Fat and Flush

Enkei should just sponsor the Fat And Flush section of this blog because their RPF-1 wheel is now making it's fourth appearance in this now nine post category. Yes nearly 50% of this entire category is made up of cars on RPF-1 wheels, crazy.

My apologies for any damage done to your cheque book caused by my posting items up for sale two days in a row but just look at this Subaru. It is honestly one of the most intimidating and refined looking Subarus I have seen in a long while.

From what I have seen Subaru owners that want to run low and wide might have the most uphill battle amongst their peers. A lot of the 'traditional' Subaru owners seem to think that Subarus (specifically STIs) should always be ready for rally conditions that could suddenly pop up in the middle of the highway. The reality is you don't need 4x4 ground clearance to enjoy all wheel drive, but people hate reality.

I've got a thing for s10s, Sonomas, Blazers, Jimmys, Sy's and Ty's. Those who know me know this, and if you have been reading for awhile you have probably also noticed this as I am no stranger to posting S trucks. However most of the ones I post are not exactly fast (in anything other than a straight line) and wouldn't exactly fall in the Fat and Flush category. This is nowhere ordinary Blazer though, it is a fire breathing, hill course eating, monster.

I've been to neglecting the Fat and Flush category for months (my bad) but these two s2000s I spotted in an appreciation thread should make up for my shortcomings. These two s2000s are a great example of awesome, aggressive setups that don't have any tire stretch or excessive camber. Function and form balance achieved.

Triumph is synonymous with quite a few great things: a song, a Canadian rock brand, a motorcycle manufacturer and finally the most relevant to this blog a British car manufacturer. I've been looking for something to post in the fat and flush category for awhile and this TR6 is the perfect fit. This car looks like it was made to live in corners, both on the racetrack and on winding mountain roads.

They say the first step in managing an addiction is admitting you have an addiction so I am going to admit this one to all of you: I'm in the early stages of what is no doubt going to become a full blown addiction to cars that are set up fat and flush. Like my addiction to the other various forms of stance this is basically out of my control so the best thing I can do at this point is give fat and flush it's own category.

My friend Jay who is an E30 fitment guru, and one half of the driving force behind local BMW shop Stance Factory, gave me the heads up on this e36 that's wearing 265 Hankook tires all around. It's been awhile since I've seen this car, and I know the owner drives it hard, so I'm glad to see it's still in once piece and still set up to have the wheels driven off of it. Form > Function is starting to turn (back?) into Form = Function.

I've spent a lot of too much time lately browsing a fitment thread on Mazda 3 forums trying to figure out just how I want my new wheels to look this year in regards to stretch vs fatness and that's where I stumbled across this sick looking Speed3. It's sitting on an aggressive, functional, setup that I really can't find any reason not to like. I love Speed 3's, I love RPF-1s, and I love blacked out cars, and I love nice stance so this car hits all the right buttons for me.