with no option of a CD changer. I remember cassettes, werent they a small upgrade from an 8-track? WAKE UP GM !! PEOPLE WANT PREMIUM RADIOS WITH CD CHANGERS !!!! and not just on high end cars.
GTO: Ill keep this simple: Take a Holden, put it on a boat, and double the price. Please, get rid of it, use the money you save to change the Grand Prix to RWD. Give it the same drive train that I suggested for the Monte Carlo. Or better yet, one of those bent-8 things.
Cavalier: just in case you werent listening, people liked the unpretentious Cavalier, and they were easy to sell. Cobalt? Whats that about? Trying to see how ugly you can make a 4-door? The 2 door isnt too bad, but compete with Accord? Think again, you are setting your self up to fail terribly.
Lets count it down:
Mopar: Viper, 300C, Magnum, SRT10 Truck, SRT4 Neon, Hemi motored trucks Retro styled Bumble Bee stripped trucks, Promises of things to come
Ford: Mustang, Mustang Convert, Crown Vic (Hey, its cheap, big, plush, RWD), SVT, Harley trucks. New Lightning next year, GT, Cobra Mustangs, HOT, Hot, more on the way.
GM: .. ???????? oh yes, ZO6 or XLR if you can get one and got 75 - 100K to spend.
The US automobile buying public likes performance, and Chrysler and Ford are giving it to them. GM needs to be more receptive to the consumer or be happy with loosing sales. There is something wrong with someones thinking when if you want a hot GM car, you have to buy a Cadillac. Can you say CTS-V??
Ditto. Gm has their heads way up thei collective ***!
Great Post!
Thanks for posting that.
I agree also, I dunno where GM`s head is, but it ain`t on there shoulders.
The new corvette looks like a Dodge Viper, I seen one at the dealership and the salesman goes "nice car huh?" I shook my head and said "ugliest corvette I ever seen" where`s the classic hide away headlights? the rear looks like it was pushed in, the car really has no rear at all, the interior looks cheap like a cavalier, the hood lines look identical to a Viper, GM has been in the game too long to be coping other companies. The Colorado has got to be the ugliest truck I ever seen, what`s with the lines above the tires? it looks retarded, the front end is butt ugly, headlights on the bottom? WTH? the truck looks like a plucked chicken. No Camaro Z28, No Firebird Trans Am, and GM wonders where it`s sales went to, what do they offer in a sporty performance vehicle affordable to the average joe? nothing. Why does the bowtie go all the way across the grill on the pickups? looks completely stupid, the bow tie should be a different color so it stands out and doesn`t look like it`s apart of the rest of the grill, why does the caddy SUV`s have a identical grille to chevy pickups with just the logos changed? No more classic small blocks, now they give us all this "LS" "4800" and "5300" crap that nobody fools with because they either can`t afford to or they don`t want to fool with a engine that looks like it was ran through a trash compactor first. I said some years ago "the car company that listens to it`s customers will reign" GM isn`t listening, and they wonder why there in such bad shape, any company that sells to the public should see, the public will make you or break you because they are who keeps you in buisness. When a company has nothing to offer the public but ugly vehicles with a high price tag and nothing else I wouldn`t expect them to sell, when you offer nothing you get nothing. Lastly a Open note to all car companies, stop making vehicles that look like they should fly, we might be avanced in electronics, but cars don`t fly yet, and "Back To The Future" was just a movie.
Amen to all of the above. My '93 SHOULD have been my last newer Chevy truck. Instead, I bought a '97 to replace it. I should have gone older, not newer. This thing is so cheaply made and so loaded with bells and whistles that it makes me sick to drive it. Rest your arms on a new Silverado hood. The newfound hood dimples are yet another sign that GM has tried to shaft the car buying public. Cheap (cough) crap marketed at roughly 5 times the real value. It's sad for me to say this, but I'm a GM guy through and through, but there's no way I'll buy anything new that they offer. As soon as I can get my '84 roadworthy, this crappy '97 is gone.
My uncle had a '76 that he traded in in '82. He traded that in for a '86, which in turn was traded for a '91. then along came his "new" '94, then a '99, and finally his '02. After the third computer failed in the '02 (in the second week of ownership), he ditched Chevrolet and bought a Nissan. He say's the quality of it is better than anything GM could offer. He says that he never should have traded off the '76. It was a slow death in quality from then till now. GM also will not sell me my next truck. Most all of their sales guys are so pushy on the "no, you really want an automatic, not a stick"; no, you need leather interior, not cloth seats....etc....that I refuse to return to a GM dealer. There, I've vented....Now I feel better.
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GM has never really been a performance minded company. They have mainly catered to the stoggy old business or family man. It has always been the "mavericks" like Duntov and Delorean that snuck the performance parts past the upper brass.
I think if GM was smaller, they would have to be more innovative and take a few more chances.
About the quality.................all the car companies are the same in that regard.
I was raised in the GM camp, but I've turned to Ford for my new vehicles. My dad always had a Chevy truck, a '71 then a '74, and finally a '78. Had to get another truck again recently, guess what? He bought a '90 Dodge. Very solid truck compared to what chevy was pumping out that year. When I went searching for a truck, I wound up with a F-150. Very solidly built truck and everything fits together without any gaps, quality job. Oh did I mention that my V6 5sp can outrun just about any of the new V8 Chebbies (I know, they've eaten my dust before!)?
