shelbyluvv Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Ok youngins' you need to fill me in on why this is becoming a trend? It is the stupidest thing you could possibly do to a truck. On top of that it is just plain dangerous. You can't see a small car over your hood and the headlights are pointed straight to the sky. Totally ruins a truck. If a member here ever does this to their truck I will delete their post over and over and over and... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Hmmm, must be a trend in which I am not familiar. Just guessing, but I assume the front end is stock while the rear bumper drags the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black89Comanche Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 They just think it look cool but there is not really that many people down here in lower Alabama. They are also called mall crawlers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee21490 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 They just think it look cool but there is not really that many people down here in lower Alabama. They are also called mall crawlers. Mall Crawler is typically a term used for a lifted full size truck with oversized tires / Chrome everything / Etc. That has never seen a work day / offroad trail in its life. Ok youngins' you need to fill me in on why this is becoming a trend? It is the stupidest thing you could possibly do to a truck. On top of that it is just plain dangerous. You can't see a small car over your hood and the headlights are pointed straight to the sky. Totally ruins a truck.If a member here ever does this to their truck I will delete their post over and over and over and... 25 year old here. can't say i've seen a truck like that, Have seen a few cars with the front jacked up though. Not sure why they do it. What really bugs me is when they take a truck & Lower the $#!& out of it, to the point you can't even go over a speedbump. Drove by this last summer... If you look closely, You can see that they had to cut the wheel wells in the bed out, to fit the tires. And completely removed the gas tank & put one in the bed :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Looks like a sick dog dragging its @$$ around. i don't understand it either. Dangerous too, but that's a positive for stupid people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunnc1991 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Don't consider myself a kid anymore, but I am moderately involved in the diesel truck world as well. There are all sorts of trends anymore when it comes to trucks. Squatted @$$ end, stretched tires, light bars, color changing led's, and so many more. It's all the kids who drove all the ricer cars, now it's cool to have a truck and do all the same bs to them. My Sierra is mostly stock, and lives with my trailer behind it. A truck getting used as a truck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Ok youngins' you need to fill me in on why this is becoming a trend? It is the stupidest thing you could possibly do to a truck. On top of that it is just plain dangerous. You can't see a small car over your hood and the headlights are pointed straight to the sky. Totally ruins a truck. If a member here ever does this to their truck I will delete their post over and over and over and... Not if I see it first. :yes: Looks like a pathetic XJ gasser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Carolina squat lol http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=carolina+squat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee21490 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Ok youngins' you need to fill me in on why this is becoming a trend? It is the stupidest thing you could possibly do to a truck. On top of that it is just plain dangerous. You can't see a small car over your hood and the headlights are pointed straight to the sky. Totally ruins a truck. If a member here ever does this to their truck I will delete their post over and over and over and... Not if I see it first. :yes: Looks like a pathetic XJ gasser. I just googled that picture tbh. In the guys defense, He only drove it that way until he got the rear lift stuff in the mail. lol (Nabbed it from some random car forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklehead97 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Rich kids around here do it to their obnoxiously loud GMC's and Chevys all the time. I hate the truck trends now a days and I'm glad I haven't seen someone transfer the trend to an MJ. I cannot stand any of it. Stretched tires especially. Since when were 20" rims considered attractive on a lifted truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee21490 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Rich kids around here do it to their obnoxiously loud GMC's and Chevys all the time. I hate the truck trends now a days and I'm glad I haven't seen someone transfer the trend to an MJ. I cannot stand any of it. Stretched tires especially. Since when were 20" rims considered attractive on a lifted truck? There's a guy in the mj project sub forum, That has a lowered stretched tire 'manche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunnc1991 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Rich kids around here do it to their obnoxiously loud GMC's and Chevys all the time. I hate the truck trends now a days and I'm glad I haven't seen someone transfer the trend to an MJ. I cannot stand any of it. Stretched tires especially. Since when were 20" rims considered attractive on a lifted truck? 20's are actually standard on a lot of 3/4 and 1 ton trucks anymore. Most of the bigger lifted rigs are running on 20's or 24's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklehead97 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Rich kids around here do it to their obnoxiously loud GMC's and Chevys all the time. I hate the truck trends now a days and I'm glad I haven't seen someone transfer the trend to an MJ. I cannot stand any of it. Stretched tires especially. Since when were 20" rims considered attractive on a lifted truck? There's a guy in the mj project sub forum, That has a lowered stretched tire 'manche. I don't mind lowered a couple inches or so, actually planned to do a 2wd like that eventually. Nothing extreme though. The tires just look dangerous and ugly to me lol. Personal preference. Same with the 20's, I just hate how they look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue88Comanche Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Ok youngins' you need to fill me in on why this is becoming a trend? It is the stupidest thing you could possibly do to a truck. On top of that it is just plain dangerous. You can't see a small car over your hood and the headlights are pointed straight to the sky. Totally ruins a truck. If a member here ever does this to their truck I will delete their post over and over and over and... Completely Agree. there is a high school across from my office, half the trucks are squatted, pointlessly lifted, and unreasonably loud... I hate it. makes the truck less usefull if you need a ladder to get in the bed or need a 12 inch hitch drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coheed Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I like bagged trucks, if they are done right. Most of the squatted trucks around here are blocked in the rear and they're to lazy to get the front to match. What I hate are the Brodozers.