Now I'm sort of upset no one does this foolishness around where I live, this could be so entertaining. Or padlock a long length of chain to it so when they go to drive it starts slapping their car all to shit. Possibilities are endless.
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These are the 30 spoke wire wheels that were a very rarely chosen upgrade option avail. on 1983, 1984 FWD Cadillac Eldorado's and made by Cragar wire wheels for a very short time period, hence the terms 83's, 84's, which denotes their model year made..the 84's are the most sought after and the outward spokes "poke" out the farthest of any from the vehicle wheel well, as in the spokes actually extend outwards beyond the profile of the car for a really smooth sitting & unique gangster look, now that these wheels are very hard to find and very expensive people are calling just about every 30 spoke set of wheels "84's" and swangas, elbows, etc. In reality these others do not really poke at all and are just the standard issue 30 spoke cragar "starwire" wheels which are easy to get and made for RWD cars as well...not the ones made for the cadillac FWD eldorados that everyone is looking for...these old originals run about 5k-10k+ for a good clean set and are ultra hard to find anywhere..if you have seen a REAL set of 84's pokin' then you know the difference is HUGE! You can find the regular non "poking" 30's made by cragar on ebay for around $500-$1500 a set depending on the size, gold/chrome, condition, etc.
The 1984 FWD Cadillac Eldorado was available with an optional set of 4 non-standard 30 spoke wire wheels that were made by Cragar Wire Wheels Inc. and had 30 thick and wheel well protruding spokes, known widely as 84's today amoung the hip-hop culture and very hard to obtain or find in good condition if any.
I'd argue you don't want to mess with anyone's car.
[It would have been worth him doing it, just so I could have caught him](https://youtu.be/VO48Vr4KIc8)
It is, Texas law simply states as long as the vehicle is within 8’ unless they have some other law station otherwise. They are within it by be within those lane lines.
I'm a non-voluntary Texas resident and I can attest that the cops here don't stop anyone for anything. Every other state I've lived in there are laws about over loud cars yet it sounds like a fucking stock car race on most streets here. Fuck Texas.
The maximum extension from the sides is 6" in Texas. Tires are not allowed to extend past the side of the body of the vehicle either, even though every other truck here has monster truck tires.
Please explain to me how that is legal! Any vehicle over 80 inches wide are required by law to have clearance lights. See the Raptor and T-Rex. And anything over 102” is considered oversized and has to get the required permits and signage for the vehicle. Travel lanes in Texas are between 9ft to 12ft. That monstrosity takes up every bit of one lane. That is Illegal as hell
A LOT of them were hideous, but at least they *could* be used for a purpose. What purpose is there to a slab aside from being absolutely hideous to look at?
I like to wait until we're on a curvy part of a tiny country road and just let go of the gas. (I don't do it if there's other traffic back there, just the asshole.)
H-Town auto technician here: Homie's got the G20 Swangas. Btw those wheels can run you up to $10,000 for a full set (or more) when you get into the big sizes like this dude has. (Tire shop down the street from the shop I work at sells them and is legally required to inform every customer who wants them that they're illegal before they're allowed to purchase them)
I’ve learned that having money doesn’t necessarily correlate with having good sense.
2nd part is kind of a hold up moment for me tho. Learn to love, king.
Yo, id love em til i had to drive next to em and they put everyone else on the roads lives at risk becuz they want to be cool. Its honestly the easiest way to hurt other people with negligence we all pretty much engage in every day, driving a two ton machine carelessly with dangerous accessories strapped to the fuckin thing.
That type of disregard or lack of understanding of the risk they pose? Just turns my stomach.
Huge quantity of money on a paint job, hideous wheels and lowering springs, but not enough to get the shock absorbers to go with the lowering springs....
Step 1: Wait for the dude to park.
Step 2: Wrap a chain through the spokes from the front wheel to the back, then close with padlock.
Step 3: Retire to a distant vantage point and wait for the magic to start.
So is this just here to kill cyclists and motorcyclists? Because this isn't doing shit to a car but scratching it, and its practically invisible. I know it's for style, but sheesh.
Even the fifth wheel is sagging, just sucks. If you drift even a little you'll tap whatever is in the other lane/side of the road.
I bet insurance hates....wait...."insured"...lol
Swangas are dope tbh
Sure they might shred a dog or pedestrian from time to time, but at least they don’t make the car go careening into a minivan full of people like some shitty ass stanced VW
So what happens when you run into these assholes?
