- Fitment, it's in our damn name.
There's so many different styles
from slammed, tucked, poke, flush, hella flush,
demon camber, static, bagged, I've heard it all
and even some words thrown in there
that I've never heard before.
Well, today we're going to talk about
some of the most popular styles of fitment we see
and you can decide which you like best
and maybe learn a thing or two
about one you maybe stayed away from
or you thought was stupid.
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But let's dive into this (bleep).
Let's start from the inside and work our way out.
I don't know why I just thought about this,
but did anyone else
when they ate Lunchables like the nacho one
try to conserve the cheese until the very end,
and then with the last few bites
you got these perfectly covered chips with cheese?
Or the same thing
with those pretzel and cheese stick things.
Anyone? All right.
I just wanna make sure I'm not the only,
I can't be the only one.
Speaking of that talk, tucked.
So what the (bleep) is tuck?
I think sometimes this can be looked at
as people who bought the wrong size wheels,
but I promise you this can be done right and look damn good.
A tucked setup is when you see the entire wheel, not rim,
the wheel, entire wheel and tire tucked behind the fender.
Now like I said earlier,
sometimes this is done on accident
by ordering wheels with two high of an offset
or too narrow for your car.
Don't do that, that's not what we're talking about.
Use the damn Gallery.
But when tucked is specifically gone after,
the wheel and tire just fits behind the fender.
It can look so good and is the best way
to get your car kissy kissy with the pavement.
I think that's the best part of a tucked setup.
You're literally as low as you can possibly go.
You're going to see a ton of this
with air suspension setups,
but a few of you crazy (bleep) with static setups
will occasionally do this too.
But that's kind of the nice part.
With a tucked setup,
you're typically not rubbing your tire on anything
since it's in the wheel well.
Well, that's if you do it right.
Please, for the love God,
just roll your fenders and do it the right way.
And do it before your wheels come.
Don't let your wheels roll your fenders for you.
That's how bacon's made.
Ever see some wavy, crispy fenders?
That's called bacon,
and you don't want that bacon, you want pig bacon.
It can come from your tire heating up your fender
from rubbing on it driving down the road
or not properly rolling your fenders.
Honestly, for every setup on this list,
just get your fenders rolled.
You're going to want it if you're lowering your car.
Most cars have a piece of metal coming out from the fender
that's flat that will stab your tires if not taken care of.
By applying some heat and using a roller,
you can slowly bend that flap up
so you have way more room for activities.
(soft electronic music)
But anywho, tucks can look damn good
and it's not what I specifically go for,
but you can bet your (bleep) I like seeing it done properly.
Hey, you're probably on the toilet right now,
and the perfect segue into talking about flush.
And no not because it's (bleep).
Probably one of my favorite styles of fitment,
but flush like the toilet,
Like when you go and you,
anyway this is where your tire and your wheel
sit flush with the fender.
This style of fitment is great
because you can combine function with form,
and tires are key when you're trying to pull this one off.
Well, I mean your wheel width and offset
is always important too,
but your tire size can really just put
the chef's kiss on this one.
A nice flush setup
should have a nice set of meats on the wheels
to really fill out the wheel well,
but be careful with this one.
If you're riding pretty low
you might wanna turn your coilovers
on more of the stiff side to avoid popping your fender
on a random big crater in the earth,
AKA the roads that we all drive on.
The flush setup is what I'm going for on my personal car.
I personally like the idea
of being lowered enough to still look good
but functional enough so I can cross
the Tail of The Dragon off my damn bucket list.
I still need to do it and it's driving me crazy.
Doesn't mean I don't like slammed cars
because I absolutely do,
just wanted to switch it up with this build.
Flush can look good literally on any build.
Euro, JDM, domestic, KDM, anything.
It's one of the most
universally good looking styles of fitment.
Just make sure you do it right
or you'll be tucking or poking.
We're going for flush on this one.