A great case was when we were looking for a newer, nice car for my girlfriend. She wanted something peppy, nice looking, and affordable. I wanted it 1996 and newer so I could work on it. That pretty much X-nays most of the GM line. We had it narrowed down to a v6 Camaro or Firebird, or a Buick Regal with the 3800. Stopped at a Buick dealer to check out a regal, but their's only had the 3100, but next to it was a 1997 Cougar. With leather, power everything, sunroof, IRS, 4wheel disc brakes, & a V8 with factory dual exhaust!. Took it for a test drive and she loved it. Picked it up for $4,000 with only 85,000 miles on it! Very nice quality built ride. Quiet, everything fits nicely, looks quality. What the hell could I get from GM that is that nice?
GM's quality has taken a nose dive. Sarah had a 1989 Buick Century and that was a well built car. We got a 1994 Oldsmobile 88 after she got into her accident, and the darn thing broke in half because of the cheap steel in the bolts GM used to bolt the subframe to the body rust out. Patched it back together and sold it. Then we bought a Ford!
^^^^^^The story of GM's loss of market share^^^^^^^
Now they killed all their RWD cars but the next GTO! Azteck anyone? How GM is still in business is beyond me, they make a few good products inspite of themselves but they will be Toyota / GM before long! I think that's what they want or something.
Totally agree, just wish we could buy a Monaro(Holden GTO) for half your US pricing, they start at over 50k here. At least all our full size sedans are still rwd. If bad engineering and evil handling is the future, you can keep it.
Ditto's on that one! The heads at GM should roll from the top down. If they spend millons in the new concepts department only to come up with another orphan like the new GTO, it'll take more than another Lee Iacocca and federal money to bail them out.
I allways felt GM quit making trucks in 1988.
I disagree about the new Vette being a Viper copy. I say good riddance to the problem plagued hide away headlamps. Why should a new Vette owner be forced to buy an extended warranty so they can afford to fix the headlamps when they go out, and they will go out.
As far as the Vette looking like the Viper, who copied who? The Vette has been around a long time with it's traditional scalloped sides that the Viper copied. The new Z06 Vette will blow the doors off the much trumpeted Ford GT and the new Viper (Motor Trend) at a fraction of the cost of either. It's the best bargain going in a domestic or imported sports car, bar none.
I agree about the Chevy trucks...butt ugly with that stupid looking front end. And if they come out with the example of the Camaro I have seen they will loose their butts. They need to can their current crop of designers IMO. Dodge knows how to design a retro Challenger, why can't Chevy do the Camaro right instead of making it look like a Cadillac CTS?
GM's head is up their *** fo' sure!
I've read the hype about the new concept Camaro and the anticipation that goes with it, but really, quit talking and start building.
They really should take another look at the car though. If you look at the newer "retro" Mustangs, they really do resemble their older counterparts.
The 69 Camaro has long narrow tail lights, not oval. Also, from the cowl forward, they need to change it... ALOT! It looks hideous.
Drivetrain is another issue. Simply offer alot of the options that were available in 69. SS cars were performance oriented, throw out the weak V6 and stuff in a vette LS motor, 6 spd trans axle, IRS, and call it good.
Otherwise, this die hard chevy guy will be buying a New Challenger.
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text: Rearview Mirror: Design or Engineering- What Makes a German Car German? Share Comments Our exalted German car manufacturers have wreaked havoc on their loyal subjects lately. From Wolfsburg to Munich, a new generation of stylists has challenged the established ideas of German design. The latest round of new models from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Volkswagen are leaving evolution at the door in favor of bold, sometimes radical new statements, intended to establish unique brand identities for their respective brands. Problem is, this new "design language" isn't spoken by most long-time enthusiasts. In fact, it's the brand-loyalists who are the most outspoken over the styling of any of these new models. You need look no further than the recently released pictures of the next-generation Jetta as an example. Within a day of its unveiling on this site, it had been cursed as the twin of nearly every compact to mid-size Japanese sedan available today, with Corolla, Accord, and Camry topping the list. While most of the online "critics" offered no deeper analysis of the styling, the general sentiment was that for some reason, it just doesn't look German, let alone like a proper Jetta, whatever that may be. However, the select few here who have actually seen the new Jetta in person, and the even more select who have driven it, proclaim it to be every bit a German car. This dichotomy raises the question of what make a German car truly German in character. Is it the look of the car, or the way it works? On the one hand, we are visual creatures, relying primarily on our sense of sight to make major decisions in our daily lives; critical decisions such as whether or not to cross the street, and less critical but important decisions like what car to buy. For years many carmakers have used dramatic lines and flashy chrome to attract buyers. But not all of us are so easily lured by shiny objects, so German cars have been valued for their no-nonsense styling, which has been heavily dictated by functional needs over design whimsy. On the other hand, we ask our cars to do a lot for us, from hauling our material possessions to protecting us in a collision. Some of us even expect them to be fun to drive. In all of these areas the Germans have generally come through for us. Cars like the GTI and BMW's 3 Series have proven that practicality and fun can co-exist in daily transportation. We all have our own reasons for choosing what we drive. Aside from a Saab 900, I have always owned German cars. More accurately, I've always owned Volkswagens: a string of Golfs and GTIs encompassing each and every generation to date. I can't honestly remember what intangible trait lured me into my first Rabbit some seventeen years ago, but I know what keeps me coming back. For me, it has always been primarily about the driving experience. Beyond that, it comes down to the attention to engineering detail and the functionality of their designs. My suspicion is that most of us choose German cars for the same reasons. So now we're faced with dramatically different looking cars than what we're used to. Some of the designs are accused of being to bland and generic (the Jetta V for instance), while others are just a little too bizarre to be considered German (any new BMW for example). As car enthusiasts, we are experiencing what business gurus call a "paradigm shift," or a change in the established norm. But I would argue that this shift is primarily superficial, meaning that under that new sheet metal still lie the core values of each manufacturer. 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In other words, I found the new A6 to be a genuine German car. Had I turned my head, looked the other way and simply declared it homely and ugly, I may have never discovered the true beauty of this car. Despite a wave of new styling, I believe that the Germans still know what makes their cars so great, and they are still committed to delivering what we expect. The funky-looking new BMWs are still great driving machines, the new generation of VWs are still practical and affordable, and the overstyled new Mercedes are still as solid as ever. There's an old saying about judging a book by its cover, and as enthusiasts, I think we owe our favorite carmakers a little credit. For more discussion on this story, click on the link to our discussion forums at the left.