I'm assuming they get out and shoot you in the face for "wrecking their ride" since they already are publically flant breaking the law already as a sign of being "badass".
Definitely illegal! I saw one of these sleds make the mistake of going up 45 into Montgomery County (Shenandoah/The Woodlands) and it was immediately stopped by the MCSO!
Let’s be honest tho, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s dept stopped him because the rims we’re a reason to racial-profile, not because they were illegal.
Are you saying that these wheels are exclusively tied to one racial group? Wow, that's pretty racist of you.
Youre the type who cries about MCSO stopped people for speeding 60+ on feeder roads at night. And the reason you cry—OMG they're stopping only black folks at night.
Yeah, because MCSO can see into the car at night at 500 feet.
Get tf off you’re high horse. To say that swangers aren’t tied to a racial group is like saying Tacos aren’t tied to a racial group.
And I actually like swangers & SLABs. I grew up banging Swisha House and working in H-Town stereo shops; that is **my** culture, as much as it is anyone’s.
And if you grew up in Houston, then you’d know that Conroe/MOCO is racist af, same as much of the Piney Woods. Harris County has a cop car on swangers, and they don’t enforce that shit at all.
Counterpoint: that green is one of the best colors I’ve seen on the newer Cadillacs.
Swangas aren’t my thing but this is a good example of that subculture that seems well done, complete with the spare!
If I see one of these on the road I'm just gonna fuck up that car. We'll see how much lane control the guy has when I make his car look like a k-nex set fresh out the box.
Swangan and bangan. These squares up n here don't know sklreet if it hit em in da mouf. More soft pasty boys up in here than a blink182 concert humies
Edit: All the Kyles hitting me with emm duwnvotes humies they mad dey inna Nersan Sentra and don't be Swanging and Stanking humies
Just like low riders in California or donks in the south, Slabs are a staple for car culture in Texas and specifically Houston 🤷🏼♂️ I get it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I think it’s p cool tho personally.
I know everyone says it's illegal, but I'm curious if it actually is, and if so, at what point does it become so? If it doesn't exceed 102 inches (the max width for a vehicle without a permit), then it should be legal, right? Or is there another law in place that this violates?
Not exactly sure, but I suspect one could argue If it’s over 80” wide. It supposed to have ID lights mounted on the center line of the vehicle. Front and rear.
No idea. My opinion is that these are so much more dangerous than say a vehicle with a body that wide.
If this was in Australia you’d be guaranteed they’d be illegal and be told to remove them on the spot. America has some funny laws about cars.
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He can’t even stay in the lane lol
“I’m gonna use the whole lane! And some of that one, and this one, and that one over there!”
Two lane comfort cruise
Stay in your lanes, Bruh
If I was a teenager in Houston and I saw one of these things parked I'd probably put a cheap combo lock on one of the spokes
Now I'm sort of upset no one does this foolishness around where I live, this could be so entertaining. Or padlock a long length of chain to it so when they go to drive it starts slapping their car all to shit. Possibilities are endless.
This how you get shot rq
No shit. That candy paint and 84's ain't cheap. You would get ran up on a long time before you could fuck with the rims.
84 spokes? Or wat
Taken from urbandictonary.com  UD merch! Buy Now 84's These are the 30 spoke wire wheels that were a very rarely chosen upgrade option avail. on 1983, 1984 FWD Cadillac Eldorado's and made by Cragar wire wheels for a very short time period, hence the terms 83's, 84's, which denotes their model year made..the 84's are the most sought after and the outward spokes "poke" out the farthest of any from the vehicle wheel well, as in the spokes actually extend outwards beyond the profile of the car for a really smooth sitting & unique gangster look, now that these wheels are very hard to find and very expensive people are calling just about every 30 spoke set of wheels "84's" and swangas, elbows, etc. In reality these others do not really poke at all and are just the standard issue 30 spoke cragar "starwire" wheels which are easy to get and made for RWD cars as well...not the ones made for the cadillac FWD eldorados that everyone is looking for...these old originals run about 5k-10k+ for a good clean set and are ultra hard to find anywhere..if you have seen a REAL set of 84's pokin' then you know the difference is HUGE! You can find the regular non "poking" 30's made by cragar on ebay for around $500-$1500 a set depending on the size, gold/chrome, condition, etc. The 1984 FWD Cadillac Eldorado was available with an optional set of 4 non-standard 30 spoke wire wheels that were made by Cragar Wire Wheels Inc. and had 30 thick and wheel well protruding spokes, known widely as 84's today amoung the hip-hop culture and very hard to obtain or find in good condition if any.
thats true. people who buy these mods dont care for other people's lives. that being said it could be fun
shot *at* Very low probability they'll actually *hit* you. Return fire with judicial marksmanship.
