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Meh I say to each their own. Would I do it to my car? Nope. But I have no hate for other people doing it.
The problem is that these are incredibly unsafe. You’re putting about 5% of the part of the tire meant to keep the car in control on the pavement. I don’t want to be on the road with these morons because if they hit a pothole, who knows what direction they’re going to ping off.
As far as style, I’m with you, but these are massive safety compromises.
I'd have to imagine it would wear down the tires incredibly quickly too. I'm not much of a car enthusiast but I've never understood this one when I've spotted it in the wild. It seems incredibly impractical.
It's an exaggerated version of something that's used in racing, but going this far is not useful.
When you go around a corner, the car will lean into a bit. If the tires are angled like this (known as "toe"), more of the rubber is in contact with the road through the corner. Of course, this comes at the expense of having less rubber touching in the straights. Racing teams will tweak it a few degrees depending on how bendy the course layout is.
But only a few degrees. Toe to this extent doesn't do anything but wear down a little strip of tire.
For more information, it's more broadly called camber angle.
Hey thanks for the excellent explanation. I always wondered what the point was and you summarized it perfectly so that even an idiot like me can understand.
That makes sense in the context of extreme speeds, where there would be a lot of force on the car pushing outwards. They would also be replacing tires frequently enough that uneven wear probably isn't a concern.
Someone once told me that when the car is going 100mph+ the tires stretch out and touch the road, providing full coverage. They could not answer how the tires maintained pressure while stretching that much nor how that provided any benefit that wouldn't have been there with the tires on the ground to begin with.
I mean this is true with dragsters but not most cars.
Look up a video of a dragster warming his tires. Those things balloon like crazy.
Interesting I didn’t not think of this from a safety perspective. Good point. If it’s truly dangerous for people then yeah I’m with you.
Normally I would agree, but YOU ARE MY SWORN ENEMY! PREPARE FOR VENGEANCE AKU!
I mean I don't exactly see stance cars out on the highway often, but maybe thats my area and when I'm awake. I think they're usually more of a project you take to car shows/meets or whatever cause they're lowered so far they scrape all the time in regular driving and the suspension can't work without a meaningful amount of travel. Though it could be bagged (riding on air suspension that can rise and lower).
I think they look silly and they're definitely not practical, but I don't know that stance cars actually end up being a safety hazard, so I'm not inclined be judgey other than to say I don't personally like them. I could be wrong about the level of risk they pose people day to day though- in which case my stance would change.
It's an art form, these things aren't out driving usually, they're displayed at shows and then put in a garage until the next show