text: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5399870/1/Legend_of_Zelda_Exoria Exoria]]'', despite its strange name, is a FanFiction based on ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' written by Sudentor with a single catch: The entire story is set in modern times, many centuries after any Zelda game. Zelda is the crown princess of Hyrule, a seemingly constitutional monarchy sharing a continent with two other modern superpowers, the Gerudo - led by Generalissimo Ganondorf - and Valent - which became completely isolationist seventeen years ago after a coup. The three nations are in a stalemate while maintaining a tentative peace. Link is a [[Main/ImprobableWeaponUser gunsword]]-wielding intelligence agent working for Hylian Joint Intelligence, who is reassigned to Zelda as an interim bodyguard after her original bodyguard was killed in a secret mission tasked to him by Joint Intelligence. Valent eventually launches a sudden offensive on both Hyrule and Gerudo without warning, and, in the face of overwhelming military strength, Zelda has little choice but to seek help from Ganondorf in hopes of repelling the invasion. Things take a turn for the worse when it's discovered that Valent is utilizing three [[GameBreaker overpowered superweapons]] that is effectively decimating Hylian and Gerudo defensive lines. With [[FiveRoundsRapid most conventional military options]] off the table, Link is sent to infiltrate enemy lines to sabotage and destroy these weapons.One of the better modern adaptations of ''Zelda'' out there, ''Exoria'' maintains close links with traditional ''Zelda'' elements despite being set in a completely different age; Link remains mostly silent and has spoken a grand total of once throughout the story, he travels with a sentient assistant on the same vein of Navi or Midna, [[ShoutOut references are made to the games themselves]], and the story finds parallels with the game formula themselves, such as the dungeon crawls and the bosses. Despite this, the story never quite loses its [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and gritty modern feel]], and has maintained a high standard of writing.As of Chapter 23 (updated October 7, 2011), ''Exoria'' has passed the 250,000 word mark, including the prologue and an omake. The author states the story is only about a quarter to a third complete.As an aside, [[OneOfUs the author seems to realize that this FanFic has its own page on TV Tropes, and makes comments about it in the author's notes from time to time]].Sadly, appears to be a DeadFic.----!!Tropes contained in ''Exoria'':* AccidentalMarriage with NakedFirstImpression: Subtly played with. It's not the first time the Hylian Link meets the Gerudo Jessica, nor is she actually naked, but she does accidentally run into him while in the middle of frantic dressing and having nothing on her upper body but a {{Sarashi}}. Jessica's remarkably shy attitude after that causes Link to suddenly be worried about the "possible complications between Gerudo cultural perceptions on modesty, romance, and responsibility".* AerithAndBob: Fairly prominent, in keeping with ''Zelda'' tradition, albeit leaning more towards "Bob," what with ''Exoria'' being more or less modern.* AmazonBrigade: The Gerudo of course. Being a nation of women its to be expected. * AxCrazy: Anansi's piloting crew is made up of Valentine war criminals. Couple that with how pissed they most likely are after [[spoiler: Link tries to blow up Anansi with them still inside]] and you're in for an [[IncrediblyLamePun explosive combination]]. * BadBoss: Major Juno of Valentine, a slave-driver if there ever was one.* BenevolentBoss: Leonore is this to Link as Director of Joint Intelligence. ''Her'' boss, Zelda, doesn't seem to like her very much, though.* BlackAndGrayMorality: While Valent has launched a massive military invasion on two nations for no immediately evident reason, it's alluded through the [[FictionalDocument Exoria Files]] that Hyrule isn't exactly a paragon of justice and virtue either.* TheCavalry: Link expected [[spoiler:Gerudo forces to be waiting to extract him from the operations area after the Anansi battle]]. He didn't expect [[spoiler:Jessica with a dozen infantry fighting vehicles armed with rockets prepared to blow the smithereens out of pursuing Valentine forces]].* TheChainsOfCommanding: Leonore has to remind Zelda of this when Zelda refuses to stay in her safe room during the Valentine invasion, willing to risk being captured by attempting to re-establish contact with her military as the nation's commander-in-chief.* ChekhovsGun: A throwaway joke about Impa's difficulties in pronouncing OLRER - the Office of Long-Range Electronic Reconnaissance - becomes vitally important in allowing Zelda to identify its director, Major General Morgan, when the verification of authentication codes are cast in doubt.* ChildSoldiers: Implied with Link; considering he's only nineteen, yet shows a great deal of competence as a Joint Intelligent agent, it only seems likely that he must've started his training ''very'' early...** Confirmed; Link was apparently taken in as part of a benevolent government welfare program to raise orphaned children to serve the state, but Joint Intelligence hijacked it early on to look for potential candidates.* CompetenceZone: Averted. While Link and Zelda - nineteen and eighteen respectively - seem to have an extremely wide range of skills for their professions despite their age, much older characters, such as Impa, Leonore, and Morgan, clearly are very good at what they do. Zelda, having inherited the kingdom at sixteen, is also portrayed realistically, showing signs of TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask (which is also lampshaded in the story).** Ganondorf and Emi, both portrayed as in their fifties, are definitely very skilled and very good at what they do.* CoolBike: Epona. MRX-402A ULATRV "Epona", a prototype fourth-generation reconnaissance hyperbike for the Hylian army.* CoolShades with SunglassesAtNight: Link wears them as part of his Joint Intelligence uniform...even at night. Later justified when it's revealed that the shades are [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual made from an optic polarizer and cuts down on contrast, making darker things brighter and brighter things darker]].