Technical Lower would be buried

another couple of cool ones for ya. Camber looks pretty good from here

 

Wow. I remember a thread a few years ago where I said this style looks like shit and got blasted for it. Looks like times are changing a little...Thank God

 

So all this lay frame, lay rockers BS is to look cool while parked. Ok - but it looks fucking broken, looks fucked up, until you flip your switch. So its not looking cool while parked then is it.

Well I suppose if one can ignore that major component of static stance they can ignore a bunch of other shit too.

 

Do you not see the spindle to fender lip relation ? Does this look different than the other pictures being posted?

 

just have to agree to disagree. I like both styles and think both have traditional roots. not all rocker laying cars have this camber issue when parked. But at least it probably has front brakes.

 

that one has pretty good camber see it can be done

 

Camber, shmamber - the black 57 with spindle up by the fender lip looks like crap. You posted some great looking tri-fives, and none of them have the same stance as that black piece of ugly.

 

I'm working on a 51 right now doing tubs and building a trunk floor. it is a shitload of work so the car can be 2" lower with tall tires (not my car). leaving the trunk floor and wheelwells out is not "what it takes" to lay frame. it is the half assed way to lay frame. if you look at this and don't see a problem we have way different ideas of what a quality car is. this car is for sale for $65,000.00 like this.

 

That's the one on ebay with the trunk that has no floor and needs painted. $65k

Nice paint work on the top side. Could have used a bit more underneath.

 

i can get wanting to do mods to be able to achieve a certain ride height with a certain tire/wheel sizing. it's why i notched the jag crossmember 3" into the frame on my unibody. but taking it to extremes and cutting a bunch of stuff to run overly big tires is actually worse to me than running super small tires/wheels to lay out ala some lowriders running 13s and tiny tires. vw guys were doing it a few year ago running 165/45/15 tires. usually it was cheaping out and not setting the suspension up right and they'd be slammed but have big fender gap between tire and wheel and it looked horrible.

for most stuff to look right to me the front wheel is usually tucked to where the fender lip caps all or most of the sidewall and is right at the edge of the wheels lip. the rear caps the the wheel itself 4-7". seems to hit close to that on most stuff...

 

I agree with most here that old iron laying rocker looks like shit(in most cases), but laying frame is alright with me, if done right and the car still has a little stance(it only takes an inch or two).

 

yes there is a big difference. Personally I don't have much positive to say about the black 57 that has missing rockers that the original poster used as an example. All I was doing was showing examples of tastefully extreme lowered cars and maybe trying to answer the original question seeing how he was being hammered. As far as tastes in cars go, I like both static and adjustable height cars, cars with hot rod rake and those slammed on the rockers.

 

This is my ride. Yes it is very low but I have over 20K miles on it just this way. It rides nice and handles very well.

 

I choose option 3..........point and laugh.

 

Winner!!

 

A similar request on the Photoshop thread prompted me to do this:


That said, I do believe it's possible to pull off most seriously ludicrous-sounding ideas successfully, given skill, insight, and time.

 

Just for the sake of argument,ever hear of something called a scrub line?

Suppose, that for some unknown reason, your system has a catastrophic failure while flying down the interstate,you lay frame at 75 MPH.....in my mind there is gonna be one hell of a wreck and I would hazard a guess that the incident would effect other motorist.

This kind of car rates right up there with rat rods in my book.

BTW,I don't have a problem with lowered cars,,but this is just stupid in my book. HRP

 

Id like to see the hidden lines of those tires, or are they flat on top ?

Then maybe with tires that will actually fit to see how small and silly they look.

 

Exactly. You may be willing to accept the risk, but the rest of us pay for your poor judgement when the defication hits the rotary oscilator.

Form follows function. Build it to be safe.

 

"Take it easy Big Joe. Some of these people got sensitive feelings!" Oddball

I personally don't see it but that rarely means anything... however I always like the Tri-Fives to look like a meat-eater or "athletic" as someone else said.

Why not just go for it and try to enjoy YOUR ride. To wait for approval before attempting anything with YOUR own project really sort of defeats the creative possibilities of you as the individual doing the work.

Granted there are trends and styles that are timeless and others come and go quicker than others.

What works for you my friend... lots of pics when you decide. Try to enjoy the process - rg

The A sitting out in the yard looks cool, but the Oz built Merc is exquisite!

 

Funny, but it's perfectly safe to put a 600 hp motor on a T bucket. I had no idea.

Let me do my thing, you do yours. Now if we are really so worried about safety why do so many of us still use bias tires.

I have never known of an accident due to a car loosing air in all 4 airbags while going down the highway (I am sure you will show me some), but I have heard of many due to having a hot motor on one of the cars we love so much. And I am sure not going to tune my motors down because I have too much power. Everything should have safety in mind when being built, and even a car that lays flat can be built with safety in mind, at least as much safety as any of our hot rods. It's the kids car let him fuck it up any damn way he pleases. He never did ask for our opinion he only asked how to do it. I guess he asked the wrong crowd

Man to each their own


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Scrub line comes into play if you have a tire failure, and a total air system failure, simultaneously.

The odds of this happening are statistically indistinguishable from zero.

 

So that's pretty much a resounding 'No' then ............................ Next!!!!!!!

 

The OP posted his one & only post on the 18th and never been back to see what a debacle it's turned into,,it's nowhere near traditional and is not on topic. HRP

 

The secrete is go to dumbasapost.com and ask them.

 

When you sign up on the HAMB you give an intro and are supposed to read the guidelines, obviously the OP didn't or this thread would of never existed, pretty simple guidelines with some leeway by Ryan and the Moderators. That black 57 is way out of the guidelines and doesn't belong here. That's the guidelines we all except and it's what makes the HAMB!

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But we still have to thank the op for initiating an entertaining post, he did run away


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I agree. with Brian here. Well said.

 

Yeah... Sometimes guys get carried away...
Don't get carried away...

 

If the frame or rockers are on the ground when the suspension is deflated then all you'd need is a air system failure.

Logically - that is barring some unmentioned fail safe device that keeps the frame up in such an event.