henry albert wrote:
I was so motivated by that shot that I ordered some parts from Turner for my increasingly ratty old 330. You should demand a salesman's cut.
Tim Adams wrote:
Sometimes messing around yields a cool shot.
I always mess around Flickr picked the Fisi in the dirt shot above into Expore today, none of those I was messing around ever become popular. Below a similar shot to yours that's been viewed quite a lot - taken 16 years ago at Nazareth PA on film, at a time when "messing around" was expensive
pburke wrote:
I have a Mini - Turner actually has some wheel spacers I could use to fill my fenders a little better
Hey, man, you gotta get current. Get hip. You gotta stance it. Which is what some of our younger motorhead brethren consider the ultimate in street customization. I know you've seen `em: impractically lowered on cut springs until they barely clear expansion joints, sporting super wide wheels and shod with tires much too narrow to fit on the wheel properly -- but heck, that's a good thing, cuz no way they can fit into the wheel wells without a massive camber adjustment anyway, so the mis-fit can help squeeze the contact surface under the lip. No rubbing worries, since the suspension is locked solid.
Oh, well, they're into cars, so they're family. Besides, I was young once and perpetrated my share of sins against automotive decency. Glass packs, anyone?
The latest thing around here seems to be installing a tow strap or eye on the front. That might not be a bad idea, since some of the cars are so low that a holed oil pan might be just an unseen pothole away.
A couple of youngish brothers live next door and many of their friends have stanced rides. One has a beautifully maintained E46 BMW with similar "refinements" as in the pic below (except for gold wire wheels). I have a bone stock E46 convertible and I've seen him looking at it with sad eyes, probably thinking that the old fart next door needs to sell the car to someone who knows how to treat it.