* DistractedByTheSexy: Link [[BodyguardCrush is]] [[{{Bishonen}} hot]] - a fact that Zelda and Jessica realise when his [[SunglassesAtNight sunshades]] come off. Cue gawp mouths. ** This, in fact, happens to Zelda [[CrowningMomentofFunny twice]].* DoomedHometown: Hyrule City, as well as entire Hylian and Gerudo regions, falls fairly fast to the Valentine offensive.* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Justified and reconstructed. Although Zelda is the crown princess of Hyrule, she is also its effective sovereign, as her father has been in a coma for about two years now, and her mother has passed away. The Zelda of ''Exoria'' is also seemingly popular enough with the people, but is clearly irritated and impatient with the management of politics when no one outside her inner circle can see her.* {{Expy}}: Link gains a sentient AI assistant named Durandara. Her name is a shout out to [[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Durandal]], while her character and mannerisms are more akin to [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Cortana]]. Both are named after Cool Swords from [[{{PublicDomainArtifact}} French Mythology]].* EyepatchOfPower: MICO Director Emi survived a car bomb that claimed her left eye, as well as permanently damaging her throat, leaving her with a harsh voice and an eyepatch. She runs MICO rather competently, if not ruthlessly, and her backstory indicates at a lot of field experience.* FictionalDocument: The Exoria Files at the end of every chapter serves to elaborate and detail the world of ''Exoria''.* FridgeLogic: Durandara lampshades this many hours after the [[spoiler:Anansi battle]], expressing surprise that it ''roared'' at them. Bonus points for her suddenly recalling this just as Link opens a fridge for food, then apologetically [[InvokedTrope invoking]] the trope by name.* FromBadToWorse: Chapter Three in its entirety. Link and Zelda attempt to escape Hyrule City while attracting an increasing standard of firepower...** The end of Chapter Eleven. Link was [[spoiler:discovered in his infiltration just as he was about to sabotage Anansi, but manages to blow everything up anyway... Only to see Anansi rising from the flames, its piloting crew incredibly pissed off]].** More like from a little problematic to complete hell in Chapter Twenty-Six. [[spoiler:After narrowly avoiding a total clusterfuck between Link, Jessica, and their zoran supporters versus Steven and his zoran allies, Juno sparks tribal conflict anyway by choosing to launch a surprise attack on the zoran hideout seconds after the situation calms down. Bullets start flying everywhere when the Valentine forces Juno gathered bomb open the ceiling to the sewer system. This serves as an excuse for pro-Hylian and pro-Valentine zorans to start shooting each other as well, so the conflict that Veteran was trying to avoid occurs anyway.]]* FunWithAcronyms: Impa complains to Major General Morgan that she can't pronounce OLRER, which stands for Office of Long-Range Electronic Reconnaissance. Morgan responds with a bit of a TakeThat to the middle-aged Impa by joking that the office would be renamed Office of Long-Distance Electronic Reconnaissance, acronym OLDER.** OLDER becomes a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] in Chapter Seventeen.** Can't forget [[{{Miko}} MICO]], the Military Intelligence Coordination Office.* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Director Leonore is noted to be around her fifties, but still being fairly beautiful. * HeroicMime, TheQuietOne, TheSilentBob, TheVoiceless: Link rarely ever talks. He's shown to be able to speak in the prologue, but has yet to speak once after that. Surprisingly, he's shown to be very good at conveying his points via combination of body language and facial expressions, leading to rather interesting one-sided conversations. This is, obviously, adapting off the fact that Link never speaks in the ''Zelda'' games.** He also presumably spoke Valentine in front of Emi to show his linguistic capabilities, but it was an off-screen moment, as the chapter starts ''after'' he finishes, and Emi comments on his fluency.* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Juno gives this to Steven after [[spoiler:she orders Archer Two-Four, an aircraft sporting firepower equivalent to a modern-day AC-130 gunship, to unload all available ordinance on the escaping zoran vehicles in a last-ditch bid to wipe Link out. This was against protests that they had zoran allies in the area as well, and that a full-on assault from the gunship would surely wipe out ''every'' zoran in the area.]] He wasn't asking for an excuse but informs her that he'll include the remark in his report to their superiors.* ImprobableWeaponUser: Link wields a gunsword, which is effectively a longsword that can fold back up to a silenced handgun...or vice-versa. Valentine special forces do the same.** The [[FictionalDocument Exoria Files]] says that most people thought the gunsword was a stupid and unconventional weapon...until a Valentine Duchess personally led Valentine forces against Zoran crusaders in battle more than two hundred years ago, and, using a gunsword, achieved ''[[OneManArmy two hundred and thirty-two confirmed kills]]'' [[LadyOfWar her name personally]].** Taken to the logical extreme with a Southern Gerudo mercenary wielding a boomerang-kukri, which ''returns after being thrown''.* InfantImmortality: Subverted. Chapters Nine and Ten feature [[spoiler:a little girl trapped in a war zone. Link attempts to get her to safety, but she gets hit by a stray bullet and dies]]. The author mentions the trope by name in the author's notes, and says that AnyoneCanDie in the story, with the exception of PlotArmor.* LadyLand: Gerudo, for obvious reasons. Unlike canon, however, there are a small number of Gerudo men aside from Ganondorf in society. Modern science has caught up, and has not only identified chromosome anomalies as the reason behind the gender ratio, but has also begun to use gene manipulation to correct this. The women in power are shown to be no more benevolent or tyrannical as leaders in other countries.