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Are aggressive offsets the "new rice"...

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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 04:02 AM
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I really....really...hate the hellaflush thing. Totally removes the functionality of the car. It reminds me of reverse wires from lowriders.

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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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If I'm thinking correctly, it mostly became mainstream when drifting became popular. It actually works out GREAT for drifting. But forget holding onto the road. Its a 240 thing that civics thought was cool I guess.... if ur drifting ur s2k or showing it off... I guess it will work bc I think it can look pretty hawt. But for performance and my personal functionality, its not for me. I like more than looks.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 06:36 AM
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Rice.

Slamming the car and running wheels that clearly don't fit is hellafail. I can only imagine how shitty the ride is on these cars..
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Presto123,Oct 3 2010, 10:36 AM
Rice.

Slamming the car and running wheels that clearly don't fit is hellafail.
^This.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 07:38 AM
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HELLAFAIL
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by JFUSION,Oct 2 2010, 05:19 AM
I'd love to see a handling comparison between stretched setup and a "normal" setup.

They're made to look cool for magazine up close wheel shots, but I'm not sure about a daily driver.
wont happen. the hellafail car is too busy hard parking.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 07:47 AM
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I like to buy masterpiece paintings and add lots of stickers and retouch many of the details with abstract ideas.But ...that's just me.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 08:10 AM
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I think the general consensus is that for an s2000, that actually has a purpose from the factory, is not a car that should have crazy offsets and super wide wheels. The flush/strectched look got big here with the drift scene, it was a 240 thing and in my opinion, RWD cars set up for drift look best with stretched/wide/crazy offset wheels. People get excited when they realize the s2000 is also RWD so they start looking for 18x10's, but sorry folks, this here is a real roadster, you cant start throwing parts on it cuz it looks cool, end of story.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 09:56 AM
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I'm surprised to read that extended "roller skate" wheels are big in CA. Here in the middle of the US, this trend came along two or three years ago. I never saw such wheels on an S2K. and now I don't see them on anything as the fad died out. Now, quite the opposite, I am seeing just a few 22"+ wheels on cars like '82 Chevy Impalas, but that is just about it.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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When it comes to a point where you cant even turn your wheels more than a certain degree yeah it becomes rice
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