A car or truck’s stance is the first major thing that anyone notices. How does it sit? What kind of attitude does it emit? From being slammed down into the weeds to riding like a monster truck, there are nearly infinite options when it comes to picking the particular attitude of your ride.
Like lots of things in the car hobby, people’s taste regarding stance is often heavily influenced by the era that they became a gearhead in. For instance, the 1960s gasser guys, with their leaf spring beam front axles like them high and mighty while dudes into 50s kustoms like to see them hugging the ground. If you grew up in the 1970s there’s a chance you hand a fondness for the oft spoken abount “stinkbug stance” where the car’s ass rides high with the Gabriel Hi-Jackers filled to max capacity.
We are heavy into the Pro Touring era now, and even amongst those cars there has been a distinct evolution as parts and technology have evolved to allow for more friendly ride heights while increasing the organ shifting performance of these cars in the corners.
Oh course there’s always the giant truck stance, which is a personal favorite of ours that seems to span the generations.
Spill the beans: What’s your favorite automotive stance?
4 cambers a touch of negative, independent.postive rake, also minimal.. BMW, mercedes, subarus, audis, they are everywhere.
I like a slight forward rake, but the whole truck/car sitting almost too low to drive. My last truck had a 6 inch drop front and back. I also like fat rear tires and skinny fronts even on my daily drivers.
Giant truck stance, like Goliath looks great on trucks only.
I like ground clearance and mostly level stance.
High or Low doesn’t matter, I like ’em both…just fill the wheel wells with big fat sidewalls. Hate the rubber band look.
Big tires rule and aircraft rake
old school with the rear in the air
Always depends on the car as to what I like.
It depends on where the car is , whether on the drag strip , on the street or at the Sonic Drive In! Just another opinion .
My Gremlin in 1977 had Gabriel Hi Jackers with 120 PSi at all times, and the front lowered with spring clamps. The Parnelli Jones L60 tires stuck out of the rear wheelwells just the right amount.
No one’s mentioned stockcar stance yet! Slammed all the way down on all four corners, but with a slight rake, big 15×10 steel wheels and fat rubber all around.
I like the ol’ “stinkbug” stance that was made so popular in the pages of Car Craft during the 1970’s & 80’s
Ron
The stock car or road racing stance works great on most cars for me too – slight rake, lowered but with enough travel for the suspension to function, as much rubber as you can fit in the wheelwells on all four corners. Not many cars look wrong with this.
But there are a lot of other stances I like in specific circumstances. Trucks set up for off road with a lot of ground clearance and travel, for example, or a drag car with a pro street type stance where it’s lowered with noticeable rake and huge rear tires. The old BTCC touring cars have a stance that looks great on them, but often seems to fall short when ricers tried to copy it for road use.
If the car looks cool, then the tire and rim package makes the stance is right and vica-versa. I agree with Grippo, throw all of those damn 20+ inch rims and the rubber band tires that goes with them in a recycle bin some. If you’re gonna build a circus wagon fine, just don’t try to pawn it off as a cool car!
My 94 Impala SS is low by 2 inches in front with wheelwells full of old school american racing wheels and fat tall tires.
Just like my 64 SS was when I was growing uo in Kentucky.
Cool never changes.
RC
i like the stance of my 70’s period correct camaro that was featured on bangshift last year with the rear lifted up to put massive N50-15’s under it and on the front pizza cutter 15×4’s !!!
Low but driveable. Dumped bags with the frame on the ground and the tires on an awkward angle is like looking at a model with broken arms. Tall sidewalls if it is a legit street-strip car, but otherwise give me some respectable aspect ratios, like 275/40-18 or so.
Well I have to go with the tires “just” under the fender lips.
To get a “rake” on my early Mustang that requies the front tires to be 3 sizes smaller than the rears. 225/45 18 255/45 18. The car sits down in front but it looks about level.
BTW Johnny Hunkins is wroung about headers hanging low,aint no way to hide FE headers on a 68 Mustang.
mid 70s prostock or like lisks famous challenger
Depends on the car,I like some ridin high at all 4 corners and some the stinkbug some NASCAR .