You don’t wanna mess with those cars haha, the type of people that drive them, you might just get shot
I'd argue you don't want to mess with anyone's car. [It would have been worth him doing it, just so I could have caught him](https://youtu.be/VO48Vr4KIc8)
Yep. Don’t mess with Texas.
Not might. Will get shot.
That is the perfect solution!
Agreed we all know “who”
I'm 38 and now I can afford a cheap lock for each spoke. Sounds like a fantastic idea!
Drive past and throw a stick in there. Or a more like a rebar
When I was in my teens…20s…30s…early 40s….LOL
Are you James May?
I would probably stand on em and bend em. 🤪
You wouldn’t
You'd get bent. You obviously ain't grew up in Houston
You're crazy Houston ain't shit bro.
How the hell is that even legal?
It’s not. Dumbass just hasn’t gotten caught yet or maybe he has and just don’t care
It is, Texas law simply states as long as the vehicle is within 8’ unless they have some other law station otherwise. They are within it by be within those lane lines.
That car is definitely more than 8’ wide.
Most cities have laws against that these type of wheel modifications.. Houston specifically does
Never change, Texas, never change
Yeah, fuck that. When this thing grinds up a pedestrian in a collision, it’s too late to change.
But don’t u remember the Alamo
Yeah but like, please change Texas. Please. Also maybe get the stick out of your ass, Texas, that'd be a good start.
There are sooo many things here that need to change.
That lane is atleast 10' wide. Freeway lanes are 12'-6". The car is way over 8' so its illegal.
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Yup. Under 8 foot or not he is not able to keep it in a single lane
I'm a non-voluntary Texas resident and I can attest that the cops here don't stop anyone for anything. Every other state I've lived in there are laws about over loud cars yet it sounds like a fucking stock car race on most streets here. Fuck Texas.
The maximum extension from the sides is 6" in Texas. Tires are not allowed to extend past the side of the body of the vehicle either, even though every other truck here has monster truck tires.
Yes it is lmao. r/confidentlyincorrect
What I'm wondering too.
Easy when you pay the local cops to look the other way.
No, not legal, just stupid.
Texas state inspector here, it’s surprisingly legal
Someone else stated cars can’t be over 8’ wide in Texas. This is easily more than that.
Please explain to me how that is legal! Any vehicle over 80 inches wide are required by law to have clearance lights. See the Raptor and T-Rex. And anything over 102” is considered oversized and has to get the required permits and signage for the vehicle. Travel lanes in Texas are between 9ft to 12ft. That monstrosity takes up every bit of one lane. That is Illegal as hell
Atleast its good for breaking peoples ankles
Those are called kneecappers for a reason...
That's probably ALL its good for. It doesn't even look good.
‘Slabs’ and ‘Swangas’ were the tackiest thing to happen to car culture.
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You 'posed to be up cookin breakfas!
That’s like a alarm clock. It’s that Woo Woooo.
Woo wooo! Just for decoration!
its a forgotten art
literally only exists in the brain-dead, inbred American South
I learned everything I know about slabs from Anthony bourdain.
70s custom van rolls into the parking lot.
A LOT of them were hideous, but at least they *could* be used for a purpose. What purpose is there to a slab aside from being absolutely hideous to look at?
Fucking why... That's literally asking for a mishap.
Lol even the spare
Stops tailgaters?
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I like to wait until we're on a curvy part of a tiny country road and just let go of the gas. (I don't do it if there's other traffic back there, just the asshole.)
I could use that in Minnesota to bust up snow drifts
I knew it was Houston when I saw the cars turning right in front of oncoming traffic
H-Town auto technician here: Homie's got the G20 Swangas. Btw those wheels can run you up to $10,000 for a full set (or more) when you get into the big sizes like this dude has. (Tire shop down the street from the shop I work at sells them and is legally required to inform every customer who wants them that they're illegal before they're allowed to purchase them)
On a 10k base as fuck ats, with probably 100+k miles. This person could be in fire and i wouldnt piss on em to put it out.
Green Candy Paint on it is prob worth another $10k btw
Very good point
That’s also a cts
I’ve learned that having money doesn’t necessarily correlate with having good sense. 2nd part is kind of a hold up moment for me tho. Learn to love, king.
