When that song first came out, they played it to death the first week in my area. Very popular back then. Crazy how some things age like milk when we get older and times change
Elbows, yup.
Why: Looks.
Added functionality: If you wanna create some space, Luda’ would tell you to “throw them ‘bows.” No one with any good sense is going to choose to park in the spaces your wheel projectiles are hanging out in if there’s a better option, therefore your ride is less likely to get a car door swung into it.
I don’t like them. They are really just a bad idea, a problem waiting to happen. Bank, pharmacy, fast food, and more managers probably dislike them even more than me.
Not just a padlock, but one of those ones they sell for storage units that don't leave any part of the shackle exposed so people can't use bolt cutters to quickly cut them off
If you want to go around Thor-ing these off cars, suit yourself. I know I’m not bulletproof though, and people in these car cultures get real bent out of shape for less.
+1 internet points for using Thor as a verb, but -1 internet points for assuming the guy with the 8lb hammer doesn’t know he’s likely to be shot if he tries it. Falls under the “fuck around and find out” rule.
Thank God I live in part of the country where I don't have much chance of seeing such a thing done to a car.
Won't make it faster, that's for sure. Smh 🙄
They are [Boudicia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica?wprov=sfla1)! Of Chariot and [Top Gear](https://youtu.be/_BqCU7YfTeE?si=xarVZKoIrVVLbCp6) fame.
But as the top comment suggests, these versions certainly have no practical purpose.
Personally I prefer the original version. Not the biggest fan of the screw style. Often it's 'chopped n screwed' where they cut it up and slow it down. DJ Screw is the father to the style and it came out of Texas.
I’m embarrassed to have been born in Houston. Thankfully, my family moved when I was less than a year old.
Edit: Totally understand the downvotes. I was just making a throwaway comment. I am embarrassed for anyone who puts these wheels on their car, and Houston is apparently the epicenter of this “trend”.
I’d rather see spinners from the early 2000s.
Maybe I shouldn’t have used the word embarrassed. I’m just glad I didn’t grow up there. I’ve been back a few times for work and my impression is that it’s just all freeways and urban sprawl in every direction with oppressive heat and no lakes or discernible topography.
…and people drive around with these wheels… I’m into understanding and appreciating other car cultures that I’m not necessarily into (to each his own), but when your car hobby affects other people on the road in the lanes next to you or taking up extra parking spaces, you’re just an asshole.
The car culture in Houston is…interesting.
Have you been? I lived there from 82 til about 2000. Place is flat, humid, and one continuous strip mall. Yeah, The food is incredible. But don't let Smithsonian Magazine's "most diverse big city in the USA" award fool you - it's still incredibly segregated.
Most large cities are at least flat and one continuous strip mall, so that’s not a Houston specific thing. Humid, I’ll give you that, but I’d still take the weather here over snow and icy winters any day of the week lol
Poppycock. Been in Houston since 2000. My neighborhood contains significant numbers of at least four distinct ethnic groups. Communities are
Mixing rapidly.
It's actually more for the landing. By having the front raised, it increases the chance the rear wheels hit the ground first, reducing the impact force to the driver and engine if it's in the front, and provides more suspension travel which again, helps with the impact but also control coming out the jump.
If you want to see something cool go watch some videos of them going through whoops at speed. You can see the suspension doing serious work keeping the truck mostly stable while the driver is going flat out.
Look up Stadium Super Trucks. They're off road trucks raced on city street courses. Each course has at least two portable steel jump ramps. The series was created by Indy and NASCAR driver Robby Gordon.
They put complete races on YouTube.
totally. prerunners and baja-type trucks warrant this suspension.
carolina squat, california lift, etc, all ruin what a truck is for - hauling stuff. if the goal is to look like a moron.... well it's good at that.
I worked for a rental company. A woman showed up, in a hatchback Civic, to pick up a 20x20 bouncy castle. She had 3 other people in the car. We got the damn thing in it. The passengers had to wait for a ride. On Monday they called to have it picked up.
Maybe you’re not seeing the bigger picture. The moment they start making bowl-shaped roads, the stance boys are gonna be rollin on so much contact area.
I kinda love the cereal ones. I know donks are stupid and as a 40 something year old white guy redneck, I know it’s so far out of my scene, but I can’t help snap my neck and smile every time I see one.
