What does "Stanced" mean to you?

[Han]

It comes to an extremely brief answer of: It's a style. Much like "flush" is style, stretch and "poke" is a style.

[FreshLikeSushi]

For me it's all about the lowest possible fender gap (max. 1 finger thick is acceptable in most cases) with the wheels flowing very well with the shape of the car, or the car's fenders as it may be.

For me it's very important how the wheels flow with the car's fenders.



1. Fenders that flare outwards and have a "lip" that goes almost straight down. I like flush wheels with mild stretch the best (example: E36, E30)

2. Fenders that flare smoothly outwards with no or very little lip. I like it when the wheel pokes a bit (not too much though!) and the stretch continues the flow of the fender.

3. Fenders that go straight down. Here, tuck is best, imo. Depending on the car, flush may also look very good.

no.

Poke is not a fad, It dates back to german TUV laws along time ago in germany. This isnt just people pushing there wheels out in the past 3 or 4 years.

You may prefer flushness, as do i, but that doesnt make one stance and the other not.

you are right. I just prefer not to buckle my fenders if i hit a bump, and tuck 18s while still fush through travel. im cool with that. But im just wondering why you guys poke, when there isnt a reason to. I mean, i can hang a tire 3 inches outside of my van and be slammed. but that doesnt mean im "pushing" offsets. it means im putting too big of a wheel on a car.
this isnt to start drama, seriously. im just trying to understand it.
1 ftw

[FreshLikeSushi]

Flush isn't a requirement of stance...end of story. It's a genre of stance that just happens to be made popular recently by the hellaflush/jdm crowd.

Yeah, check those facts just a little bit.

[UnitedWeStance...]

Stance to me is all about how it sits. I have seen lifted trucks that sit just right, I have also seen cars and trucks tuck half the wheel into the fender that made my jaw drop. I have also seen 32 ford coupes with no fenders with great stance. To me all of these are examples of good stance. But this is just my humble opinion....

[NELSON09]

Good stuff fellas, I think it's the magic that happens when you combine all of the items or factors mentioned above and you throw it all together and each factor complements the others to work together as one...I like how someone mentioned earlier that it differs from ride to ride.

...however you define it, I'll admit it gets me all hot n' bothered

[Chris.]

This ^^ but with a comob of 1 and 2 too.

Mk IV's are a good example of what I'm on about.

[Dr.AK]

For me it's all about the lowest possible fender gap (max. 1 finger thick is acceptable in most cases) with the wheels flowing very well with the shape of the car, or the car's fenders as it may be.

For me it's very important how the wheels flow with the car's fenders.



1. Fenders that flare outwards and have a "lip" that goes almost straight down. I like flush wheels with mild stretch the best (example: E36, E30)

2. Fenders that flare smoothly outwards with no or very little lip. I like it when the wheel pokes a bit (not too much though!) and the stretch continues the flow of the fender.

3. Fenders that go straight down. Here, tuck is best, imo. Depending on the car, flush may also look very good.

[omarsxb951]

stance is like my penis, looks really hard, doesnt perform very well

[Stephen]

Nah man, iev seen PLENTY of mk4s with no poke, that are awesome.


Again, if the fender is going to get crushed, because you thought poking was cool. its not stance, its poke. stance is when its still usable. when you hit that bump, your wheel can travel...not into your fender.

If you are pushing the offsets lower then flush, then you are just going mexiflush. flush is flush is flush. i dunno when or why poke started being the in thing. it will pass.

no.

Poke is not a fad, It dates back to german TUV laws along time ago in germany. This isnt just people pushing there wheels out in the past 3 or 4 years.

You may prefer flushness, as do i, but that doesnt make one stance and the other not.

[Han]

stance is like my penis, looks really hard, doesnt perform very well

I'm sorry.

[Tuck&Poke]

stance is like my penis, looks really hard, doesnt perform very well

[Han]

I believe stance does not fall under one category. Pretty sure there is no set guidelines as to what is and isnt stance. Low and flush are just key ingredients, you then add your own style and think for yourself (not follow sheep) to create stance.

I have seen many cars with poke that i consider stanced, because stance is about the way the car looks and sits as a whole. Which aaron pretty much already said. You cant look at a side on pic of the top of a wheel arch and judge if the car is stanced.

Like i said, you need to see the car as a whole. Everything is a factor when it comes to stance...

This.

There is NO set "stance" for a car. Stance does not automatically = low, wide, stretched, etc. It has to work for the car as a WHOLE, regardless of those factors. Some cars look better higher with bigger tires and narrower wheels, some don't. That's the whole point of stance, is for it to work with the car TOGETHER. Anything and everything on the car is a factor of its overall "stance."

[allwheelaudi]

Thought I would start a thread since there seem to be multiple opinions.

IMO, Low is number 1 (coilovers, air, cut springs) and at the very least flush wheels(don't have to be rare/expensive but it definitely takes it to another level) with a minimum mild stretch. What do you guys think?

I like this one here, well put for sure! I was a little down after seeing some of the rides on here and the wheels they roll on! lol. I tried to see if I could hang but I cannot bring myself to it lol.

[aar0n.]

Nah man, iev seen PLENTY of mk4s with no poke, that are awesome.


Again, if the fender is going to get crushed, because you thought poking was cool. its not stance, its poke. stance is when its still usable. when you hit that bump, your wheel can travel...not into your fender.

If you are pushing the offsets lower then flush, then you are just going mexiflush. flush is flush is flush. i dunno when or why poke started being the in thing. it will pass.

Well tuck vs poke is a whole other discussion to have

Poke isn't a new thing, it's been done for years and years. I just don't like when someone tries to say there's only one correct way to get a good stance on a car bc that just isn't the case.

I believe stance does not fall under one category. Pretty sure there is no set guidelines as to what is and isnt stance. Low and flush are just key ingredients, you then add your own style and think for yourself (not follow sheep) to create stance.

I have seen many cars with poke that i consider stanced, because stance is about the way the car looks and sits as a whole. Which aaron pretty much already said. You cant look at a side on pic of the top of a wheel arch and judge if the car is stanced.

Like i said, you need to see the car as a whole. Everything is a factor when it comes to stance...

This is very well said. Also, a car can have good stance even if it's not that low, it's just about how everything flows and fits together

I agree 100% with what Rally said as well

[Oxer]

What Rally said :P