Originally Posted by
Rich
No, my point is that "pro" and "drifter" in the same sentence is laughable. But beyond that, maybe we are going about this the wrong way. I would imagine that the stretching tires onto wheels too wide for the car fad came from one of the three following scenarios:
1. Said gangster idiot wanted to say "YO I GOT 11 INCH WIDE WHEELS ON MY BENZ", but didn't have the extra $236 to put the correct size tire on, so he went smaller against the tire shop's advice and bam, we have the stretch fad.
2. Said gangster idiot wanted to say "YO I GOT 10" WIDE WHEELS ON MY CIVIC", but they literally would not fit without stretching the tire and adjusting the camber to ridiculous amounts.
3. Said gangster idiot wanted to put one of his illegitimate kids to sleep in his rear wheel when he was at the car show so he needed a wide wheel with tons of dish; see #1 and #2 for details.
Its no different than the origins of hip-hop clothing, you can't steal stuff in khaki pants and a fitted shirt. But nowadays even if you aren't in the business of petty theft, wearing pants around your knees and shirts 6 sizes too big is 'cool' even though nobody knows why.
I was going to just let this go because I don't feel you are being belligerent and are at least arguing your case in an adult fashion....but just a quick note, tire stretching as a fad started in Europe because of local laws prohibiting tires sticking out from the car but the desire to run wider/bigger wheels (IE Porsche wheels on VW).
On the VIP car side, it is a necessity to fit large/wider wheels and still get as low as possible. Actually, a lot of those cars that you poke fun of have had the fenders radius'd (sp.
) and then flaired and worked and still need tire stretch to fit under w/o rubbing etc. But VIP cars are not meant for the track or street racing etc etc.
There are plenty of ugly iterations of all fads and tire stretch and camber isn't immune from that, but there are plenty of people that DO know what they are doing and do it well.