Stolen photo from AngryCorvair’s post in the “sightings” thread. A minute of googling tells me that this is a thing: short, fat tires with a body lift.
Stolen photo from AngryCorvair’s post in the “sightings” thread. A minute of googling tells me that this is a thing: short, fat tires with a body lift.
Steal some ATV tires and you're set. Also, you'll never get a speeding ticket because you've buried the speedo at neighborhood speeds
I won't lie--I don't hate it.
Looks like it would be fun to drive behind.
Makes sense. Lotta sandy soil. Big ass contact patches
Today I learned someting new. Same category as "Stanced" but new to me.
Wow, so the Carolina Squat, Hellaflush and Swangas have a new competitor for stupidest vehicular trend!
David S. Wallens said:... with a body lift.
They look like tractor pull trucks. Kinda.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
A couple days later I saw one of these trucks, minus its front right wheel and tire, on the left shoulder of a right-hand downhill sweeper on the H-1 Eastbound. About 1/2-mile later there was a backup on the H-1 Westbound because of an identical wheel and tire laying in the fast lane.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
Someone should tell the dude with the disabled truck that the perfect wheel is waiting only half a mile away.
What, they have pineapple on top or something?
They must replace wheel bearings with every oil change
Why bother with the mudflaps. And how often do your replace the wheelbearing being cantilevered out that far?
I was hoping this had something to do with Roland Leong.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Exactly! I love that look: wide fronts and tucked rears, with Camper-Special bed lengths. It should have been a fad by now.
David S. Wallens said:They look like tractor pull trucks. Kinda.
I was thinking the same thing
Those wheel must be ridiculously wide to stretch those tires.
I must say, I'm not a fan.
Trucks like that always seem to have bald tires. It's like they built it and now can't afford to maintain it when their soft off-road tires need to be replaced every 20k miles.
In the late '80 we used to visit the outlaws outside of Dayton, OH. Kids mostly, but econo-boxes and mini trucks had something like that; wheels with the wrong offset, making the wheels poke out. They looked like water spiders.
Oapfu said:David S. Wallens said:... with a body lift.
With all those spacers between the spring and the axle, the wheel hop on acceleration must be impressive.
In reply to stuart in mn :
It may well punch the front yoke into the transmission far enough to bottom out. That should break all kinds of interesting and necessary things.
David S. Wallens said:Stolen photo from AngryCorvair’s post in the “sightings” thread. A minute of googling tells me that this is a thing: short, fat tires with a body lift.
Weren't these a thing many years ago? Or am I just misremembering.
David S. Wallens said:They look like tractor pull trucks. Kinda.
And those mud-bogging drag buggies.
I, for one, love learning about new automotive subcultures/ways of modifying vehicles–the more outlandish, the better, IMO.
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