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June 24, 2019, 08:15 PM
KDR
See them all over eastern NC. For some reason they also modify the muffler to turn gasoline into noise
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June 24, 2019, 08:19 PM
gearhounds
I think “retarded” would be a good name for it.
“I think I’ll lower the rear on my pickup so much that I can’t at all use it for it’s designed purpose for existing.”
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June 24, 2019, 09:07 PM
wrightd
That could result in a whole new outcome to a common type of accident.
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June 24, 2019, 09:56 PM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds: I think “retarded” would be a good name for it.
“I think I’ll lower the rear on my pickup so much that I can’t at all use it for it’s designed purpose for existing.”
Like wearing a ball cap backwards.
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June 24, 2019, 10:06 PM
chellim1
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June 25, 2019, 05:56 PM
BigWhup
the 60's are back!
June 25, 2019, 06:09 PM
RAMIUS
That's the most retarded thing I've ever seen.
June 25, 2019, 06:27 PM
maxdog
I remember 60-70s when a “rake” was popular with some. Rear end jacked up and front lowered. Not good for swift cornering as high center of gravity in rear wants to roll over.
June 25, 2019, 06:41 PM
egregore
I asked my co-worker who is from Wilmington, NC, about this, and he confirmed - very common there.
quote:
Originally posted by maxdog: I remember 60-70s when a “rake” was popular with some. Rear end jacked up and front lowered. Not good for swift cornering as high center of gravity in rear wants to roll over.
That look was to emulate the drag racing Funny Cars of the era, which used the bodies of the actual cars (on top of a tube frame) they were supposed to represent. Of course, as we all know, Funny Cars only go in a straight line for a quarter of a mile.
June 25, 2019, 06:47 PM
bigdeal
In my old man logic...Anyone who would take a truck, a vehicle designed for towing and hauling, and modify it in such a way as to render it useless for that purpose is a moron. There you have it.
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June 25, 2019, 06:58 PM
nasig
quote:
Originally posted by egregore: I asked my co-worker who is from Wilmington, NC, about this, and he confirmed - very common there.
quote:
Originally posted by maxdog: I remember 60-70s when a “rake” was popular with some. Rear end jacked up and front lowered. Not good for swift cornering as high center of gravity in rear wants to roll over.
That look was to emulate the drag racing Funny Cars of the era, which used the bodies of the actual cars (on top of a tube frame) they were supposed to represent. Of course, as we all know, Funny Cars only go in a straight line for a quarter of a mile.
Or if you took it to the drag strip on Sunday you could put larger wheels and tires on it. AHH. The good old days
June 25, 2019, 07:10 PM
trapper189
quote:
Originally posted by bigdeal: In my old man logic...Anyone who would take a truck, a vehicle designed for towing and hauling, and modify it in such a way as to render it useless for that purpose is a moron. There you have it.
I agree. My truck doesn't look like that even when loaded and towing.
June 25, 2019, 07:28 PM
Haveme1or2
I live near Charlotte and I've not seen anything like that ..... Maybe a west Virginia thing ! Lol !
June 25, 2019, 07:37 PM
Rob Decker
quote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds: I think “retarded” would be a good name for it.
“I think I’ll lower the rear on my pickup so much that I can’t at all use it for it’s designed purpose for existing.”
Like wearing a ball cap backwards.
Not true. Wearing a ballcap backwards keeps the bill off the scope and the sun off the back of my neck while in the prone.
This, however, is TOTALLY useless.
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June 25, 2019, 07:41 PM
egregore
Back in California in the 1980s, "wide-wheelers" (wheels with so much offset that the outsides of the wheels/tires were far outside of the car's fenders) were popular. This went along with the rims being much too wide for the tires.
June 25, 2019, 07:43 PM
tatortodd
It's the Jar Jar Binks of the pick-up modification world
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June 25, 2019, 09:11 PM
mikeyspizza
They can keep those trucks, and the Eastern Style BBQ, right there in the East!
June 25, 2019, 09:28 PM
sigspecops
When you haul things like furniture you just open the tail gate and everything just slides right out. It makes everything so easy. I call it the dump truck lean.
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June 25, 2019, 09:32 PM
cas
I must be a trend setter, I've got an '88 Ranger that's been doing that for over a decade.
Also does this backwards low-rider bounce going down the highway from no rear shocks, due to the mounts having rusted off the frame years ago.
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