I don't understand stance

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Hi guys,

So as the title suggests, I don't see what is the point of this stance obsession.
It looks pretty silly in my opinion, and from what I can tell it renders the car undriveable as it seems every bump will make the tires scrub.
Also certainly the stretched tires (not sure if this is part of stance) would detrimentally affect road grip.

Where did it come from?
Why do people do it?
Is this like the huge chrome wheels from a few years ago?
 
People do it cus they reckon it looks good and fills out the guards. I agree with you though, dumbest trend out. You're just asking for tyres problems and wear/tear issues.
 
Stance is the new show/*woo-hoo* spec. One person does it and it looks cool, next person tries to go bigger and better. Escalates until people are driving with 10* camber and scrapping cat eyes. It's expensive and impracticle, same way LCD screens in your engine bay is impracticle.

It will die out and the new phase will begin.
 
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Had to be said :p
 
Why? Because it looks good. Impractical? No. I drive my car everyday all day. Extreme cases are impractical ofcourse. If your saying stretched rubber is dumb because it'll pop off. Sure will. On a race car or a car being thrown around like one all the time.

Totally an opinion on style thats all just like rigby thinks 100 kilos of fibreglass makes a car unique and nice. Now that imo is impractical. Been there done it. Wont do it again.
 
Stance does look nice
And if done correctly the car is still drivable for the most part, just rough

IMO tho the best rims are 15x7/8 +30 that sit about 1cm inside the gaurd
But im performance biased so whatevs

Trending gunna trend and disagree-ers gunna dissagree
 
I will say i do think i got too much poke, +20 offset would sit way better, i wouldnt go +10 again
 
I've seen cases where it does look good, admittedly. And if the size/offset etc is just right so there is no rubbing then it's fine so long as it's to the owners taste.
But lets take the S2000 above as an example, certainly the tires rub constantly, over pebbles, corners, tiny bumps, braking etc. And what happens if there is a big bump on the road?
 
:Flame suit on:

I for one think tyre stretch looks friggin stupid and the excess camber idea. "Coz racecar" would suit the camber, "But not" is just for show pony. It almost looks like (on most cars) that the owner was too poor to buy proper tyres and had to jam a set of stockies on the rims.

As Tron said, its a phase and it will die out and be replaced with something else equally "cool".

Lucky everyone has their own ideas or this world would be boring and I wouldn't LMAO when I see it ;)
 
I agree with you about the stretched tires.
Personally I like a bit of profile and I like it when they are a bit rounded:
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Are there any signs of a new trend?
 
I've seen many many cars stanced like a boss with fat ass tyres. Man s15s and subies. Looks boss as. So stance isn't necissarily about stretch.

Tbh I love stance. I reckon it looks boss. Making a car look wide as. I love it. *fudge* practicality haha. If you want practicality (using the s2000 above) you should buy a bloody Getz and leave it stock not a 2 seater sportscar which looks mad dumped on its ass. Lancers are still practical stanced. Go a bit slower haha.
 
Speaking from a design point of view,

People find it visually appealing when cars are wider at the bottom and particualrly in the wheel base
So ur wide body fenders, poking wheels, vertex kits and fat wheels
They all play on the design trait that makes us like them

Why do a large % of people wide wider based cars more appealing?
Because it visually conveys stability, control and grounding.
Which is an instinctive desire.
 
:lol: Yeah the whole stanced scene isn't for me and I do like a nice fat tyre (cheaper on the wallet to). I'm also getting over the car being lowered, looks great but its just not as practical!

My main issue with stretching the tyres is that I wouldn't want to be the at fault party in a crash because if the tyres are fitted are miles out from whats acceptable under the industry standards/guidelines then you could potentially run into issues with the insurance company. I don't know how it goes defect-wise but I was also under the impression they followed the guidelines set by the tyre industry...

If the rims protrude from the car's wheel gaurds when stanced that'll also cause you grief with the policeman and possibly insurance, just something to keep in mind when you consider doing it...
 
Spetz said:
I agree with you about the stretched tires.
Personally I like a bit of profile and I like it when they are a bit rounded:
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Are there any signs of a new trend?
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Whats rims are these! Id love something similar, get rid of the old 17's instead of buying 4 new tyres for them
 
Jeffaz said:
a 2 seater sportscar which looks mad dumped on its ass.
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But this is the thing, can you still call that S2000 a sports car? It went from a sports car which you could drive hard and enjoy, with at least some level of practicality, to a useless ornament that may as well have a 1.5L carby engine in it, and is slower around a corner than an American pick up truck.
So, made to look mad, or destroyed as a car?


Like I said though, filling the guards, rolling them etc and getting the widest look is good and I do like it, but not to the extent that the car becomes useless


ABrouwer, they are Konig Flatout.
Rota may have copies (or similar)
 
They are all sheep. Just like when chrome dinner plates used to be in, or when steelies used to be in and white walling

It will soon faze out and flares will be in or rear up front down again lol

Dont get me wrong, i like some cars with stance but most are just rediculous and impractical, end of the day its not my car so i dont care lol
 
That s2000 wouldbe stiff as fck. so it would probs handle like mad. but thats not the point.
form > function.
 
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