- Sneak attack, sneak attack.
We got camber, stretched tires, useless Aero,
oxygen suspension, static cars slammed
on their nuts in the widest, most expensive wheels,
you can find, you read the title,
you know exactly what we're talking about today.
We're getting into one of my personal favorites
stance cars, talk about controversy.
It seems like you either love these things
or absolutely hate them.
These cars are all about the form over function,
getting stuck on speed bumps, destroying fenders
but taking home those sweet, sweet car show trophies
and gaining some Instagram clout.
That's what it's all about right? Wrong.
These cars take more damage
than the bucket's Phil Swift flex seals.
- Now that's a lot of damage.
- However, they look good, break necks
and get the internet all riled up.
So why do stance cars get so much hate?
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Okay, the plugs are out of the way
and this is where I normally talk a bit about the history
but the history of stance, isn't that straightforward.
There wasn't one key person
or an era where stance just started.
So instead, let's dive into exactly what stance is.
Before we start getting into
why it's all hated and that stuff.
Now stands doesn't necessarily
mean slammed on the ground, scraping pavement,
there are a ton of different ways to stance your car,
there are meaty setups, flush
poke, tucked, stretched, hellaflush, and the list goes on,
stances, just referring to how the car sits.
Over the years it has been used more so to refer,
to slammed cars, cars as low
to the ground, as you can get with some wide flashy wheels.
Woo. It just gets me going.
I can hear you now.
Some chubby beard guy with the tattoos,
why in the (beep) would people want to lower their car
and add wheels that are more expensive than the car itself.
It might surprise you how stance has been influenced,
what if I told you race cars are the reason
your local car meet looks
like Godzilla came through and stepped on every car
as you walk by.
Yes. Race cars look at any road, race car.
All of them are as low as they can be
for aerodynamics and traction along with wider tires,
so they can put that power down.
Now, there is a saying that stuck
with me, all race cars can be show cars
but not all show cars can be race cars.
Giving cars this stance was heavily inspired
by seeing how aggressive and mean the cars look.
Now, there obviously has been heavy variations to this
and people always need to take things to the extreme.
This is where we start to see a ton of the hate come in.
Lowering your car is pretty widely
accepted around the car community
except for maybe, I don't know, rally guys,
they like the jack them up near
but when you start stretching the tires
and adding Camber more negative
than my RoomScape bank account
after I got scammed, people start getting upset.
When you're trying to fit the widest meal, you can
and maxing out your coilovers with 60 K spring rates
you start running into some fitment issues.
By adding camber and stretching your tire,
you're able to dial in the perfect fitment
that you're going for however, by doing this
you're genuinely ruining the handling of your car
and sometimes even making it a risk to have on the road.
The beating and having your tire pop off your wheel,
isn't fun, not being able to turn
because your wheel is destroying your inner fender
and the lip of your wheel is (indistinct)
on your paint is enough to send people into a rage.
This is exactly why stance gets so much hate.
You get your nice new car that has millions
of dollars of design work with the latest and
greatest technologies to have the best handling possible.
And we have people with their vapes
and musical inspirational quotes going
and giving the middle finger
to any type of function whatsoever about their car.
There are some cars where the literal barrel
of the wheel is exposed
or they have so much camber that the contact patch
of the tire is less than an inch on the road.
People that are into drag racing or track days
or maybe even just keeping their car stock looking.
Look at this, like it's a UFO from outer space
and cannot even begin to understand why anyone would do it.
Let me see if I can clear things up, just
like going for the most horsepower on a car, you can get
you're going to break some (beep), it's part of it.
Us in the stance scene have a specific look we're going
for in our cars.
And a car is a blank canvas for you to do anything you want.
You can go for something that looks
aesthetically pleasing to you.
I think cars are lowered
and have fender to lip fitment look good.
I like it.
There's a ton that goes into dialing
in your stance to achieve a certain look
and the people that have done it
know exactly what I'm talking about.
There are a few people that take it to the extreme,
like I said before
and try to do something no one else has ever done.
And that's exactly why they're doing it.
Pushing the limits of a style and getting recognized.
Some people enjoy getting the attention
and making people confused as how looking at their cars.
That's what gets them off.
It's all for aesthetic reasons.
I understand completely why stance cars aren't for everyone
but in reality, it's great
that they are around, even the extreme ones.
If all cars looked exactly the same
my Instagram feed would be boring and I get tired
of going to shows drake car, dope,
autocross car, hell yeah brother.
You just got air
so you can finally have your front lip kiss
the ground fan (beep) tastic.
Having variations of cars and getting to see them modified
in different ways is what keeps me going.
Build your car exactly how you want it to be and
don't let anyone tell you different.
I'm going to put stance
as a four on the hate meter, because it does get hate
but it's usually in the more extreme circumstances.
Speaking of extreme, have you seen Bōsōzoku cars?
They're absolutely wild and insane,
I absolutely love them.
They're Bayside Japan.
They demand you to look and they're nothing
like we have over here, but what do you think?
Do you like stance cars?
Do you hate them?
Comment below.
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But think about this for a minute.
If every car did look exactly the same
or if every single car was a drake car
or a stance car, wouldn't it get boring?
I love seeing what you guys come up with.
Keep up the crazy cars.
Bye.