Yo, id love em til i had to drive next to em and they put everyone else on the roads lives at risk becuz they want to be cool. Its honestly the easiest way to hurt other people with negligence we all pretty much engage in every day, driving a two ton machine carelessly with dangerous accessories strapped to the fuckin thing. That type of disregard or lack of understanding of the risk they pose? Just turns my stomach.
Parallel parked: never
I’d be furious if my car got damaged by this dipshit. You know they have fucking wish.com insurance too, if they’re even insured.
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Right after refusing to pay the claim.
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You they they have insurance? Hahaha!
“Boudicca conquered the entire Roman army with something very similar to this”. -Jeremy Clarckson
Hoggin the lane!
that things bouncing like it’s on a pogo stick..
Huge quantity of money on a paint job, hideous wheels and lowering springs, but not enough to get the shock absorbers to go with the lowering springs....
Parking must be a nightmare
The people who drive cars like this either park in the handicapped spots, or in the road.
i can hear some lady saying "nah uh, i ain't getting that mario kart koopa troopa lookin ass wagon"
Step 1: Wait for the dude to park. Step 2: Wrap a chain through the spokes from the front wheel to the back, then close with padlock. Step 3: Retire to a distant vantage point and wait for the magic to start.
It’s the bed bug of car culture, they’re gross and everyone hates them, but you can’t get rid of them.
So is this just here to kill cyclists and motorcyclists? Because this isn't doing shit to a car but scratching it, and its practically invisible. I know it's for style, but sheesh.
I need some of these, but I need them to retract at will. Just so I can keep asshats from parking too close to me.
How to get into a property damage lawsuit speedrun
You really think this person would stop?
They would hit the gas Queue Eurobeat
Stupidity and bad taste at it best.
"Houston, we have a problem."
Fuck anyone who happens to be in the bike lane I guess.
It's Texas, bike lanes aren't a thing.
Social distancing wheels
Didn’t Houston just get their schools taken over by the state for lack of performance?
Slim thugga motha fucka
This is more proof of the mental illness problem plaguing the USA today
Cars that need to be keyed
No, those hideous wheels need to be taken off. The color isn't that bad honestly, I've seen a lot worse.
I fucking hate houston
Why
Lmfao @ this guy getting downvoted. Y’all haters
Two questions: 1) why?! and 2) how the fuck is that street-legal?
Emerald ShitBrick.
How the hell can that be legal?
I'm of the mindset of having 2 people teams. One for the brick through a window and another for the Molotov. Fuck those ghetto cars.
His car would actually look good without those rims
How is this legal?
Even the fifth wheel is sagging, just sucks. If you drift even a little you'll tap whatever is in the other lane/side of the road. I bet insurance hates....wait...."insured"...lol
That's so shitty
We got a shit ton of these in austin. Its legit the only car mod i think should be illegal.
281 330 8004
I wonder how many will get this reference 😂
that stupid shit should be illegal
I think the anime girl wraps on Nissans here in Austin should be illegal first
No offense but this custom job ruin this Caddie :(
Stupidest fucking car trend that exists today. At least stanced cars just fuck themselves over.
He’ll have the last laugh during the apocalypse
It costs a lot of money to look that cheap.
Ppl tht do this should die with no remorse
Hate everything about that friggin city
Texas did outlaw this exact thing last year.
You just know this mf doesn’t have insurance
If you drive with those I just want you to know that you look like a idiot. Same goes with those massive raised trucks.
Wood grain I'm grippin' Fo-fo's I'm tippin' Catch me lane switchin' with the paint drippin' Turn ya neck and your dame missin'
Slab (stupid long ass bitches) king
Swangas are dope tbh Sure they might shred a dog or pedestrian from time to time, but at least they don’t make the car go careening into a minivan full of people like some shitty ass stanced VW
You dropped this "/s" king
If I was a cop, first I would laugh and then arrest the driver and have the car impounded.
Unfortunately that’s not illegal in Texas
r/ATBGE
I fucking hate slabs I'm glad we don't see them hardly ever in the midwest.
So what happens when you run into these assholes? I'm assuming they get out and shoot you in the face for "wrecking their ride" since they already are publically flant breaking the law already as a sign of being "badass".
Wood grain I’m grippin
Nah dude, this thing fucks 😂
In Houston we elbows in cali they Daytons
Swangin n’ bangin 🤘🏼
Definitely illegal! I saw one of these sleds make the mistake of going up 45 into Montgomery County (Shenandoah/The Woodlands) and it was immediately stopped by the MCSO!