* LadyOfWar: Alexandria, a former Valentine special forces officer turned intelligence major, is still deadly with her gunsword despite now largely working a desk job, and can take on small Hylian squads by herself. May be a bit of a BloodKnight, feeling "exhilarated" from her kills, although her strong sense of soldierly conduct seems to temper that.* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: The author's justification towards the complaint that practically every "NPC" has a name; giving every character detail makes it more difficult for readers to figure out who's a Chekhov's Gunman, and who will be important to the plot later.* LightningBruiser: Anansi promptly kicks the laws of physics in the nads and tell them to go to Hell. It is a 20-something meters tall spider tank that can achieve speeds of 300 kilometers per hour and can ''jump''. After discovering about the latter, [[LampshadeHanging Link thinks it's just not fair]].* LonersAreFreaks: Subverted. Juno tries to subtly paint Alexandria this way to Steven, as Alexandria actively turns down offers to work together because she works "faster on my own". However, Alexandria is shown to have friends with favors to call in despite her lone wolf work ethic, while Juno's idea of "working together" seems to revolve around being a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]].* MacrossMissileMassacre: Justified; the spider mecha firing two dozen missiles was large enough to carry them, and they travel in arcs because they're top-attack anti-tank missiles meant to hit the upper portion of tanks, where they're less well-armored.* MeaningfulName: The title ''Exoria''; the author explains that it's from the Latin word "exorior", which roughly translates to "to rise, to come forth, to advance". The author has hinted that this is a sign that the FanFic is connected to Zelda canon somehow.** Also, the name of the spider tank is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi Anansi]].* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Averted; with the Gerudo military and the country in general being mostly female, female casualties come in ''scores''. The Valentine military seems pretty gender-balanced, so there are plenty of female deaths on their side as well. There's also [[spoiler:Lily, who is female and the only civilian to die on-screen so far]].* [[{{Miko}} MICO]] - Gerudo's military intelligence arm, the Military Intelligence Coordination Office, or "[[FunWithAcronyms MICO]]" for short. The formal uniform of this mostly-women organization consists of white robes on the upper body and red robes on the lower body. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything* MuggingTheMonster: Twice in the same chapter; trying to mug either Alexandria or the boomerang girl is ''not'' recommended.* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Jessica has achieved the rank of major in MICO at a young age due to her family being nobility and the governing family of one of Gerudo's provinces. Many in MICO and the Gerudo military who know about this give her a hard time about it, seeing her as taking a cheap shortcut. ** It's more likely that they think her success is due to her family, and the ire toward her is due to the shortcut issue than her gender. It brings about less FridgeLogic than if one assumes it's a gender issue.** In a gender-inversion, Steven is a major in Valentine military intelligence who got his rank because his father is a three-star general in the army; he's aware of this enough to attempt to learn from his more competent and experienced colleagues, Alexandria and Juno, who are female.* NoodleIncident: Real life example: Judging by the reviews left for the fic, the author pulled an April Fool's Day joke by putting up a faux Chapter Ten completely based on humor, then pulled it off within a few days. He has noted that it's "too bad" for those who missed it, so some of us may only guess, but the reviews seem to hint at [[spoiler:cuccos and GenderBender]].** The April Fool's Chapter was reposted as "Omake Two" afterwards.* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The Hylian Senate is implied to be a collection of this.* OldRetainer with ParentalSubstitute: Impa, Zelda's chief of staff, has helped raised Zelda since she was born, and still provides motherly advice along with political ones for her princess.** Emi may be this to Ganondorf.* OhCrap: An epic one at the end of Chapter Eleven. "Run"? More like ''GET OUT OF THERE, DUDE! YA GONNA DIE!''** MassOhCrap: Occurs during the zoran gathering [[spoiler:and Link and Jessica run into Valentine Major Steven. They have their own moment when all three pull their guns out, and this triggers tension between two factions of zorans (some who support the Hylians and some who really don't want to mess with Valent). They raise their guns in response to thinking that the other side is about to blow them away.]] [[FromBadToWorse Then another one is triggered]] when [[spoiler:Major Juno decides to assault their meeting place in hopes of finding Link, which causes ''everyone'' to start shooting.]]* {{Omake}}: With the aptly named "Omake One", a LowerDeckEpisode featuring Gerudo paratroopers participating in a military counterattack, in contrast to Link's infiltration missions in the style of VideoGame/MetalGearSolid.* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Veteran and Driver, Link and Jessica's zoran allies. Justified in that no zorans have given their name in the story, so Link has decided to nickname their allies to make it easier to remember them. Also serves as an easier shorthand for the author, who up to the point Link decides their nicknames had to keep referring to Link's memory.* OutrunTheFireball: After [[spoiler:severely damaging Anansi]], Link has to flee to not be caught up in the ensuing [[spoiler:energy reaction]].* ParentalAbandonment: Zelda's father, King Robin II, is left in a coma after surviving a car accident two years before the story, and is on life support. Her mother died in a ''different'' car crash; it's no wonder why Zelda has a slight phobia towards vehicles.* PerpetualFrowner: Director Emi. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though; who would be always smiling if they'd had to endure the difficulties of old age coupled with severe body damage from an bomb attack ''and'' a stressing high-ranking governmental job?