All right, so poke,
and I'm not talking about the weird thing
random people used to do on Facebook,
then they wanted to message you but not have a conversation
and it was just an awkward thing
and I don't know why it was ever a thing.
I'm talking about poke fitment.
Now this can be done real, real wrong.
Poke can absolutely ruin a car.
But the poke I'm referring to and I think looks good
is just a slight poke of your tire
just peeking out the fender
to give you that meaty bulldog type stance.
Yeah, that's the good stuff.
Poke fitment actually stemmed from, well, race cars,
and I mean, it, I'm not just saying that.
Race cars since the dawn of time,
whether they were on the drag strip or on the track,
they they were trying to fit the most meat on the wheel
as they possibly could.
Which would usually result
in the tire poking out a little bit.
Now, obviously everyone enjoys fast cars,
so you started to see this look
translate over to street cars.
And it wasn't just those young kids
trying to hop on the latest trend either.
Take a look at any muscle car out there nowadays.
Well, what's left to them.
Staggered setups
with the rear tires generally poking out a bit
stem from those drag cars
with big old drag radials on the back
that just filled out that wheel well and just, boom.
On the other side of it,
our boy Trey here has an STI sitting with a bit of poke
that looks really good when it's not blown up.
Now there's definitely extreme cases of poke and those,
well, those just aren't my cup of cake.
My mom used to say that
and I always had to tell her it was cup of tea.
I love you mom.
Anyways, to summarize poke fitment,
it's better when it's subtle and well thought out.
Either a meaty setup that just passes the fender
or even a slight stretch
that makes the tire just taper towards the fender
can look really good.
For this last one,
I'm going to just combine a few of the terms
that are thrown around.
So we have stance, cambered out,
hella flush, fender to lip fitment, et cetera.
But it's generally referred to as cars that are slammed.
Hella flush means you're slammed
but generally have a bit of camber
to line the rim of your wheel up to the fender
and go for that fender to lip fitment
that I just really, really enjoy.
If you want me to be honest here,
this is one of the hardest fitments to do right.
I aired out and buckled my rear fender on my Focus ST.
Listen, I had it figured out.
It was lining up perfect
and I don't know what (bleep) happened
because I aired out on the setup 100 times without an issue.
And I aired out one night in my garage
on a perfectly level concrete floor,
and for whatever reason my wheels were just like
"Ayo, (bleep) you," and it caught on the tire
and then the fender just folded.
Don't do that.
That's not a good time.
Especially when the rear fender
is a whole part of the car.
You can't just replace the, anyways.
But that's why this fitment is finicky
and you have to nail it.
Generally with stance cars,
the name of the game is getting the best fitment you can
with a hella flush or flush setup
and being as low as possible with that.
I know this isn't for everybody.
Trust me,
I see you wild commenters ripping people new ones
every single day.
But you have to at least give a bit of appreciation
because whether you want to believe it or not,
a lot of time and effort does go into this style as well.
When it's done, right.
Each of these styles of fitment can be done well
or really terribly.
A lot of times when it's done terribly
it wasn't done intentionally,
it was because people literally just didn't know.
Trial and error going on, not a fun time.
Luckily, we made one of the only free tools
for car enthusiasts that you can never lose.
The Gallery.
Seriously, this is a super helpful tool
when trying to dial in your fitment.
Just punch in your year, make, and model
and look at thousands of dope cars
with all different fitment
to give you an idea of what you're looking for
to do on your car.
Cars are an extension of yourself and your personality,
so you want it to look good.
No bacon, no super poke, no super tuck.
Get her dialed in just right.
There's any fitments I missed,
make sure to comment down below so I can read it
and chat with you guys.
I enjoy diving into the comments
and talking with all of you.
Well, most of the time.
Okay, bye bye, good luck with that build.
Have good fitment, don't poke too much,
and don't bacon unless it's pig bacon
'cause that's good with eggs.