visually, u guys think poke makes your wheel gap look bigger ?

take a car with same height, one has half inch poke vs the other being flush and slightly sunken in. 

looking from the bottom down and in terms of gap appearance, the flush slightly sunken set up always looks like the gap is closer without physically really having to get it lower.

with the poke, you really have to close that gap in really tight because it's so pronounced.

opinions ?

Coming from the VW scene that really started the wheel poke thing, I think thats a correct statement.  With poke you have to be lower.  Nothing looks worse than poked out wheels with a conservative drop.  But nothing looks more right than a properly dropped car with some healthy poke.

BTW, I heart IRS!

I think the Mexicano Mafiosos started the Poke...extreme poke..kekekekekekekeke

[QUOTE=zion_97;154616]I think the Mexicano Mafiosos started the Poke...extreme poke..kekekekekekekeke[/QUOTE]

lol. too funny. yeah, as someone else above said. dropped adequately, and poke looks dope. 
Charley

Poke is coo...

I personally like wheels tuckin deep in the wells. Plus if you wanna lay that b!tch out, then I say tuck em...

Wait... POKE EM! The less cars laid out the better for me! =)

Drive height they poke a hair, all down they tuck like a mofo.  Thats how I like it.

[QUOTE=golfkid777;154730]Drive height they poke a hair, all down they tuck like a mofo.  Thats how I like it.[/QUOTE]

Oooo.... touche'!

To the original question, I think it's about lighting. When the wheels hidden inside (tucking), it's dark, hence giving the illusion of a much lesser gap.

But when poking, the edge of the tire is clearly illuminated hence the more obvious wheel gap.

[QUOTE=kaizer;154777]To the original question, I think it's about lighting. When the wheels hidden inside (tucking), it's dark, hence giving the illusion of a much lesser gap.

But when poking, the edge of the tire is clearly illuminated hence the more obvious wheel gap.[/QUOTE]

What he said...

This is the reason with the Japanese dabbling with Tsurauchi vs Tsuraichi. The sunken battleship style offsets end up looking much lower than the perfect flush cars, even if they have radiused fenders etc. And thats the reason that they give when asked "why tsurauchi?"

[QUOTE]To the original question, I think it's about lighting. When the wheels hidden inside (tucking), it's dark, hence giving the illusion of a much lesser gap.

But when poking, the edge of the tire is clearly illuminated hence the more obvious wheel gap. [/QUOTE]
 
 
[quote=Dominik;154789]What he said...
 
This is the reason with the Japanese dabbling with Tsurauchi vs Tsuraichi. The sunken battleship style offsets end up looking much lower than the perfect flush cars, even if they have radiused fenders etc. And thats the reason that they give when asked "why tsurauchi?"[/quote]
 
Good points.  Im still not a fan of tucking though

Eh, i could have tsuraichi with some tweaking of camber/spacers and new tires up front, but I think I would want to have wider wheels all around to do that.

wow. those are some pretty good info right here. never really thought about it.
Charley

what's poke? can someone show me some examples?

[QUOTE=Dominik;154789]What he said...

This is the reason with the Japanese dabbling with Tsurauchi vs Tsuraichi. The sunken battleship style offsets end up looking much lower than the perfect flush cars, even if they have radiused fenders etc. And thats the reason that they give when asked "why tsurauchi?"[/QUOTE]

Dom, so what's the 'acceptable' tradeoff from the Japs point of view?

Poke looks good with moderate to extreme camber and stretch, with fender very close to rim. Its not poke when youre on springs with offsets too low for your fender mods, thats just mexiflush.

[quote=kaizer;154997]Dom, so what's the 'acceptable' tradeoff from the Japs point of view?[/quote]
 
What tradeoff? Either you are flush, or you are tucking rim. There is no inbetween :biggthumpup:
 
 
Btw, "Japs" is considered derogatory. Its related to WW2, and they dont like it :saiyancrunks:

I'd have to agree, poke increases the apperance of wheel gap. I know first hand, because with my standard FWD offset wheels, it looks very low, but with the poking Viennas, it looks visually higher, even with the exact same tire size and ride height

[quote=kaizer;154997]Dom, so what's the 'acceptable' tradeoff from the Japs point of view?[/quote]

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:lol: Sorry mate!

i think it comes down to having so much stretch to acheive nice rim poke. if you have that much stretch and your car fenders arent down and basically right next to the tyre edge to acheive a nice match, it accentuates the height as the tyre is pulling back away from the fender. its also looks a bit like the stretch is unnecessary.

Agreed, my new wheels are 5mm more aggressive than the old ones and the tires are now more stretched - I dropped the car an additional 5mm front/7mm rear but the car doesn't really appear much lower from the side "profile" angle. 

The tires are actually tucked under the fenders a bit now, but because the sidewalls are shadowed by the fenders and they tuck back underneath, the tires don't really appear to be "tucked" up into the fender arches.

Kind of a bummer, but the car still looks pretty dope.
Part of is that you get accustomed to seeing your car at a certain height and
it always makes you want to lower it even more.