What's your opinion on stance?

[Roysneon]

All things in moderation. The difference I see between what I always grew up seeing as show cars and the stance scene is that even the lowest stance cars are driven.

The thing that most people don't understand is that any car that is built with the fitment of the wheels and tires at all is a part of stance. The trend is low, with wide, low offset wheels that necessitate stretched tires, but it doesn't have to.

All the people crying about how someone with an E30 on H&R race springs or coilovers that take the car a little lower than that ruined their handling needs to calm down. If you're really concerned that you may have lost .2g off the skidpad in a car that's driven on the street you need to give your head a shake. That being said, a car that's known for being fun to drive like MK1/2 VW's, BMW 3 series, etc. on bags is not a thing I would do.

Basically, if you look at the extremes of anything it's going to make everyone and everything associated with it look a little too 'out there'. Spork's car is a prime example and despite 'ruining' the car's handling I'm sure it puts a smile on his face every day.

[bangn]

im all for a car that looks neat and low.. but it has to be functional.

whats the point of owning a car that scrapes around corners and bumps in the road. You're just wrecking your tyres/fenders.

also fuck these twats that have rusty dinged up cars with 4K wheels on it dumped on its hole. Take the rims off and its still a shit box.

[LowR3V'in]

so stanced means lowered or what?
I thought stanced ment hella flush rusty hoods ect.

[Stephen]

My car cant even turn it handles so poorly. I just burnout until its pointed in the right direction.

[smitche]

Alright, I tried to be subtle in my previous post, and I'm certain I will get no love here from this day forward, but the level of elitism in this post is mind boggling? Frankly, the degree of narrow minded ness is what I would expect on e46fanatics or bimmerforums, not here. Just because you don't like it, doesn't make it wrong. We, as car enthusiasts, should be promoting individualism and forward thinking, not name calling and stereotyping. You don't have to like it, but you should be able to have some appreciation for the work/effort/joy that was put into any modded car. Don't get me wrong, there are people out there that give their "group" of enthusiasts a bad name, but it's very rarely the majority, and you can take pleasure in the fact that most of those people either move on quickly or realize the error of their ways and change for the better.
/rant

[frankenbeemer]

Subtle? r3v is suttle. When the stereotyping and name calling stops, I'm leaving.

[Neil1138]

Stance looks great but ride quality, comfort and handling take such a hit (even if you have a proper, shortened coilover setup).

[razorcobra]

Wow, haven't been on here in forever. I'm surprised this thread went anywhere lol.

[agent]

Three days is forever? What's an eternity? A week?

[razorcobra]

Three days is forever? What's an eternity? A week?

Haha yeah something like that. I was really busy this weekend so I forgot to check what was going on.

[Jim Lepage]

I really like my ''stanced'' E30. Good handling, good looking. The only negative side is the ground clearance with the 24v.

[InkyEtaSport]

I'm all for going low if drivability doesn't take a hit. Once you get to the point you can't get anywhere, where's the value in that?

[Chriskbmx]

I personally love all flavors of cars. I personaly like having a lowered/almost slammed car. Its my way of putting my touch on my car without breaking the bank and running into performance issues/ or big budget turbo build that i cannot afford because of college. on the other hand i am building an e21 for street/track terror with e28 rear beam and 3.1l m20. so i love both sides of the game. I have just found that i am not a fan of all the stance kids, But all the lowered bmw guys have been cool that i have met.

[mitchlevy7]

In the past year and a half I have built a bagged 24v vert. It is "stanced". It looks good as hell aired out and it rides pretty damn well at a good ride height. However, I know what my car is and I know what its not. I will never track it, race it ecr . Its a cruiser, it gets tons of looks and thats what its built for.

Knowing that it will never be a racer and never should be, im building a coupe, decent ride height, meat on the tires, roll bar, more power. Streetable track build. 2 cars, 2 different purposes.

I dont understand people who go rediculously low static to the point that its not driveable. When its no longer fun to drive it is stupid.

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[fronton]

Lowering a car intelligently for specific performance purposes is great and has a threshold. Lowering a car to be accepted by a culture is lame, and typically ruins the car because there is no threshold.