* RampJump: Link does this twice on Epona. Once on a drawn drawbridge, and, before that, ''on a tree''. While ''being chased and shot at''.* RedShirtArmy: Averted - Link has only defeated Valentine soldiers in small engagements where he had the element of surprise, and his escape from Hyrule City was made possible by the fact that he wasn't looking to fight Valentine forces as much as he was simply trying to lay low and get away. The Valentine soldiers also don't make classical cliche Mook mistakes such as crashing into each other head-on on motorbikes, and make active attempts to trick Link into a misstep.** Averted after Link [[spoiler:destroys Anansi]], and Valent gets increasingly savvy. Not only have they [[spoiler:created a special investigative unit specifically tasked with tracking him down, they've implemented increased security protocols to special forces]]. When Link is put into action a second time to [[spoiler:destroy Jormungand]], his attempts at infiltration become increasing disastrous as Valentine forces catch on to almost every move he makes.* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Manee and Sira, who were also implied to be SchoolgirlLesbians. Suggested to be common and accepted in Gerudo by necessity.* RuleOfCool: The author admitted this about Anansi* {{Sarashi}}: Jessica wears one.* SerialEscalation: Link's fight with Anansi and his escape with Zelda.** Both of which the author and the characters themselves constantly lampshade.* ShoutOut: Although Link doesn't actually say it, the author noted that, in response to Zelda's coy remark that he's horrible for putting a princess on a motorcycle ride through hell, Link's exaggerated bow sarcastically (although good-naturedly) and successfully conveyed, "Well, excuse ''me'', Princess."** King Robin II, Zelda's comatose father, may be an allusion to Creator/RobinWilliams, who named his daughter Creator/ZeldaWilliams after the eponymous character.*** Robin II's affair and consequent political fiasco also closely mirrors that of Creator/BillClinton and the scandal with Monica Lewinsky** Various streets in downtown Hyrule City are named after plot elements of the Zelda games, including [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina Street]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Tetra Avenue]], and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle Boulevard]]. The National Mall also seems like it was pulled right out of Washington, D.C., albeit with much more trees.*** In Chapter 12, Epona gets TETRA navigation software. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Tetra's Trackers,]] anyone?** In Chapter 16, a Valentine officer studying damaged video recordings orders the technician to rewind the footage to [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 thirty-eight point five]].** A mention is made in the ''Exoria Files'' of a Zoran rights activist Madonna, who was assassinated by human supremacist groups in the city of ''Memphis'' in 14''68''. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Does this remind you of a certain American civil rights activist assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee]]? Also may double as MeaningfulName.** Emi is mentioned to have participated in the "Mura Siege" in her career, which led to an official investigation resulting in Emi's acquittal of all charges. It may be this troper, but the resemblance to the Waco Siege seems uncanny...** The part where Link rides a motorcycle off a Gerudo military transport plane in Chapter Nine pulls lines directly from VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3.*** As further Shout Outing to the Franchise/MetalGear series, Anansi roars just like the titular bipedal tanks, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Shagohod]].** [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare "There used to be thirty-thousand people living in Fort Regner and its township. Now, the area seemed like a ghost town."]]** Zelda would like to remind everyone that [[Film/QuantumOfSolace policy cannot be conducted on the basis of hunches and innuendo]].** From the same chapter:--> ''Durandara'': [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Who the Hell do you think I am?]]* ShownTheirWork: Everything that isn't done by magic is thoroughly researched. Sudentor writes entire paragraphs around the introduction of [[CoolBike Epona]], and even though it's far more technologically advanced then anything in real life, there's a clear description of ''how'' Link can pull off cool tricks with it.* ShrinkingViolet: Sira of Gerudo's Foxtrot Company, a paratrooper. She translates her fear into survivability, though, and is one of the company's best riflewomen.* SpiderTank: The Valentine superweapon Anansi, which bears a more then passing resemblance to Gohma.* SuperPrototype: Again, Epona.* TakeAThirdOption: Leonore wants Zelda to stay in her safe room during the Valentine invasion and wait for rescue teams to arrive. Zelda wants to [[HonorBeforeReason find her military and lead them as commander-in-chief, even if it means risking capture]]. They eventually reach a compromise; Zelda will go to Gerudo to cement an alliance with Ganondorf and command her forces from there.* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Fort Garuda, as described in chapter five. It's implied that it can stand up to anything short of a nuclear strike, and is bristling with heavy artillery.** In Chapter Twenty-Seven, [[spoiler:after the failure of ground forces and a gunship trying to narrow down and surgically destroy Link's getaway vehicle, Juno orders the gunship to unleash its whole arsenal on the entire zoran convoy. The gunship, the Valent equivalent of a modern-day AC-130 gunship, fires a 20mm chain gun, a 40 mm cannon, and 105 mm ''howitzers'' on the ground vehicles, which are no larger than armored personnel carriers and light-armored vehicles. Not only is the whole convoy devastated, the surrounding forest is lit up like a fireworks display gone horribly wrong. 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new shoes for 1991 535i e34 (rim/tire help please)
I just bought a 535i and the tires are completely bald. I want to replace them (and the rims while im at it) but i have a few questions before i do.