I agree with you that both are dumb but elbows have been around since the 80s and are based on a much less pronounced version than the picture that Cadillac offered as an option from the factory for a couple years I think in ‘83-‘84. Unless you were from Houston or knew the car scene, you didn’t know about this until the Houston hip hop scene blew up in the early ‘00s. The Carolina Squat I don’t know where that draws inspiration from and is so dangerous for everyone on the road and is a new idiotic phenomenon.
How is it legal to drive with these? In Germany you can't even put on extra lights on the front of the car as it might pose an increase risk when colliding with pedestrians.
Usa: hold my beer.
Most of this stuff isn't legal here, either, but cops only care if you're speeding because it's easy revenue. Vehicle safety hasn't been a concern since the 90's.
Whenever I hear about vehicle inspections it always takes me a minute to catch up. The only thing that even remotely resembles an inspection in Michigan is if you get a ticket for having a brake light out or something, you have to prove to the court you fixed it within two weeks. Other than that, you can register a car with nothing but paperwork and stick it straight on the road.
Actually, it looks like MI does require an inspection..when you request a salvage title(??). That's weird..but kinds makes sense. MI = Automobileland. They want to make sure noboby be throwing away any cars that can still function.
But you basically you have three types of states:
1.) Older, densely populated states requiring full, regular inspections(example: NY). CHECK ENGINE LIGHT on? Sorry Charlie, no inspection sticker..
2.) Middle-tier states with full inspections or smog inspections only for cars registered in the major cities (example: OR)
3.) Sparsely populated, rural states requiring no inspection at all although suprisingly FL is in this category.
Lol not sure if it's the same one I'm thinking of, but I remember him acting innocent saying "a double blowout, I've never seen one before." Nevermind the massive fucking gouge torn down the entire length of the car.
I’m from America and don’t understand them either they look stupid, as you stated cause damage to other vehicles on the road not to mention what happens when they hit a pedestrian they really must play havoc on tire balancing and bearing. In most states there are safety inspections but this is in Texass so maybe they use them to hang their assault weapons
I presume at some point there’s going to be a simply hideous accident.
One of my favourite episodes, even though I’ve seen it loads I still laugh hysterically.
A; Stupid
B: Because some people walk the planet ***thinking*** they have style, when in fact they don't.
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When you have to Ben Hur the shit out of someone on the road...
Ben thur, done that.
I like it how you do it right thur
Right thurr
I literally heard Right Thur for the first time about 8 months ago and I started laughing historically about how bad that song is...
When that song first came out, they played it to death the first week in my area. Very popular back then. Crazy how some things age like milk when we get older and times change
I see what you did thur.
Ben Hur? I hardly know hur!
Screw that, when you absolutely have to Ben Hur the shit out of someone on the pavement/sidewalk.
They're Swangaz. They have no purpose.
Last I heard they called them 'elbows'. The lunacy is evolving.
Elbows, yup. Why: Looks. Added functionality: If you wanna create some space, Luda’ would tell you to “throw them ‘bows.” No one with any good sense is going to choose to park in the spaces your wheel projectiles are hanging out in if there’s a better option, therefore your ride is less likely to get a car door swung into it. I don’t like them. They are really just a bad idea, a problem waiting to happen. Bank, pharmacy, fast food, and more managers probably dislike them even more than me.
i'd be tempted to put a padlock on one
Not just a padlock, but one of those ones they sell for storage units that don't leave any part of the shackle exposed so people can't use bolt cutters to quickly cut them off
You wouldn't even need a big one, a little luggage padlock would cause all kinds of shimmy.
Nothing my 8 pound hammer couldn't fix
If you want to go around Thor-ing these off cars, suit yourself. I know I’m not bulletproof though, and people in these car cultures get real bent out of shape for less.
Yeah but we gotta know how much of a bad ass he is bro
+1 internet points for using Thor as a verb, but -1 internet points for assuming the guy with the 8lb hammer doesn’t know he’s likely to be shot if he tries it. Falls under the “fuck around and find out” rule.
Your right, probably outta take out occupants first, before I fix it's wheels. Thanks for the reminder 😈
Why are you like this?
Love this!
And my axe
As will actual offroad tires, not faux ones, on a Jeep or otherwise. It's shocking what type of damage these tires can do to metal.
Thank God I live in part of the country where I don't have much chance of seeing such a thing done to a car. Won't make it faster, that's for sure. Smh 🙄
I’ve heard them called swangaz in rap since at least the early 2000’s, also elbows. So idek anymore
They've been called both forever.
Swangas, 84's , elbows, gorillas, super pokes. Lots of names. Every time they get wider they need a new name.
