- Tayler, why did you put more terrible stickers
on that fricking' laptop?
Don't.
She embodies everything I despise.
She's slowly turning into somebody I hate.
- [Tayler] Oh my god. - She started out as
somebody I hate, and is turning into
more of somebody I hate.
- It's more of a loathing.
- It really is.
- I no longer dislike you, I loathe you.
- [Camera Man] Mic check, mic check.
- We already mic checked. - Check.
- Get ahead of the times.
- [Camera Man] I didn't hear it.
- Hey guys, what's going on?
It's Alex from Fitment Industries.
- And I'm Banker, from Fitment Industries,
Custom Offsets, Offsets Garage, Arkon Wheels.
What are the other businesses we own?
- Rugged Truck Openers. - Rugged Truck Openers.
- Banker, he is the shop guy.
He eats cereal at awkward parts of the day,
and we're going to ask him 10 questions
because he is a lifted truck guy.
Yay.
- Woohoo! - Are you ready?
- I'm excited.
- Are you super ready?
So, you know that we have a no secrets policy, here.
- Mmhmm. - Okay.
So, remember how, like when you were young,
and you'd be going down the stairs at, like, night.
Because you'd go upstairs to get
something out of the fridge--
- I lived in a ranch.
- Right, so okay, no stairs,
but let's say there were stairs.
And it was dark at night,
you didn't turn any of the lights on.
You're going down the stairs,
and you thought you were at the last stair, right?
And then you stepped down, and there was another stair.
You know how you had that mini heart attack?
How many times has that happened with you
with your lifted truck?
- None. - What?
- None, I get that--
- You've never slipped out? - No.
I'm so used to getting out of my truck
that when I get out of a car, the ground is closer,
and I have like a mini heart attack
because I jam my leg into the ground.
Because I feel like I'm gonna jump out,
and then the ground is right there.
- So, what do you own?
- I own a 2010 Chevy Silverado 1500
with a 7 1/2" Rough Country lift kit.
- A what?
- (clears throat) 7 1/2".
- What brand?
- [Banker] Rough Country.
- And what would you compare
Rough Country to in the car world?
- [Banker] Raceland's. - Dang.
- Maybe just cut coil springs.
- Awesome.
All right, continue.
- Anyway, and some 20x12s and some 35s.
- And 35s is what in millimeters?
- It depends on the aspect ratio.
- So, like if you...
- [Banker] If I had to make a metric conversion?
325 60 20?
- All right, I can do that.
So why do you prefer trucks over cars?
So why did you choose a truck over a car, I should say.
- Uh, functionality?
That's a word? - Yeah, I mean, it is.
- It is a word.
I tow stuff, and I haul stuff a lot.
- [Alex] So does it actually work since it's lifted?
- [Banker] Of course. - Because usually,
people say like when you lift your truck,
you lose functionality of towing.
- Depends on how you do it.
- And you did it right, with a 7 1/2"?
- Sure, I just have to lift things a lot higher
to get it in the bed.
- I just don't know if I believe you.
But I don't know enough about trucks
to argue with you about it.
It's kind of like when your dad would tell you something,
and you weren't sure he was right,
but you didn't have enough knowledge
to argue with him about it.
- We'll just assume I'm right.
- Okay, sure.
So, when I say,
and I've never said this before,
so I just want it to be a clear disclaimer,
and not that I've heard other people say it,
but hypothetically, if, maybe, somebody once
may have told somebody on the internet,
like, sorry about your (bleep), bro.
How do you respond to that?
- So true. - It's, just tiny, just...
- Yeah.
- Is that why you get the big truck?
- You know, that's probably some people's reason.
- I mean, I got-- - It's coincidental, for me.
- Is it?
What is your opinion on cars that are slammed to the ground?
Like, all the way on the ground.
Jarrod's car, or Lawson's car, kind of.
- [Banker] No, I like Lawson's car.
- [Alex] Okay. - Um, Lawson's car
is functional.
See, truck guys think functional.
Real truck guys think functional.
Jarrod's car?
Hideous.
Jasper's car?
Crush it. (laughs)
It's terrible.
That is the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life.
- So you're not about non-functional vehicles?
- [Banker] Correct.
- Okay, so that goes for both cars and trucks?
- Correct.
- But you have a 7 1/2" Rough Country lift
on your Chevy? - Mmhmm.
- I still feel like I wanna argue that statement,
but I don't think I'm right.
- It's capable. - Is it?
- Yeah, it's not comfortable, but it's capable.
- And your truck has a seven cylinder, right?
- [Banker] It's an eight.
- [Alex] Right, but not all eight of them work.
- Only at stop lights.
Purely coincidental to the lift kit, as well.
- Yeah, I mean, it just, it's not the same.
- It's a Chevy thing.
- So what is your dream vehicle?
- That's a tough one.
- Out of everything, everything.
- Only one? - Yep.
- It's really hard to pick one.
- I think you can do it. - See, there's this thing,
you know how I have a lifted truck?
My dream vehicle, though, is a car.
- See?
See, I was waiting. - But--
You notice how I said vehicle? I did that for a reason.
If you picked car, you're actually a car guy.
- But it's, hmm...
How do I put this?
A real car?
- Oh, domestic. - Mmhmm.
- Old school. - Very.
- Why do I see you like a Chevelle
or a Malibu kind of person?
- Yeah, along those lines.
- What is the dream vehicle?
- Again, function. - Okay.
- I really wanna build a '71, '72 Firebird.
- [Alex] Oh. - [Banker] Okay?