First off excuse me if these questions sound basic. This is my first BMW and my knowledge of cars is relatively limited to begin with.
What is the largest rim size that can fit on this vehicle without any major modifications? I've been trying to do research as best I can but different websites give me different specifications for the same vehicle. Some websites say up to 20X8.5 rims will fit but I hear tirerack.com is one of the more reliable sites as far as measurement issues and their website tells me 18X8.
In addition to rim size, If anyone has any tire size recommendations please chime in....
Im having a problem with vehicle clearance. I live in south america and a lot of the roads have poorly designed speed bumps that cause my car to bottom out quite frequently. Even when coming to a complete stop before rolling over them I still scrape the crap out of the bottom of my car so I dont believe its a matter of weak suspension either.
In theory a larger diameter tire will allow for greater vehicle clearance (though very minimal). Is this a viable option in order to get another inch or so of ground clearance?
If so, I'd like to know the largest size tire that will fit this model. If not, what else can i do to gain clearance? Is getting adjustable coil overs my only option?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to check with you experts since my research wasn't yielding the information I was hoping for.
Please feel free to drop any and all knowledge/suggestions my way. Much thanks to you all.
Im thinking of going 18x8 with 235/50/18 can anyone confirm this will fit without compromising the integrity of the car or posing and risks?
Any thoughts on the clearance issue?
Sorry to seem so ancy but im in a rush as these tires needed to be changed yesterday..
Here is a site where you can plug in differing sizes of tires and see all of the dimensions as well as compare it to other sizes visually.
Hope this helps.
Fitting 18-20 inch rims will make the ride substantially worse. When you fit a larger diameter wheel, you match it with a lower profile tire to keep the overall hieght of the wheel/tire combo near stock.
You would be much better off on the stock 15's for rough roads. Making the combo taller starts to mess with the speedo accuracy and probably starts interfering with suspension parts.
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Yeah I'm running 18's and you're ride won't improve as there is hardly any rubber to absorb any of the bumps, my advice is to slow down man.You need to go in to the speed bump at an angle letting one wheel go over at a time. Speed bumps are made for a reason, although I'd like to shoot the guy who invented them in the face. There are some around here that are more like speed "mini hills", @Snowsled have you seen the episode of top gear where they tried to destroy that Toyota Hilux?
Last edited by M540FELLA; 06-25-2012 at 10:14 AM.
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18s are generally too big to feel any comfort while driving. 17s look great, but even some 16" basketweaves off an e32 (7 series) look great too, IMHO.
Also, the larger wheel you have, the more expensive the tires are, and the more likely you are to dent/deform them due to potholes. The roads are so bad where I am, the PO of my car managed to dent one of the stock 15" wheels!
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Thanks for the quick replies
Im not too concerned about denting the rims, I drive very carefully so thats not an issue. Also, I am not looking to make the tire too low-pro because I know will worsten the ride comfort as well. I want to maintain the handling of the vehicle but I am willing to trade a slightly higher center of gravity for more clearance.
Ive decided im definitely not going bigger than 18X8 for numerous reasons but im still interested in the setup I mentioned before...
What does everyone think of running 235/50/18 tires?
I know its not a super beefy tire but its hardly low profile either. I just looked on the site from BMW LVR (thanks! very helpful) and it is 4.6 inches of sidewall which is only .7" less than the stock setup. Seems like sufficient protection for the rim (unless ur driving on goosefoot33s road, yikes!) but if anyones differs please let me know.
snowsled7 - haha I see tonnnns of hiluxs here... they seem perfect for this terrain. those videos are nuts, toyota makes great vehicles! I actually have a lifted 5.6 pathfinder sitting on 33's for the really rough roads but its just way too expensive to drive when premium gas is upwards towards $6-7 bucks a gallon (95/98 octane, no 93 here) Id like to have the beamer as a town cruiser since its already set up to run on natural gas (lower emissions and much more economical).
m54fella - I totally know what ur saying with taking the bump at an angle, but the problem is the speed bumps in some parts are about 6-8 inches high but only about 1-1.5 feet long (from front to back as your driving over it) so there isn't really any getting around it. The mini hill ones you described are no problem. But the other more aggressive ones are a different story. No matter what angle I take or how slow I go, (believe me i take sharp angles at <1mph) the fact is my car simply doesn't have the clearance to make it over without scraping. The speed bumps are too high off the ground and too shallow in length for any type of maneuvering to compensate - your car has to have the proper clearance or it WILL scrape.