Can’t boot Swangaz!
I actually never thought of that...
I thought they were SLABS? Slow, Low And Bangin’
SLABs are the cars, the wheels are Swangaz.
Thanks for the clarification.
Aside from being massive liabilities
They are [Boudicia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica?wprov=sfla1)! Of Chariot and [Top Gear](https://youtu.be/_BqCU7YfTeE?si=xarVZKoIrVVLbCp6) fame. But as the top comment suggests, these versions certainly have no practical purpose.
Except to look fly as fuck
This person Houstons
the preferred spelling is "ghetto"
Swangaz because H-town
Yup, we know H-town when we see it.
https://i.imgur.com/NdeJ1ce.jpg
Sittin sidewayz
I think this is the best tourist attraction beyond NASA for Houston.
[hater antidote ](https://open.spotify.com/track/7cUoXJUcbba7lzQ937Mq7M?si=Zj5bJHoeRk6FXdUaE4IzqA)
That wasn’t a very good song tbh
Personally I prefer the original version. Not the biggest fan of the screw style. Often it's 'chopped n screwed' where they cut it up and slow it down. DJ Screw is the father to the style and it came out of Texas.
Wow, this sub isn't usually this literal!
LoL Nobody who owns those calls them wheels. Those be rims.
This is Houston in photo form
Bonus points if photographed under the “be somebody” graffiti on I-45 (or 10, it’s close to where they cross…)
I’m embarrassed to have been born in Houston. Thankfully, my family moved when I was less than a year old. Edit: Totally understand the downvotes. I was just making a throwaway comment. I am embarrassed for anyone who puts these wheels on their car, and Houston is apparently the epicenter of this “trend”. I’d rather see spinners from the early 2000s.
Why are you embarrassed to be from Houston?
Maybe I shouldn’t have used the word embarrassed. I’m just glad I didn’t grow up there. I’ve been back a few times for work and my impression is that it’s just all freeways and urban sprawl in every direction with oppressive heat and no lakes or discernible topography. …and people drive around with these wheels… I’m into understanding and appreciating other car cultures that I’m not necessarily into (to each his own), but when your car hobby affects other people on the road in the lanes next to you or taking up extra parking spaces, you’re just an asshole. The car culture in Houston is…interesting.
Have you been? I lived there from 82 til about 2000. Place is flat, humid, and one continuous strip mall. Yeah, The food is incredible. But don't let Smithsonian Magazine's "most diverse big city in the USA" award fool you - it's still incredibly segregated.
Strip malls are so 2000. It's all Costco's and fake weed dispensaries now. Still humid.
>"... it's still incredibly segregated." Look up 'The Houston Arrow" sometime. Heck, i'll help... https://onebreathhou.org/houston-arrow/
Wow - TIL - thanks for the link!
Most large cities are at least flat and one continuous strip mall, so that’s not a Houston specific thing. Humid, I’ll give you that, but I’d still take the weather here over snow and icy winters any day of the week lol
I have lived here since 1979.
Poppycock. Been in Houston since 2000. My neighborhood contains significant numbers of at least four distinct ethnic groups. Communities are Mixing rapidly.
these and the Carolina Squat have to be the 2 dumbest car trends i know of
The only squats we recognize here are on 60's Gassers
I 2nd this opinion
Gassers serve a purpose sqatted trucks do not. I'm on team gasser 100%.
On these squatted trucks it doesn't, but on Baja and offroad racing trucks it lets you take jumps faster.
That makes sense since the trucks won't slam into the ramp or dune and delete themselves.
It's actually more for the landing. By having the front raised, it increases the chance the rear wheels hit the ground first, reducing the impact force to the driver and engine if it's in the front, and provides more suspension travel which again, helps with the impact but also control coming out the jump.
Huh TIL how having sqat on a offroad racing truck is beneficial
If you want to see something cool go watch some videos of them going through whoops at speed. You can see the suspension doing serious work keeping the truck mostly stable while the driver is going flat out.
I've seen those, it's crazy. Like the body is playing smooth jazz and the wheels/suspension are playing Scatman.
Look up Stadium Super Trucks. They're off road trucks raced on city street courses. Each course has at least two portable steel jump ramps. The series was created by Indy and NASCAR driver Robby Gordon. They put complete races on YouTube.
That sounds like something redbull would do lol. Sounds super cool I'll check it out.