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brodozer&defid=5038858 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 kids like attention. nothing gets attention like ruining a perfectly good car/truck in an attempt to be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64 Cheyenne Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ok youngins' you need to fill me in on why this is becoming a trend? It is the stupidest thing you could possibly do to a truck. On top of that it is just plain dangerous. You can't see a small car over your hood and the headlights are pointed straight to the sky. Totally ruins a truck. If a member here ever does this to their truck I will delete their post over and over and over and... Censorship? When I was young, it was all about how high off the ground your trunk lid was and it was even more bad @$$ if it could smoke the tires three straight blocks.... Never mind about hooking up (traction). Then there was metal flake and those tires that stuck waaayyyy out. My mom told me when she was young, @$$ draggin cars were a fad, goes to show that bellbottoms are coming back around, but I doubt I'll be able to fit any of my old ones... My point is roddin, wheeling, (general term) IS about being different, most of us have modded our trucks in ways that make US happy. As far as the tail draggers, well this is America. Some might think it is stupid, but I was young once and I can guarantee an @$$ draggin truck wouldn't be one of the stupider things I've done. Far as this post goes, makes me want to turn the 87 into an @$$ dragger just to piss opinionated people off and because I can. BTW my DD is a dropped S-10, it's still a truck, still hauls, just low. Hopefully I'll get the 350/T350 installed this winter. My point is why be knockin for being different or are we being judgmental? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I hear you Ed. Every generation has their stupid automotive fads. A popular one when I was a kid was reversing the rear shackles. It was accomplished by jacking the rear end up and inserting a crowbar through the leaf spring shackle and pushing the spring down until the shackle flipped down. This effectively jacked the rear end up 3"-4" giving it a hella rake. It was free and we thought it looked cool. It also ruined the handling, made it ride like a buckboard, and sometimes stretched the rear brake lines to the point of breaking the brakes. :eek:Looking back it was stupid doing that, and the kids today will look back one day at the crazy things they are doing to their rigs and realize these were stupid things to do also. But when you're a kid you do stupid things and don't give a damn - we all did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 My mom told me when she was young, @$$ draggin cars were a fad, ... True. I don't know how old your mother is, but I went to high school in the early 1950s and the "cool" cars then had the rear suspension dropped (to the point that some actually put small wheels under the rear bumper to protect it when entering driveways and such), with fender skirts for the rear wheel cutouts and continental spare tire carriers. There were some cars like that in the student lot at my high school that would easily win first prize if they showed up at any hot rod show today -- and they were the kids' daily drivers. What goes around, comes around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64 Cheyenne Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 My mom told me when she was young, @$$ draggin cars were a fad, ... True. I don't know how old your mother is, but I went to high school in the early 1950s and the "cool" cars then had the rear suspension dropped (to the point that some actually put small wheels under the rear bumper to protect it when entering driveways and such), with fender skirts for the rear wheel cutouts and continental spare tire carriers. There were some cars like that in the student lot at my high school that would easily win first prize if they showed up at any hot rod show today -- and they were the kids' daily drivers. What goes around, comes around. Yup still waitin for porckchops, bellbottoms, and nylon shirts to come back, the old lady's convinced they never will, she says she wants her closet back, me I don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glundblad Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I need to get in on this rant. I don't understand it either. I recently bought an old Datsun car. It seems the "in" thing on those poor cars is to lower them by a inch or so. Why anyone would cut the factory springs on a 45 year old classic car is beyond me. Then they put rubber band tires on the poor thing. :doh: My truck was Comanche of the month a few years ago. I am ashamed of my Comanche of the month photos because I didn't fix the rake in my springs yet. It looks like I lowered it in the front. How embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc. Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I guess I'm odd. I like lots of stuff. Lowered, lifted, modified, stock. To me it depends on the vehicle and what was done, or not done. I remember getting sick to my stomach watching Boyd Codington on TV buy a running, driving, nice model T from an older gentleman. Then they proceeded to cut it up and throw away 95% of it to build a custom street rod. While I like street rods it was a sin to cut up a nice original vehicle like that when there are lots of crap or aftermarket options to build off of. This, I hope to never understand. :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 see, that one is easy to understand: "LOOK AT MEEEEE!!!!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I like the color. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91Pioneer Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I like that donk car but I like a wide variety of vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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