Can hellaflush be done "right"

[LexusFman]

Can you make a car look flush or hellaflush while retaining driveability and preformance? I know some idiots in the Hellaflush scene do stupid shit like cut springs and put rediculous ammounts of camber they can't control on their cars but I don't see why, if a combination of good quality parts and planning, one couldn't make a Hellaflush car be just as safe as stock if not more (minus stretched tires, they don't belong anywhere other than car shows). I'm asking because I really like the hellaflush look but I don't want to compromise saftey to do it. If I hit some little kid just cause my car was hellagay, id feel bad and saftey is starting to factor more in my vehicle selection.

[Giccin]

With my speeding habits. I personally don't think hellaflush can ever be done right. :P

Scrappppppeeeeeee.

[#87]

Originally Posted by LexusFman

Can you make a car look flush or hellaflush while retaining driveability and preformance? I know some idiots in the Hellaflush scene do stupid shit like cut springs and put rediculous ammounts of camber they can't control on their cars but I don't see why, if a combination of good quality parts and planning, one couldn't make a Hellaflush car be just as safe as stock if not more (minus stretched tires, they don't belong anywhere other than car shows). I'm asking because I really like the hellaflush look but I don't want to compromise saftey to do it. If I hit some little kid just cause my car was hellagay, id feel bad and saftey is starting to factor more in my vehicle selection.

I thought hellaflush meant cambered wheels that extend past the wheel well with stretched tires? They basically try to fit the widest wheel possible and set the car at the lowest height while still being able to "drive", no?

But anyway you sound stupid based on the bolded part above so just slam it and rub and scrape all day err day, if you don't crack an oil pan you are doing it wrong.

[old greg]

Yes, but by the time you fix all the idiotic crap involved in Hellaflush, it's not really Hellatrendy anymore. There's the obvious stuff like the excessive camber and stretched tires. But if you actually want your mods to improve handling you're going to have issues with the 2"+ drop in height. It's going to play holy hell with your suspension geometry, there's a good thread covering this in the Suspension forum. You'd need either drop spindles or extended ball joints to mitigate some of that. But the most important thing is to make sure you've still got adequate suspension travel, I can't stress that enough. And also, you'd want to stay away from huge wheels with rubberband tires: Keep it above ~40 series.

But at that point, you've got a well modded car with aggressive wheel fitment, which isn't particularly "Hellaflush".

Originally Posted by #87

you sound stupid ... if you don't crack an oil pan you are doing it wrong.

Oh, the irony.

[LSxJunkie]

You can run low offset wheels to push your tires out farther and trim your fender/quarter lips so they don't rub. You can run drop spindles so you can get low without compromising suspension geometry. You can align your car so that you're actually maximizing contact patch. You can run appropriate sized rubber.

Congratulations, you now have a car that looks appropriate. Flushtards will hate it.




(This car has the same tire sizes as a stock ZR1)

[LexusFman]

Originally Posted by LSxJunkie

You can run low offset wheels to push your tires out farther and trim your fender/quarter lips so they don't rub. You can run drop spindles so you can get low without compromising suspension geometry. You can align your car so that you're actually maximizing contact patch. You can run appropriate sized rubber.

Congratulations, you now have a car that looks appropriate. Flushtards will hate it.




(This car has the same tire sizes as a stock ZR1)

That's flush enough for me! That's basically hellaflush without the neon colored wheels and bike rack(wtf? If you have a bike it makes sense but still). I think a lot of people confuse hellaflush with demon camber. Any cambered car can't be considered truly hellaflush since camber, toe, and caster aren't flush. And I still don't understand people streeting stretched tires. It dosent take much to know stretched tires aren't streetable.

[WingsofWar]

yes...lets not mistake Oni Cars as the same as the Stance Movement

Oni Car

[LSxJunkie]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

yes...lets not mistake Oni Cars as the same as the Stance Movement

Oni Car

Right, but this still looks and handles like hammered dogshit.

[WingsofWar]

[Guff]

Hellaflush is like those Oni Cars, what LSx posted is NOT Hellaflush, it's Well Fitted Wheels. Let's not confuse the two...

[mastawyrm]

Seems to me the definition of hella flush is to have broken/screwed up suspension with a tire/wheel combo thats just plain incorrect. So no I don't believe there is a right way to have a broken car.

[WingsofWar]

fittment.......such a loose term now days.....

[tranzformer]

Can hellaflush be done "right" is an oxymoron. A properly done suspension wheel/suspension combo is properly done and not hellaflush.

[Dragonitti]

Well fitted wheels > Hella(can't drive properly)flush.