[Banker] Lowered, wide-bodied.
- Wide-bodied? - Like, 12--
- I didn't think I'd hear the day.
- 12 wides - Okay.
- Like, on all four corners.
- Like mini tub? - Yeah.
- And then-- - Like, I want a track car.
- --power steering? - Yeah.
- Cause 12 wides would suck. - Mmhmm.
- That would be a cool car, cool vehicle.
See, even every truck guy has a dream car.
I don't think every car guy has a dream truck.
Would you agree or disagree?
- No, I would definitely agree with that.
I'd very much.
- So, back to a non-serious question,
how many bottles of Mt. Dew do you drink a day?
- Oh, uh, what is the temperature of the day?
- Let's say it's 80 degrees, September weather.
You are outside in the shop that has
absolutely no ventilation.
Because why would we put ventilation in a brand new shop?
- Probably three.
- Three? - Mmhmm.
- [Alex] That's bad for your teeth.
- Oh, it's terrible.
It's terrible for everything.
But it's delicious. - If you had--
If you had to say one thing
to a group of car people
that were between the demographic age of 18-32,
males, over a video that would not be able
to say anything back to you,
mind you, keep it PG-13 because
we're gonna keep this video monetized,
what would you say?
- Stop.
Stop what you're doing.
Just stop doing it.
- (laughs) - Stop.
- Like, what is there to stop?
What would you stop in the car...
Bonus question: what would you stop?
What's the one thing?
You go out there, you're on Instagram,
you're checking out 4x4 Barbie,
but you're in a relationship,
so you don't check out 4x4 Barbie.
You're looking at HGTV.
You just wanna know how you're gonna build your house,
and all of a sudden you come across that car post.
The one that you hate.
What is it? - Are you, like spying on me
in my living room on Saturdays?
- No, I'm just saying everybody that's over the age of 25
that buys their first house,
HGTV is about as common at Netflix.
- That's a true story.
No, literally, it's stop doing this.
The slanty wheels, just, and the...
It's a function thing.
- [Alex] You just like function.
- It makes me so angry.
What purpose is (bleep) wheels?
Can I (bleep)?
I did.
There's this magical time
that the guys on the lighter end
of that demographic that you had pointed out will remember,
when interior modification,
and engine modifications were a thing.
Believe me, yeah, I know.
- I don't believe you.
- I'm scaring the stance kids,
but engine modifications were a thing.
Like, underglow, wheels were straight up and down.
If they didn't fit inside the car,
you just made fenders for the car to make it wider
instead of tipping them on their sides.
It was a great time.
And, um, I'm not sure what happened.
- Okay, so I have one more question.
And we might be on question 11 or 12.
I forgot how many questions.
But I'm just so-- - It's okay.
- I'm just so enthused.
Enthused is not a word.
- So-- - (laughs) I think it is.
- Would you compare Mallcrawlers,
which is a terminology for truck guys
that put a lift in their truck,
they put some 33x12 1/2's.
They do the thing.
They do negative offset, like negative 50, 70s?
Is that a thing, 44?
- They're all things.
- Yeah, okay, so they go with the negative offset,
so they're poking out like 3 1/2",
yet the only thing that they do with the truck
is take it to the mall,
and they crawl around the parking lots.
So what is the difference between, in your eyes,
a Mallcrawler, which is like what we're surrounded by
on the truck side of things, predominantly.
Nobody wants to take their forces through some mud.
And Slanty Wheel Boys
that slant their $4,000, $5,000 AG multi-piece wheels?
- Are you asking me are they the same thing?
- Yeah, and do you hate them the same?
Despise. - Ahh.
I want to say yes,
however, there are varying levels of Mallcrawlers.
There are not varying levels of Slanty Wheels.
- So you, like no cambered is allowed?
- Correct.
No camber, but also, you don't put an 8" lift on your truck,
14 wides, and 33s, and then slam the back to the ground
and leave the front-- - [Alex] Cali lean.
- [Banker] Yeah, no, don't do that.
- You're not a Cali lean boy?
- No, I like-- - Is Cali lean
like Slanty Boy for trucks? - Yes.
For trucks, yes.
That, that is-- - I'm learning so much.
So Cali lean, we'll put up...
Cali lean, and then Slanty Boys,
if they got together, what do you think
that stepchild would look like?
- Could you imagine it?
- [Banker] That, um-- - [Alex] I imagine
like a Subaru, like CrossTrek.
- With slanty wheels.
- With slanty, tilted-- - There's probably one
Somewhere out there. - --wheels like this.
That would be awesome.
With like the front end lifted up.
Oh, my god. - So, that was
10 questions for a lifted truck guy.
I feel like we just had an existential crisis.
Banker, thank you so much for partaking
in this video. - Absolutely.
- I think you did a great job.
And, on top of that, he is a truck guy,
so he also works at Custom Offsets.
If you guys didn't know, we have a truck side of things.
That's Custom Offsets.
We're Fitment Industries, on the car side.
So if there's 12 of you that do the truck stuff,
head on over to Custom Offsets if you want.
Otherwise, we will drop some links below
to check out FitmentIndustries.com.
We have wheels, tires, suspension,
all that good stuff.
And don't forget to subscribe.
Banker, would you like to say anything?
- Stop cambering your cars.
Please, for the love of God, stop doing it.
- Right, so with that being said,
everybody, if you'd like to add your slanty-cambered car...
I'm just kidding.
Okay, we're done.
Don't forget to subscribe.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries.
That's Banker, and we will see you later.