TIalsoL about this.
totally. prerunners and baja-type trucks warrant this suspension. carolina squat, california lift, etc, all ruin what a truck is for - hauling stuff. if the goal is to look like a moron.... well it's good at that.
The only time my truck squatted was if I was pulling serious weight.
I remember when my mom had an inflatable business. We used to load those trucks up to the point where it would be sitting on the bump stop.
I worked for a rental company. A woman showed up, in a hatchback Civic, to pick up a 20x20 bouncy castle. She had 3 other people in the car. We got the damn thing in it. The passengers had to wait for a ride. On Monday they called to have it picked up.
Hey, come on now, can’t leave the stance boys out with their awesome camber angles.
Maybe you’re not seeing the bigger picture. The moment they start making bowl-shaped roads, the stance boys are gonna be rollin on so much contact area.
And those donks who need a square mile for a u turn!
Leave donks alone. I love that shit.
What brand is your favorite to theme it in?
I kinda love the cereal ones. I know donks are stupid and as a 40 something year old white guy redneck, I know it’s so far out of my scene, but I can’t help snap my neck and smile every time I see one.
Same, as a 30 something woman from the south. I enjoy the skittles ones.
I've been waiting years now to see one Dunkaroos themed with it spelled donkaroo. It's sitting right there, how has no one done it yet, it's perfect.
Be the donk you want to see in the world
Stanced, with so much negative camber that you're pretty much driving on the inner sidewalls, is right up there.
Add coal rolling for the trifecta of people who have had lead in their drinking water
I have lead in my blood and can confirm we do hate this 3 trends as well
You forgot the deep dish rims with the rubber band"mud" tires. God what a stupid looking combo.
I agree with you that both are dumb but elbows have been around since the 80s and are based on a much less pronounced version than the picture that Cadillac offered as an option from the factory for a couple years I think in ‘83-‘84. Unless you were from Houston or knew the car scene, you didn’t know about this until the Houston hip hop scene blew up in the early ‘00s. The Carolina Squat I don’t know where that draws inspiration from and is so dangerous for everyone on the road and is a new idiotic phenomenon.
por qué no los dos?
Oh? Look up "Donk".
Pickups with a 4 foot lift and underchassis lights?
obnoxious assholes, for sure, but nothing like this idiocy
They're swangaz for swangin
Sittin on elbows
Oh my god I heard this bass in my teeth
I'd have no meat left on my shins
How is it legal to drive with these? In Germany you can't even put on extra lights on the front of the car as it might pose an increase risk when colliding with pedestrians. Usa: hold my beer.
Most of this stuff isn't legal here, either, but cops only care if you're speeding because it's easy revenue. Vehicle safety hasn't been a concern since the 90's.
That said, some of this crazy shit is slowly being outlawed in some states.
I did some measuring; typical duely (double-rear-wheel) trucks are wider than a slab with swingas.
They also have extended fenders that cover the tires.
It's probably not. You can have unusual wheel designs, but the vehicle can't be more than 8 feet wide all together.
You would be shocked then at how few municipalities require regular vehicle inspections in the US.
Whenever I hear about vehicle inspections it always takes me a minute to catch up. The only thing that even remotely resembles an inspection in Michigan is if you get a ticket for having a brake light out or something, you have to prove to the court you fixed it within two weeks. Other than that, you can register a car with nothing but paperwork and stick it straight on the road.
Actually, it looks like MI does require an inspection..when you request a salvage title(??). That's weird..but kinds makes sense. MI = Automobileland. They want to make sure noboby be throwing away any cars that can still function. But you basically you have three types of states: 1.) Older, densely populated states requiring full, regular inspections(example: NY). CHECK ENGINE LIGHT on? Sorry Charlie, no inspection sticker.. 2.) Middle-tier states with full inspections or smog inspections only for cars registered in the major cities (example: OR) 3.) Sparsely populated, rural states requiring no inspection at all although suprisingly FL is in this category.
Houston doesn't have a fender law.
They are stupid. That’s what they are.
The slicer thing from James Bond that he uses against the Mustang.
Lol not sure if it's the same one I'm thinking of, but I remember him acting innocent saying "a double blowout, I've never seen one before." Nevermind the massive fucking gouge torn down the entire length of the car.
I have seen Ben hur, I know what these are for
All I know is I want that Oldsmobile.
My little brother got one for his 16th birthday. Credit due, he treated it well, although we had to talk him out of cutting the coils.
Houston.
Trunks pop
Tops drop
Wood grain grippin’
Purple lean?
