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I wonder what tire life one gets with a setup like that? Rolling the tires over on the inner sidewalls like that can't be good. And leaving the car like that for a month's vacation will flat spot those tires beyond recovery?
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I get we hate the wheel/suspension set up but the question was about the lip.
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note that "lip" (and the skirts) is only possible because the car is air-bagged, so it can be lifted to go over driveways, bumps, dips, without scraping off all the custom made carbon fiber bits.
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The pic in the first post and the car in the video (Post #14) shows this is a left-hand driver. The stickers in the rear window note Jakarta (Indonesia), where they indeed drive on the left. Just the topogrphy alone indicates it is not Russia.
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would someone please explain to me what this massive negative camber thing is all about? surely its not about improving traction or handling ?
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Yes, the lip actually IS really overdone. I wonder how many gold chains the owner keeps on his hairy chest.
Regarding the obscene negative camber, isn't that what happens when the airbags let the suspension crunch all the way down? Fill 'em back up and things straighten out as the car comes to a somewhat more reasonable level? Or is my understanding of the hard parts of suspension completely wrong?
I'm actually more curious about those rims with those tires: Are those super wide rims and skinny tires to get that kind of profile? I bet they're a real b**ch to set the bead. Really easy to curb the rim though.
Regarding the obscene negative camber, isn't that what happens when the airbags let the suspension crunch all the way down? Fill 'em back up and things straighten out as the car comes to a somewhat more reasonable level? Or is my understanding of the hard parts of suspension completely wrong?
I'm actually more curious about those rims with those tires: Are those super wide rims and skinny tires to get that kind of profile? I bet they're a real b**ch to set the bead. Really easy to curb the rim though.
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