Again sorry for the long post guys just trying to cover all my bases here.
So i guess now my next question goes back to whether or not 235/50-18's are a viable option.
First of all, can this car be fitted with a tire that is 27" in diameter? Secondly, Is 4.6" of sidewall enough protection for a rim, assuming im not driving like an asshole over bumps and potholes? If not, what is the recommended minimum sidewall height when driving on less than ideal roads?
I know some of you have recommended going smaller for handling and comfort reasons but I have to admit I like the aesthetics of the 18's. 19s are too big but i feel 18's look super sharp with this body style. I suppose i could rock some 17's but is it really that much of a difference in ride comfort? going from a 235/50-18 to a 235/55-17 only increases the sidewall length 0.5" up to 5.1"
I dont drive this car very aggressively, I just like having it to cruise around town with. I need to have a safe and reliable car but if I lose a little bit of handling or ride softness at the gain of clearance and aesthetics im fine with that.
Thanks again for your time and wisdom everyone. Cheers!
Last edited by drummy31; 06-25-2012 at 08:46 PM.
IMO, I wouldn't go bigger than 18's. Normally I would only go for 17's, but since M-Pars are 18", those make an exception.
Tires for 17" wheels are also cheaper.
My car has 18's, and is also lowered, so it isn't near as smooth as my touring was. But it still isn't an absurdly rough ride either.
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Last edited by Gravik; 06-26-2012 at 01:02 PM.
Gravik, you have a beautiful car, i cant believe not a single person has even posted in ur thread! if i was still in chicago id come get her off of you today.
what size tires are you runnin?
Actually what size rims also? you say 18 but what is the width? all the models i checked out from beyern were at least 8.5 inches. I really like them but i wasnt sure if they would fit on the e34 (thought 8 was the max?) so i was afraid to order...
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So I think I got lost on the part where larger wheels gives greater clearance over bumps. And the reason for that is because it's completely wrong. There is only one size diameter that fits under your fender. The larger the wheel, the less the tire to fit into that diameter.
You need OE or equivalent springs. You need the smallest size wheel at or below 17 inches. Bilstein HD shocks if you want to get more serious.
Monster trucks and tractors go over holes and bumps the size of your house. And it has jack crap to do with 18 inch spinner rims. It's all springs and all rubber and the smaller the wheel the better.
Your wheel can change diameter. Your tire can't. It's simple geometry. The radius between your axle and top fender is not altered by a wheel. It's altered by increasing the radius between the fender and axle.
Last edited by ThoreauHD; 06-27-2012 at 09:44 PM.
ThoreauHD, thanks for the reply.
technically speaking, if the fender wasn't in the way (i could get them rolled if need be and ive also been contemplating getting adjustable coilovers and raising the car 1") then say upgrading from a tire thats ~25" in diameter to a tire thats ~27" in diameter would cause the radius of the wheel to increase from ~12.5" to ~13.5. correct? (radius = diameter/2)
And while the radius of a wheel isn't always exactly congruent to the ground clearance on the vehicle, the two measurements certainly have a positive correlation (meaning if you increase/decrease one, the other will follow that direction)
This principle can be seen on many off-roading vehicles that are fitted for larger tires and gain ground clearance as a result (this additional clearance gained is a result of the wheel now holding a larger radius and thus increasing the length of matter from the axle to the ground. This is completely separate from any other modifications the vehicle might be equipped with, coilovers, body kit, lift kit etc...)
The same principle applies to my vehicle (or any vehicle for that matter) the only difference is in my case I have to overcome the problem with fender clearance.
Please correct me if im missing something. but like you said, its simple geometry - and generally speaking, a larger wheel will indeed increase the ground clearance on a vehicle.
Last edited by drummy31; 06-28-2012 at 11:16 AM.
All I have are 225/60/15 stock size tires on my 535i. All I can say is "Smooth, Fast and Quite.....................
Thanks for the response japbike.
I would definitely agree with your statement in regards to stock tires being smooth fast and quite, but recommending I stay with my current setup doesn't exactly help me with my clearance issue, which was my incentive for posting. There are specific reasons why I'm inquiring about larger wheels, feel free to read the first post of the thread for more information on my specific situation. Cheers.
No worries mate, I like them stock. I don't think the factory had vanity in mind when they built it......Cheers
Use the Tire size calculator provided BMR_LVR or this one.
You need to stay within 3% of OEM OD. Within 1 % is best if you can get in that range but when changing rims that is sometimes hard to do. It may look great but try not to exceed a 17 inch rim. You sacrifice allot with an 18 or over... And driving carefully has little to do with dents when dealing with low profile tires. You drive with an 18" or 19" on an e34, they will get dents, They may be minute' and you may not even notice till you go to get new tires mounted one day :o)))
The ones in my sig pic were 17 x 8.5 front and 17x10 rear. And she was lowered. In the winter months when I would put the OEM size BBS rims on her, the ride was twice as nice :o)))
On a side note, I recently rented a 2013 Ford TORUS. It cams from the factory with 19 inch rims. Sweet... But it still had about 5 inches of tire between the road and rim. If the car is made for that, no problem :0
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