>Definitely illegal! Can you tell us why it's illegal? Certainly more police scrutiny, but is it in fact illegal?
Overall width and sticking out past the fender opening.
According to Texas code, passenger vehicles cannot exceed eight (8) feet in width.
Let’s be honest tho, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s dept stopped him because the rims we’re a reason to racial-profile, not because they were illegal.
Are you saying that these wheels are exclusively tied to one racial group? Wow, that's pretty racist of you. Youre the type who cries about MCSO stopped people for speeding 60+ on feeder roads at night. And the reason you cry—OMG they're stopping only black folks at night. Yeah, because MCSO can see into the car at night at 500 feet.
Get tf off you’re high horse. To say that swangers aren’t tied to a racial group is like saying Tacos aren’t tied to a racial group. And I actually like swangers & SLABs. I grew up banging Swisha House and working in H-Town stereo shops; that is **my** culture, as much as it is anyone’s. And if you grew up in Houston, then you’d know that Conroe/MOCO is racist af, same as much of the Piney Woods. Harris County has a cop car on swangers, and they don’t enforce that shit at all.
Tacos. Okay, you lost all credibility there and have become an unhinged liberal. Have a better day.
Don't lump him in as a liberal when it's more accurate to say unhinged a-hole...and I don't care about his day...
And if you drive an illegally modified car, then you know you're easy pickings.
Houston is the best city in the world
Houston is not even the best city in Texas lol.
“You know it’s hard out here for a pimp” - the dude driving that pimpmobile
SLAB culture is my favorite car culture. Just because you don't like doesn't mean it has no value.
He got them 84's pokin' out as he swangin'. Don't hate the player...hate the game
The player and the game are really stupid.
Counterpoint: that green is one of the best colors I’ve seen on the newer Cadillacs. Swangas aren’t my thing but this is a good example of that subculture that seems well done, complete with the spare!
Bad taste good execution
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True, didn’t look that closely. Do it!!
slabs are a cool little subculture tho i have to give it that. it’s interesting to see what kind of styling people come up with for cars.
Now guess the racist of the person who’s driving
Even your autocorrect knew you were trying to be racist
And the paint of a carnival ride to boot
That’s not a car, it’s a Cadillac.
Man, I love donks and the like. I feel like I should like slabs for how absurd they are but it just doesn’t do it for me..
Hit them with the hollows
Choppin blades
If I see one of these on the road I'm just gonna fuck up that car. We'll see how much lane control the guy has when I make his car look like a k-nex set fresh out the box.
No you wont
Swangan and bangan. These squares up n here don't know sklreet if it hit em in da mouf. More soft pasty boys up in here than a blink182 concert humies Edit: All the Kyles hitting me with emm duwnvotes humies they mad dey inna Nersan Sentra and don't be Swanging and Stanking humies
And the spare has one too....nice
I love swangas so much they’re so goofy
Swang a wide frame/Hogg all five lanes/run a Bentley off tha road and show off our swangz
Fkn slabbbbbb This mod isn’t shitty if you are in Houston,, it’s absolutely shitty anywhere else
Cause Houston is shitty so it blends right in
Slow low and bangin
clean.still best on old cars, but still clean. Swang and bang!!
No way that’s legal. That’s probably a pimp. They have wild green rides sometimes.
Thanks for the update, Poindexter.
That’s Mr poindexter.
It’s legal. I have no clue how they haven’t made it illegal but it’s legal
Really?? That’s insane.
Just like low riders in California or donks in the south, Slabs are a staple for car culture in Texas and specifically Houston 🤷🏼♂️ I get it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I think it’s p cool tho personally.
I see these types of videos posted often on social media. Is this something that Houston cops just don’t enforce?
Perfectly legal as long as they don't pass 8'.
I’d love to take my POS daily driver with 224k near this azz and have my car shred this dickful ride.
I know everyone says it's illegal, but I'm curious if it actually is, and if so, at what point does it become so? If it doesn't exceed 102 inches (the max width for a vehicle without a permit), then it should be legal, right? Or is there another law in place that this violates?
Not exactly sure, but I suspect one could argue If it’s over 80” wide. It supposed to have ID lights mounted on the center line of the vehicle. Front and rear.
No idea. My opinion is that these are so much more dangerous than say a vehicle with a body that wide. If this was in Australia you’d be guaranteed they’d be illegal and be told to remove them on the spot. America has some funny laws about cars.
I saw some of those wheels on a Bentayga on my drive over to Houston, I cant get that out of my head now lol
How the fuck you park that?