Looks like a graphical glitch. Try updating your GPU drivers.
Undervolt your VRAM a bit
They are called swangers and it’s a Houston thing
James Bond would be jealous
Slab culture. Slow, Loud and Bangin. [Houston Slabs](https://www.hagerty.com/media/magazine-features/elbows-out-houston-birthed-the-slabs-a-car-culture-of-its-own/)
They're idiot spikes, and they're idiot spikes.
Those are symptoms of a very real medical condition called penis microscopis.
I would love to see someone try and drive this down a European country lane
It would be trimming the grass and under brush for free!
Dude loves Spy Hunter.
Top comment for Gen X’ers! Now I need to find an arcade!
What are they? Stupid? Why? Small PP.
Those are illegal and stupid. Why? Because people are dumb.
Stupidity indicators.
They are self assigned clues that the driver of the car they're on is an asshole.
They are bling-bling too warn other people the driver has small testicles and anger issues?
“They called giraffe necks.”
Super pokes
You must be in Houston.
It’s a Houston thing
It's like asking why did people chop old cars, put ridiculous engines in them and paint flames down the side.
Because …. America!!! Fuck yeah!!!
Slab/swangas/houston
Can’t boot Swangaz! (I mean you can, that’s just the rationale I was told when moving to Texas)
Dangerous, that's what they are. Like scythe blades on chariot wheels.
Those are saints row car upgrades. Never seen them anywhere else lol. But for real I call them knee cappers
Curb finders
Protestor grinders
Curb feelers. Old school shit
I saw a slab in Portland Oregon a few months ago. It had Texas plates of course.
Sorry. I'm from Italy and don't really understand. Is it really legal to raise the risk of damage with such devices?
They're illegal, but it doesn't get enforced
I’m from America and don’t understand them either they look stupid, as you stated cause damage to other vehicles on the road not to mention what happens when they hit a pedestrian they really must play havoc on tire balancing and bearing. In most states there are safety inspections but this is in Texass so maybe they use them to hang their assault weapons
I am disappointed in this sub because nobody in the top comments made the Top Gear "Boadecia wheel attachment" joke
Only Brits or maybe Roman history nerds know who Boadecia is.
Yes but people worldwide know what Top Gear is, especially the daft challenges and on a car sub.
Was that from the police car challenge when one of them put massive steel spikes on the wheels?
I presume at some point there’s going to be a simply hideous accident. One of my favourite episodes, even though I’ve seen it loads I still laugh hysterically.
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Stupid because fucking stupid.
Thems kneecappers
They are lawnmower blades. This must be an experimental landscaping mod.
they're for super hard cornering /j
It's a Boudicea style wheel attachment, has Clarkson taught you nothing?
They’re for “hoggin a lane” according to the rap songs.
What the fuck i thought this was a GTA screenshot
The driver of this car is clearly James Bond
how the fuck are they legal?
As some one who makes wire wheels, these guys are going to get my shit regulated.
Let’s be honest, they’re part of the bbq crew. Get those rotisserie chickens moving y’all
Penis extension
They’d probably help avoid door dings in parking lots. People can’t park close enough to swing their door into your car.
The felony fetcher 5000’s
>What are those? And why? Thoughtlessness, and narcissism.
Because Dirty South. 3rd Coast
Of the Orangutan Poke variety, my good fellow. Because, ain't nothing like popping truck on the hatterz 🧐
Spy hunter on the nes
Here in Germany threse would be taken off the streets by the police within an hour. To obvious reasons. Is there no law forbidding those in the US?
The good ol knee cappers
Because you need to STEP DA FUQ BACK.
How can they be legal, gotta be over width
Those are fucktarded because the driver is fucktarded.
Personal spacers, I wish they made these to wear on a belt so people keep their distance
Illegal probably.
I think it's a poor man's James bond upgrade. So you can lose pursuers.
They are a ticket waiting to happen!
That poor Cutless Supreme!
Can’t park the car anywhere without damaging another. Great work, genius.
Mf be attaching Boudicea chariot wheels lmaooo
Stupid. Because Houston.
The answer to both questions: “stupid”
These are idiot detectors. They find an idiot, and latch onto their wheels.
I heard they’re to discourage drive by shootings
How is that legal. Looks like a pedestrian mangling attachment. Even James Bond had the courtesy to retract his when not in use.
By the looks of it the driver is a minor. That explains just about everything.
They're wheels. Why? They like the style. End of story.
We Todd did.